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News | March 2025

New Chief People Officer at Wittur

Wittur has announced the appointment of Christian Klümper, as the company’s new Chief People Officer, effective January 1, 2025.

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News | March 2025

BT intends to prepare 2G switch-off early on

The 2G and 3G chapter in the United Kingdom was to be over by 2033 at the latest. British Telecommunications (BT) has now announced an earlier deadline and intends to approach its customers soon. There appears to be a more urgent need for users of the VMO2 2G network to take action.

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News | March 2025

KPN will switch off 2G only at the end of 2027

The Dutch telecommunications company KPN has postponed the switch-off of its 2G network by two years. The new date is 1 December 2027.

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News | March 2025

Distribution of the TGE Group reorganised

Ralf Gebhardt became the new distribution manager of the TGE Group in January. Adrian Gollasch will in future be in charge of key account management. Matthias Höppner, who joined the company in January, will reinforce technical distribution.

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News | February 2025

Bucher Hydraulics opens a new administrative building

Bucher Hydraulics, producer of electrohydraulic system solutions, has opened a modern administrative building at its headquarters in Klettgau-Grießen (DE).

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News | February 2025

Change at EdmoLift

On 28 February 2025, Anders Wahlqvist, EdmoLift's CEO, will retire after 35 years. To guarantee a smooth transition, Jonathan Grip will assume the role of CEO while Tomas Edmo becomes Deputy CEO.

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News | February 2025

Universally usable door drive

The Computec Door Drive 6 (CDD6) from Zagro is capable of universal use. It can operate DC motors with and without brushes up to 40V with or without encoder.

News | February 2025

Publication of EN ISO 8100-1/2 postponed

The publication of EN ISO 8100-1/2 has been postponed until December 2025. This is one of the main news items to come out of the 41st plenary meeting of the CEN/TC 10. More than 40 delegates attended the meeting.

News | February 2025

Change at TÜV Süd AG

Sabine Nitzsche (52) has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Directors by the Board of Directors of TÜV Süd AG with effect from 1 March 2025.

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New Chief People Officer at Wittur

BT intends to prepare 2G switch-off early on

KPN will switch off 2G only at the end of 2027

Distribution of the TGE Group reorganised

Bucher Hydraulics opens a new administrative building

Change at EdmoLift

Universally usable door drive

Publication of EN ISO 8100-1/2 postponed

Change at TÜV Süd AG