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News | May 2023

Motum aquire Norwegian Elevator Distributor UNIHEIS

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that Motum AB, a Sweden-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric, acquired Norway-based UNIHEIS AS. The company operates an elevator business mainly in Norway as a distributor of Mitsubishi Electric products.

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News | April 2023

Bernstein AG: Ten percent increase in turnover

Bernstein AG generated over 70 million euros in turnover last year – that is an increase of more than ten percent year over year.

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News | April 2023

The lift industry in Ukraine up to 24 February 2022

This article is intended to provide German and other readers with an overview of the lift market in Ukraine and its opportunities in the future. It was written by Maria Pilipiv and Oleg Skripez. They are the publishers of the Ukrainian lift trade journal “Liftowa Panorama”.

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News | April 2023

Ziehl-Abegg: Gold for TikTok presentation

The industrial company Ziehl-Abegg was honoured at the Employee Branding Award in Vienna. The company’s TikTok presentation won gold.

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News | April 2023

Donati: addition to the German team

David Barge joined the team of Donati Germany at the beginning of 2023. He is to support the German managing director Henrik von Osten-Sacken with his knowledge of the sector in the German market.

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News | April 2023

Sustainable solutions from SMEs

Energy and raw materials are precious resources. Their economical consumption is the order of the day. SMEs from the lift sector also make a contribution to sustainability with their innovative services and long-lived products. We present five of them.

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News | April 2023

Is this really sustainable?

We are increasingly often confronted with modernisations, which are actually reconstructions of the lift. Is this always necessary? And is it always sustainable?

News | April 2023

Energy efficiency versus sustainability?

At the moment, energy efficiency is a huge topic – also in the lift sector. Unfortunately, sustainability is suffering under this, but it should be taken just as seriously as energy efficiency, since it tackles the topic far more comprehensively.

News | April 2023

Modernisation instead of new lifts: The sustainable way

There are currently about 6.5 million lifts in existence in Europe - and every year about 150,000 new lifts are put into operation (source: ELA - European Lift Association).

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Motum aquire Norwegian Elevator Distributor UNIHEIS

Bernstein AG: Ten percent increase in turnover

The lift industry in Ukraine up to 24 February 2022

Ziehl-Abegg: Gold for TikTok presentation

Donati: addition to the German team

Sustainable solutions from SMEs

Is this really sustainable?

Energy efficiency versus sustainability?

Modernisation instead of new lifts: The sustainable way