Photo: © Langer + Laumann News | July 2026 New CEO at the Langer + Laumann Group The Langer + Laumann Group has a new CEO. The former managing director, Martin Platt, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on 1 December 2025 at the age of 58.
Photo: © Bunse-Aufzüge News | July 2026 The Machinery Regulation: Call for Action! As the date of application for the regulation as of 20 January 2027 is approaching, manufacturers and all other stakeholders need to be prepared urgently to comply with the new and revised requirements in a timely fashion.
Photo: © KLST News | July 2026 Three questions to ... Markus Labruier Markus Labruier (54) has been the managing director of Detlef Klinkhammer Steuerungen und Komponente für Aufzüge (KLST) since 1 October 2025. Mition GmbH Mittelstandsbeteiligungen took over the company at the beginning of 2025.
Photo: © LIFTjournal/Dirk Müller/KI-assistiert mit Firefly und ChatGPT News | July 2026 A wedding with strings attached The announcement of Kone’s takeover of TK Elevator has sent shockwaves through the industry. Suddenly, there is talk of a new mega-conglomerate, a potential shift in power within the service sector, and the fact that the wave of consolidation has now reached the Big Four themselves.
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Photo: © Strukturmetall News | February 2024 End of business activities ... The southern German company Strukturmetall, which is also active in the lift industry, will cease business activities on 30 April 2024.
Photo: © Serapid News | February 2024 New uses for rigid chains Serapid has adopted a new approach and at the interlift presented its latest passenger lift, based on rigid chain technology.
Photo: © Caltech Lifts News | January 2024 Award win at 45th birthday for Caltech Lifts The Scottish Caltech Lifts has been named Best Dundee-based Family Business of the Year in “The Courier Business Awards 2023” days after it celebrated its 45th birthday.
Photo: © alexis84/123RF.com News | January 2024 Swedish investor buys German component manufacturer Latour Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of the listed investor AB Latour from Sweden, added a German component manufacturer from North Rhine-Westphalia to its portfolio at the beginning of 2024.
Photo: © Cedes News | January 2024 Daan Smans takes over IoT division at Cedes Daan Smans has been the new President Business Development IoT & Digital Products at Cedes since November 2023.
Photo: © EdmoLift News | January 2024 Partnership of EdmoLift and UpDinamic EdmoLift has entered into a strategic partnership with UpDinamic, a manufacturer specialising in goods lifts. A collaboration that entails EdmoLift becoming the sole distributor for UpDinamic's products in the Nordic and Baltic markets.
Photo: © Röchling Industrial Xanten GmbH News | January 2024 New: Optamid EasyFlex LF deflection pulley Röchling Industrial Xanten GmbH has launched a new version of the EasyFlex: the EasyFlex LF (LowFriction), thereby expanding the range of the EasyFlex family. Röchling’s aim in doing so is to meet the different needs and budgets of the market.
Photo: © Kone News | January 2024 VDI badge of honour for Lipphardt The VDI-Gesellschaft Bauen und Gebäudetechnik (VDI-GBG – Association of German Engineers - Association Construction and Building Technology) has awarded its badge of honour to Thomas Lipphardt. He has been working at Kone for 16 years in total as Manager Technical Regulations.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | January 2024 Max for stair lifts and Renew for existing buildings TK Elevator has launched two new developments: “Max Home “, a cloud-based solution for predictive maintenance of stairlifts and “EOX Renew” for low and medium-rise residential buildings.
