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News | February 2024

Growth in members at Next Group

Last year, the Next Group succeeded in adding seven new members from Australia, Germany, Sweden and Turkey, as reported by Volker Hager (Hydroware) at the Annual General Meeting at the end of November.

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News | February 2024

Rising interest rates, renovation compulsion and the lift sector

Currently, we have a situation in the real estate sector that has not existed in recent years and decades. ...

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News | February 2024

LIFTjournal: New member in the editorial advisory board

Boris Marjancevic joined the nine-member advisory board of the LIFTjournal at the beginning of the year.

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News | February 2024

Stuck? Not at all!

LIFTjournal published a comment by Dr Peter Hug in its 5/23 issue. In it, the managing director of the Trade Association Lifts and Escalators in the VDMA described the parking space difficulties of many lift technicians.

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News | February 2024

A grand seigneur of the lift sector takes his farewell

Wolfgang Adldinger was a serious player: for more than four decades, he worked in various lift sector companies – from SME to multinational. His many years of commitment to standardisation have been honoured worldwide.

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News | February 2024

“Great interest in interlift 2025”

The number of registrations for interlift 2025 was already high at the end of 2023, reports organiser AFAG. It will take place from 14 to 17 October 2025 – for the first time at the new location in Nuremberg.

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News | February 2024

Hohner commemorated its 40th anniversary

Hohner Automation, headquartered in Breda, Spain, is an international family-owned business specialized in the manufacturing of incremental and absolute encoders, linear measurement systems and rotary actuators.

News | February 2024

New lift for harsh industrial environments

The Swedish manufacturer Alimak has launched the rack and pinion elevator SE 240L. It is designed for installation on silos, storage vessels, and cranes.

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News | February 2024

Lift communication hub for the 21st century

Cedes and relayr teamed up with 2N – an international provider of IP access control systems, creator of video door intercoms, smart readers and lift solutions.

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New DACH head at Raloe

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Growth in members at Next Group

Rising interest rates, renovation compulsion and the lift sector

LIFTjournal: New member in the editorial advisory board

Stuck? Not at all!

A grand seigneur of the lift sector takes his farewell

“Great interest in interlift 2025”

Hohner commemorated its 40th anniversary

New lift for harsh industrial environments

Lift communication hub for the 21st century