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Is TKE Europe set to be acquired by a private equity firm?

According to insiders, TK Elevator’s (TKE) European business is set to be sold off for the most part as part of the takeover of TKE by Kone, reported the Reuters news agency on 1 October. LIFTjournal has investigated the matter further and also asked corporate transactions expert Dr Lars Watermann for his assessment.

News | December 2017

Emergency lighting and bridging equipment

The Italian lift company Giovenzana has launched new emergency call equipment for lifts.

News | December 2017

A matching solution for every door

Usually, what brings lifts to a standstill is something simple. Since the car door is the most moved component of a lift, the source of trouble is most commonly found here.

News | November 2017

Connected Services boost availability of lifts

Digitalisation has long since also taken hold in the lift industry. For example, last year Kone and IBM launched an alliance to develop new services and products.

News | November 2017

Frameless Luminous Panels – made to fit

Available on the market just for a couple of months, the new hansen Frameless Luminous Panel has already become a very popular product in various areas of application.

News | November 2017

Elfin: Digital innovations

Elfin GmbH, which provides development services for networking electronic components, has been offering its own products for two years as well in the form of the flexyPage displays.

News | November 2017

Energy efficiency – good or only well-meant?

Do you think you are contributing to environmental protection by buying a new car? We improve the CO₂ balance sheet only after 300,000 kilometres.

News | November 2017

Lift inverter for the buildings of tomorrow

Gefran will be presenting three high performance drive solutions for lifts and escalators at interlift 2017 in the form of the inverters ADL300, VDL200 and AVRy.

News | November 2017

The interlift continues to grow

There seems to be only one direction for the interlift – upwards. The leading trade fair of the elevator industry presents a new visitors record.

News | November 2017

“Smart Ki is the premium security version of Kiwi”

The lift company Schindler Germany and Berlin prop-tech company KIWI have entered into a strategic cooperation project and have unveiled a digital key safe in the form of the Schindler Smart Ki.

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Emergency lighting and bridging equipment

A matching solution for every door

Connected Services boost availability of lifts

Frameless Luminous Panels – made to fit

Elfin: Digital innovations

Energy efficiency – good or only well-meant?

Lift inverter for the buildings of tomorrow

The interlift continues to grow

“Smart Ki is the premium security version of Kiwi”