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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 | November 2023

Digital “safety circuit”: fast installation, simple diagnosis

Intec will be unveiling its new DSS safety system at the interlift: this involves all safety-relevant signals and sensors being electronically recorded and analysed.

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News | November 2023

Jens Holmberg is the new EVP at Alimak

Alimak Group has appointed Jens Holmberg as EVP Industrial division, effective as of 1 September 2023.

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News | November 2023

EN ISO 8100-1/2: a new era for the lift sector

EN ISO 8100-1/2 – when will these standards finally arrive? Why is it all taking so long? What do the draft standards look like? What will then change? What new technical requirements will there be for lifts, safety components and parts?

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News | November 2023

Extension of the CE-marking: First, many people laughed …

The UK is back in the headlines: After a long period of calm over Brexit, some good news is now attracting attention: The British government has extended indefinitely the recognition of CE marking for placing goods on the UK market.

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News | October 2023

What's going on with Wittur?

In spring, an article in the German magazine "Finance" caused a stir in the lift industry. "It's five to twelve at Wittur: Moody's has downgraded the lift parts supplier's rating by two notches from Caa1 to Caa3," it said.

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News | October 2023

Bernstein enters into partnership in Australia

Pacific Automation is to ensure that the safety technology and suspension systems of Bernstein AG are available throughout Australia.

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News | October 2023

New employee at the VFA

Dipl.-Ing. Anne Zerno has been supporting the VFA standards team at the national level since 1 August.

News | October 2023

Condition monitoring and light curtains

Cedes and relayr have developed a joint solution for smart data use in the lift sector. The new offer combines the IoT-capable light curtain cegard/Smart from Cedes with relayr’s “Skyler Elevate” predictive maintenance solution.

News | October 2023

Innovative lift shaft anchor

The JFL lift shaft anchor from PohlCon is an anchor point embedded in concrete, designed for heavy loads. It is intended to make working in the lift shaft more efficient and convenient.

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Digital “safety circuit”: fast installation, simple diagnosis

Jens Holmberg is the new EVP at Alimak

EN ISO 8100-1/2: a new era for the lift sector

Extension of the CE-marking: First, many people laughed …

What's going on with Wittur?

Bernstein enters into partnership in Australia

New employee at the VFA

Condition monitoring and light curtains

Innovative lift shaft anchor