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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.

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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.

News | January 2024

New Machinery Regulation: The most import facts and changes

New Machinery Regulation introduces many new and revised requirements relevant to lifts and lifting appliances. Manufacturers and other relevant economic operators need to align their products and processes by 20 January 2027.

News | January 2024

Innovative attachment systems for lift building

Kübler presented a new attachment system for components on lift rails at the interlift. The aim is to reduce the number of components needed there for secure attachment of assemblies.

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Award win at 45th birthday for Caltech Lifts

Swedish investor buys German component manufacturer

Daan Smans takes over IoT division at Cedes

Partnership of EdmoLift and UpDinamic

New: Optamid EasyFlex LF deflection pulley

VDI badge of honour for Lipphardt

Max for stair lifts and Renew for existing buildings

New Machinery Regulation: The most import facts and changes

Innovative attachment systems for lift building