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: © Kone/Katharina Schiffl News | January 2023 Kone takes over maintenance business from Flügel Aufzüge The lift company Kone has taken over the maintenance and emergency call business of the Austrian Flügel Aufzüge GmbH as of 1 January 2023.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | January 2023 Digital functions are becoming standard TK Elevator (TKE) is launching a digital and energy-efficient lift with accompanying platform called EOX, especially for low residential buildings with only a few floors. An Nvidia chip is integrated in the product.
Photo: © Digital Spine News | January 2023 “There are no losers in the world we’re creating” They promise to greatly reduce the maintenance costs for operators with the assistance of their box: the service offered by ‘Aufzughelden’ (“Lift Heroes”) has been spurring discussions in the German lift sector.
Photo: © Aleatec News | January 2023 Changes at Aleatec At Aleatec, there have been major changes in the company management in the last two years. For example, the founder and partner Uwe Hollenberg withdrew from operational management in 2020 and Kay Nelhübel joined the company as managing director.
Photo: © Bode News | January 2023 Bode overspeed governors UKCA-certified Bode has received UKCA certification for its speed governor from TÜV Süd.
Photo: © Dolgachov/123RF.com News | January 2023 Six errors regarding standardisation Thomas Wollstein is a “standardiser” – and has been for about 30 years. Boring, you say? That is one of the many errors regarding standardisation.
Photo: © Gustav Wolf News | January 2023 Gustav Wolf: new management team Henning Seffers recently became the worldwide chief sales officer (CSO) at Gustav Wolf GmbH in Gütersloh (Germany).
Photo: © zsv3207/123RF.com News | December 2022 The six most common errors when looking for skilled workers The skilled labour shortage, demographic change and lack of children: a “perfect storm”. This is especially true when the rather unknown lift sector and its suppliers are looking for skilled employees.
Photo: © Hissmekano News | December 2022 HissMekano opens a warehouse in Germany HissMekano, Scandinavian supplier of spare parts for lifts, is expanding its business in Germany. The Stockholm-based company will open a warehouse in Niedernhausen, Germany, in the middle of the Rhine-Main area.
