Photo: © Motum News | January 2026 New move by Motum Motum acquired the Swedish lift company Hisscompaniet from Kristianstad on 1 November, thus widening its service network in southern Sweden.
Photo: © privat News | January 2026 Philip Molineus celebrates anniversary At the beginning of November 2025, Philip Molineus celebrated a company anniversary: the business graduate has been managing partner of the Henning Group in Schwelm for 25 years.
Photo: © Hauer GmbH/Matthias Breunig News | January 2026 Hauer expanding its technical support Maria Bosnaki joined the technical customer service of Hauer GmbH in September 2025.
Photo: © Gottschalk & Michaelis News | January 2026 Medium-sized company takes over lift company There is another way: Berlin-based medium-sized company Gottschalk und Michaelis has now taken over a small Berlin-based lift company.
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Photo: © TK Elevator / Philip Schwarz News | December 2025 TKE inaugurates its “Product Competence Center” TK Elevator (TKE) held a big ceremony in Esslingen to open its new centre for lift technology. Research and development are to be bundled with the production of the latest lift technology on a site of 33,000 m2. This also accommodates a completely digitalised logistics centre.
Photo: © Clemenspool–eigenes Werk News | December 2025 EN 81-76: The practical application of the new standard In part 1 of this article series described the functionality of a lift according to EN 81-76:2025. The second part deals with its practical application and the prerequisites for a suitable lift configuration.
Photo: © Aribelt News | December 2025 Aribelt 30 F3.4: The "lightest TÜV-certified flat belt" Aritec presented the Aribelt 30 F3.4 at the interlift. According to the company, it is the lightest TÜV-certified flat belt for low- and mid-rise elevators.
Photo: © Andreas Schnatz Photography News | November 2025 Second managing director at Aufzugsdienst Frank Schnatz has been the second managing partner at Deutscher Aufzugsdienst alongside Michael Wirth for several months. Schnatz, 38, has been working in the lift industry for around twelve years.
Photo: © WARR News | November 2025 Students “clamber” to the stars A lift into space? Students of the TU Munich are conducting research into such a space lift. They regularly take part in competitions with their “Climber”.
Photo: © Dirkmüller/LIFTjournal/KI-generiert News | November 2025 More efficiency and fully digital processes: ERP systems for lift builders Reams of paper, elaborate processes and interface problems are among the biggest drags on efficiency in companies. This is precisely where modern ERP systems come in.
Photo: © privat News | November 2025 Reinforcement for Safeline Danny Krüger joined Safeline as a Technical Sales Engineer in July 2025. The 30-year-old will be strengthening the technical support team across the German-speaking region and the sales team in northern Germany.
Photo: © Orona News | November 2025 The elevator as a new ally for building energy efficiency In today’s sustainable construction paradigm, a new player is quietly gaining relevance: the elevator.
Photo: © Orona News | November 2025 Orona acquires German SME A German lift company has once again been taken over – this time by the Spanish group Orona.
