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News | June 2017

Experts for ideas made of plastic

Ascending a thousand metres with a lift: what sounds futuristic will become reality with a new kind of lift strap made of carbon fibre and plastic.

News | May 2017

Environmental certificate for the door producer

The Munich door manufacturer Meiller Aufzugtüren GmbH has been able to take receipt an environmental certificate for the first time. This was preceded by an audit by an accredited environmental assessor.

News | May 2017

Love with a thrill

Travel in a paternoster once! An evergreen wish.

News | May 2017

Customisable service portfolio

Flexible and transparent: with immediate effect a customisable service portfolio is available from Kone Care that enables customers to combine various options related to lift maintenance with each other.

News | May 2017

A lift to New Zealand

Lifts are fascinating – especially for children. Lots of buttons, new people, new perspectives. In the children’s book "The flying lift" the lift magic ends in a trip round the world.

News | May 2017

Giovenzana means safety

Since more than 60 years Giovenzana is worldwide well known in safety for lifts and handling systems.

News | May 2017

Symposium: The new and the tried-and-tested

The Schwelm Symposium in June, the long-standing lecture event of the lift industry, now also has the LIFTjournal as a new media partner.

News | May 2017

Moving story (-ies) from Valparaíso

It clatters and creaks, shakes and grinds. Older passengers sit on a bench in the shaking car while next to them others stand closely packed.

News | May 2017

Yaskawa among “Top 100 Global Innovators”

Founded in 1915, Yaskawa Electric is one of the pioneers in the fields of drive technology, industry automation and robotics.

Networked display system for cross-manufacturer retrofit

A new building block for product safety in the lift sector

New CEO of the Cibes Lift Group

LiftExpo Poland issues invitation back to Warsaw

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Experts for ideas made of plastic

Environmental certificate for the door producer

Love with a thrill

Customisable service portfolio

A lift to New Zealand

Giovenzana means safety

Symposium: The new and the tried-and-tested

Moving story (-ies) from Valparaíso

Yaskawa among “Top 100 Global Innovators”