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: © Giorgia Müller News | February 2023 Second Swiss Lift Day The second Swiss Lift Day will take place on 6 June in Wallisellen near Zurich. The event is intended for manufacturers, lift distributors, planners and operators of lifts and passenger transport systems.
Photo: © stylephotographs/123RF.com News | February 2023 News from the world of standardisation There is news about accessibility and the energetic evaluation of lifts and lifts in wind turbines from the world of standardisation. A summary.
Photo: © Kronenberg News | February 2023 Kronenberg - 90 years “trust and reliability” Hans & Jos. Kronenberg GmbH, based in Bergisch Gladbach, celebrated its 90th anniversary at the end of 2022.
Photo: © Digital Spine News | February 2023 Move to Aufzughelden Tim Kreutzfeldt is the new Director International Sales at Digital Spine / Aufzughelden. The 34-year old was previously regional director Germany-Austria-Switzerland & Eastern Europe at Avire.
Photo: © Tarsus Turkey News | February 2023 Asansör: “New world, new opportunities” Tarsus Turkey and the Turkish lift association AYSAD have issued an invitation from 9 to 12 March 2023 to “Asansör 2023” in the Tüyap Fair and Congress Center in Istanbul. The motto of the 18th trade fair is “New world, new opportunities”.
Photo: © Philip Reeson Photography / Schindler News | February 2023 LEIA: Paul Turner is the new President LEIA, the UK trade association and advisory body for the lift and escalator industry, has appointed Paul Turner, Technical Director of Schindler, as its new President.
Photo: © Hy-Line News | January 2023 The Holo-Key: a holographic button It doesn’t have to be a touch screen: a free-floating image in the air can also display contents and receive manual feedback, Hy-Line declared. For this purpose, the new “Holo-Key” from Hy-Line employs a special 3D panel.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | January 2023 Introduction of the customer MCE with customer cockpit Meiller introduced its configuration engine (MCE) two years ago. It is now the basis for every door offer. The digital offer portal is now entering the second stage of its implementation.
Photo: © Switch News | January 2023 Switch was taken over Dr Florian Steinmann is the new managing director and partner of Switch GmbH in Isernhagen. He took over the company as part of an age-related succession together with the “Realkapital Mittelstand” of Andreas and Edgar Burr.
