Photo: © Kuebler Group News | December 2025 Farewell to Erika Kübler Erika Kübler, the wife of the company founder Fritz Kübler, passed away on 4 September 2025 at the age 94, according to the Kübler Group.
Photo: © Funtap/shutterstock/okapidesign News | December 2025 The latest news from the world of standards DIN EN 81-41 is now available and the Technical Committee CEN/TC10 “Lifts, escalators and moving walks” has published the draft of EN 81-28:2024. The most important changes.
Photo: © TK Elevator / Philip Schwarz News | December 2025 TKE inaugurates its “Product Competence Center” TK Elevator (TKE) held a big ceremony in Esslingen to open its new centre for lift technology. Research and development are to be bundled with the production of the latest lift technology on a site of 33,000 m2. This also accommodates a completely digitalised logistics centre.
Photo: © Clemenspool–eigenes Werk News | December 2025 EN 81-76: The practical application of the new standard In part 1 of this article series described the functionality of a lift according to EN 81-76:2025. The second part deals with its practical application and the prerequisites for a suitable lift configuration.
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Photo: © Schindler AB News | April 2023 Hissförbundet: New Board Member Hissförbundet, the Swedish Association of Lifts and Escalators, welcomes Luis Soler to the board.
Photo: © Lutz Aufzüge News | March 2023 Lutz Aufzüge: New Distribution Director Since 1 November 2022, André Szelagowski has been responsible for the distribution of new lifts and modernisation at Lutz Aufzüge in Reinbek near Hamburg.
Photo: © Telecom Behnke GmbH News | March 2023 Change in managing director at Behnke Group Since January 2023, the operational business of the Behnke Group has had dual leadership: Ralf Michels and Christoph Rudig had already worked before in the company group.
Photo: © Schaefer News | March 2023 EMC measurements during development Schaefer has been running an EMC Competence Centre at its own technology and development location in Erfurt since 2015. The company has now also begun offering EMC measurements during development for third parties since the beginning of 2023.
Photo: © Aumüller Aumatic News | March 2023 Aumüller Aumatic: 50,000 euros for social projects Aumüller Aumatic has concluded its donation initiative for its 50th company anniversary. For every year of its company history, the ventilation and smoke extraction company donated 1,000 euros to projects with a social commitment.
Photo: © ALGI News | March 2023 New online configurator by ALGI ALGI made its online configurator available to lift companies, specialist planners and operators at the end of 2022. It permits pre-planning of lifts in existing shafts or in new installations.
Photo: © Stephan Zülch / Schlosserei Schiemann News | March 2023 Steel shaft challenge Existing buildings can usually only be converted to barrier-free buildings through lift shafts installed in the stairwell or courtyard. What counts is that the lift manufacturer is familiar with the challenges associated with a steel shaft.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | March 2023 TK Elevator: Changes in the Management Board After more than 30 years of service, Chief Operating Officer (COO) Field and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Americas, Kevin Lavallee, has left TK Elevator for retirement.
Photo: © Bosch Service Solutions GmbH News | March 2023 Emergency calls and lift management at a glance Emergency call systems in lifts connected to an emergency system staffed round the clock are a legal requirement. If the lifts are supervised by a lift management company, they usually operate separately from this.
