Photo: © Orona Niederlande News | November 2026 Orona buys two Dutch lift builders The Dutch subsidiary of the Spanish lift group Orona has taken over the UP company group. It was part of the portfolio of the investment company Karmijn Kapitaal.
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Photo: © VFA-Interlift News | October 2026 VFA Forum interlift ’27: Call for Papers The VFA-Interlift is calling on potential speakers to apply now to give a presentation at the VFA Forum interlift ’27: “Contribute your expertise and help shape the presentation programme of interlift 2027!”
Photo: Foto: © Dirk Müller KI-assistiert/LIFTjournal News | October 2026 Vertical traffic flow in buildings Where do people go when they enter a building? How do they move between floors and when do they use lifts the most? This is what the subject “Traffic flows in buildings” is concerned with.
Photo: © Lothar Sieber News | October 2026 Elevcon 2027: Call for Papers Preparations are already underway for the next Elevcon, which will take place from 8 to 9 June 2027 in Bucharest (Romania). Anyone wishing to give a presentation at the event can apply until 15 December.
Photo: © Dirk Müller/LIFTjournal/KI-assistiert News | October 2026 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.
Photo: © Vaella News | October 2026 Kone establishes its first spin-off Kone has set up its first spin-off called “Vaella”. Vaella is a Finnish technology company that has developed an AI operator for buildings and other very busy public infrastructure.
Photo: © Nordic Lift Expo/Björn Delin News | September 2026 Nordic Lift Expo’s conference program is finalized The programme for the Nordic Lift Expo 2026 conference is now finalised. As in previous years, the conference is held on the exhibition floor and is free to attend.
Photo: © IG Metall NRW News | September 2026 Three questions for ... Knut Giesler The announcement that the Finnish lift group Kone would take over its German competitor TK Elevator (TK) also caught Knut Giesler flat-footed. Yet as the employee representative, he should actually have been in the know.
Photo: © Metron News | September 2026 Metron introduces new automatic landing door Metron has further developed the automatic landing door Uranos 2.0. It is intended to achieve greater installation accuracy, improved operational performance, and an overall upgraded user experience, the international lift manufacturer based in Greece declared.
Photo: © Verlagsanstalt Handwerk GmbH News | September 2026 Easing the burden for the boss of Motum Jonas Granzell has been the Chief Operating Officer of the Motum Group since April. As COO, he is to cooperate closely with the lift company’s management team and concentrate on business development, customer relationships and Motum’s further development in Sweden.
