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News | April 2024

New machines to clean escalators

Eureka has developed a new machine for cleaning escalators. It is intended to be able to clean all escalator models, irrespective of length, breadth or brand, declared Eureka S.p.A., an Italian manufacturer of professional cleaning machines.

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News | April 2024

Second managing director at base engineering

Andreas Feldmann has been the second managing director of base engineering since 1 February 2024. Together with Carsten Seemann, he is now in charge of the company, which is specialised in producing lift emergency call systems.

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News | April 2024

The Spaniards are coming

Do the Big 4 have to get ready for expansion? A company transaction largely unnoticed by the public now points to this.

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News | April 2024

News from the world of standardisation

The drafts of EN ISO 8100-1/2 have appeared. They are now available as pr DIN EN ISO 8100-1 and pr DIN EN ISO 8100-2. A brief of overview of the changes compared to DIN EN 81-20/50.

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News | April 2024

Obituary for Gerhard Thumm

Gerhard Thumm died at the end of February 2024 at the age of 72. He held various responsible positions at TK Elevator from 1976 to 2018.

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News | April 2024

Grabmayer moves to Safeline

Martin Grabmayer has been responsible as sales manager at Safeline for the launch and distribution of monitoring systems and cloud-based maintenance tools for lifts companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since March 2024.

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News | April 2024

Kone acquires Paca Ascenseurs

Assa Abloy has sold its lift maintenance business Paca ascenseur (Paca) in France to Kone. With this acquisition, Kone intends to strengthen its local presence in the region.

News | April 2024

Wittur: New Chief Financial Officer

Gero Neumeier is the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Wittur Group. He has been appointed with effect from 1 April 2024. Neumeier succeeds Bob Rajan, who served as interim CFO of the company.

News | April 2024

Partners for smart lift doors

Cedes and Langer & Laumann have agreed on a partnership. Cedes is a global leader in lift door safeguarding, Langer & Laumann provides solutions in the field of door drives on the European market.

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New machines to clean escalators

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Obituary for Gerhard Thumm

Grabmayer moves to Safeline

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Wittur: New Chief Financial Officer

Partners for smart lift doors