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.
Photo: © Dirk Müller/LIFTjournal/KI-assistiert mit ChatGPT-5.6 Sol + Adobe Photoshop 2026 News | November 2026 The French want more modern lifts According to a survey by the French lift association “Fédération des Ascenseurs”, a large proportion of the French population would like to see older lifts modernised.
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Photo: © FEEDA News | September 2026 Spanish elevator industry before an ambitious transformation José Carlos Frechilla Fernández, director of the Spanish Elevator Association, Federacion Empresarial Espanola de Ascensores (FEEDA), wrote an article for LIFTjournal that provides interesting insights into the Spanish market.
Photo: © Rocom News | September 2026 New intercom system for fire brigade lifts Rocom, a developer of lift emergency systems from Rodgau (Germany), has just introduced a new fire brigade intercom system according to EN 81-72 with fully digital voice transmission in the form of “Firecom Nexy”.
Photo: © Motum News | September 2026 Mitsubishi sets its target on Europe Mitsubishi Electric Corporation acquired Motum AB four years ago. Since then, the Swedish group has grown steadily. Lift companies from Sweden, Norway and Ireland were incorporated.
Photo: © Kone News | September 2026 Kone: two new members in the Board of Directors At the Extraordinary General Meeting of Kone on 3 June, Ranjan Sen and Bruno Schick were elected as new members of the Board of Directors.
Photo: © Dirk Müller, KI-assistiert / LIFTjournal News | September 2026 The concentration process in the European lift industry continues The consolidation process in the European lift industry is continuing: Alongside the Finnish-German mega-deal of Kone and TK Elevator, other cross-border takeovers and mergers have taken place in Europe. Here a selection of these.
Photo: © Langer + Laumann News | September 2026 Conversion package for Varidor 15 Mechanically fully compatible and completely without drilling: Langer + Laumann have added a new conversion package for the door drive system Varidor 15 from Schindler to their product range.
Photo: © Dirk Müller/KI-unterstützt/LIFTjournal News | September 2026 CANopen Lift specification updated The four-part CiA 417 application profile specification for lift control systems has been revised.
Photo: © Lutz Aufzüge News | September 2026 Hans Martin Lutz steps down from management The German company "Lutz Aufzüge" is restructuring its management: Hans Martin Lutz, the company’s principal shareholder, is moving from operational management to the advisory board.
Photo: © Przemek Bocian News | August 2026 A new museum tells stories Why does the lift industry talk almost exclusively about technology, standards and innovations, but so rarely about the stories behind them? This question was the spark that led to the founding of the “Elevator Museum Warsaw”.
