Photo: © okapidesign News | May 2025 New “Aufzugshop Frano Witt” online The new webshop “Auzugshop Frano Witt” opened its digital doors. The ‘Liftshop’ promises to fundamentally change the way experts order lift parts.
Photo: © Sarai Olivier News | May 2025 Sector meeting in Dublin The Irish Lift and Escalator Association (ILEA) invited sector representatives from Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland to Dublin at the end of February.
Photo: © privat News | May 2025 New convenor of Working Group 1 Daniel Bisang (52) has been elected unanimously as the new convenor of the working group 1 “Lifts and service lifts” of CEN TC 10.
Photo: © Telegärtner Elektronik GmbH News | May 2025 Michael Puttrus goes to Telegärtner Michael Puttrus has assumed a new position: the mechanical engineer is now Business Development Manager at the German lift emergency call specialist Telegärtner Elektronik.
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Photo: © klss/123RF.com News | December 2022 Open standards for cloud communication The moment when the CANopen-Lift standard became established in the lift sector at the beginning of the millennium was a milestone. This meant the different components of different manufacturers had now found a common language with which they could communicate with each other. But what happens when the data leave the lift?
Photo: © TK Elevator News | December 2022 TK Elevator to cut 500 jobs at German plant 500 of the 800 jobs at TK Elevator's German lift plant in Neuhausen are to be cut within the next two years. The company speaks of a "realignment" of the lift plant, the local Esslingen chapter of the trade union IG Metall calls it a "watershed moment".
Photo: © Hydroware News | December 2022 Styrbjörn Andrén joins Hydroware Starting in January 2023, Styrbjörn Andrén will join Hydroware as Head of Products and Learning. He should mobilise the company for its coming expansion.
Photo: © Kübler News | December 2022 Kübler Group growing in difficult environment in 2022 Despite high energy prices, rising costs for raw materials, logistics chains and inflation, Kübler Group also achieved rising turnover figures in the current financial year.
Photo: © okapidesign News | December 2022 Brexit deadline extended European companies will get two more years before they have to use the new UKCA marking for the introduction of products to the United Kingdom. Grant Shapps, the British secretary of state for business, announced this in mid-November.
Photo: © kritchanut/123RF.com News | November 2022 ISO 8100-32:2020 Questionnaire The ISO working group responsible for ISO 8100-32 is currently preparing a guidance document in the form of a technical report. They ask the lift industry for feedback on the standard.
Photo: © Schindler Deutschland News | November 2022 Certified sustainable lift maintenance According to the company, Schindler Germany will be providing the first TÜV-certified sustainable lift maintenance in the sector. The aim of the “Schindler Green Service” is to reduce CO₂-emissions by 99.5 percent.
Photo: © IAEE News | November 2022 Second call for papers for Elevcon 2023 Organizers of Elevcon 2023 have published a 2nd call for papers for the event. The 23rd international Conference of the International Association of Elevator Engineers (IAEE) is set to take place on June 20-23 at the Grandior Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic.
Photo: © Aphithana Chitmongkolthong, istockphoto.com News | November 2022 Reduction of prestressing force in screw fittings The last article in this series considered the areas of use of elastic bearings. This one deals with professional mounting.
