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‘Modernisation, service and digitalisation are our growth drivers’

Alexander Vitt has been Managing Director of the DACH region at Kone since May 2024. In an interview with LIFTjournal, he talked about strategic priorities, the challenges in the new construction market, the role of digitalisation – and why Kone was focusing on partnerships and platform solutions in the long term.

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News | May 2024

ECJ: standards must be free

The European Court of Justice has decided that citizens must be able to read the standards that list the specifications for products across the EU free of charge.

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News | May 2024

Global1Partners: New General Manager in Sweden

Jimmie Junker has been appointed General Manager of Global1Partners AB in Sweden. He succeeds Josep Monroig, who is now the company's Business Coordinator for Manufacturing & Distribution Centres.

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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.

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.

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.

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ECJ: standards must be free

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New machines to clean escalators

Second managing director at base engineering

The Spaniards are coming

News from the world of standardisation

Obituary for Gerhard Thumm

Grabmayer moves to Safeline

Kone acquires Paca Ascenseurs