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: © Yaskawa News | December 2022 New LA500 AC frequency inverter for lift applications The new LA500 compact AC drive for lift applications delivers maximum travel comfort thanks to its new features and reliability. This compact drive is simple and easy to integrate into existing lifting systems, which helps save time and costs during installation.
Photo: © klss/123RF.com News | December 2022 Open standards for cloud communication The moment when the CANopen-Lift standard became established in the lift sector at the beginning of the millennium was a milestone. This meant the different components of different manufacturers had now found a common language with which they could communicate with each other. But what happens when the data leave the lift?
Photo: © TK Elevator News | December 2022 TK Elevator to cut 500 jobs at German plant 500 of the 800 jobs at TK Elevator's German lift plant in Neuhausen are to be cut within the next two years. The company speaks of a "realignment" of the lift plant, the local Esslingen chapter of the trade union IG Metall calls it a "watershed moment".
Photo: © Hydroware News | December 2022 Styrbjörn Andrén joins Hydroware Starting in January 2023, Styrbjörn Andrén will join Hydroware as Head of Products and Learning. He should mobilise the company for its coming expansion.
Photo: © Kübler News | December 2022 Kübler Group growing in difficult environment in 2022 Despite high energy prices, rising costs for raw materials, logistics chains and inflation, Kübler Group also achieved rising turnover figures in the current financial year.
Photo: © okapidesign News | December 2022 Brexit deadline extended European companies will get two more years before they have to use the new UKCA marking for the introduction of products to the United Kingdom. Grant Shapps, the British secretary of state for business, announced this in mid-November.
Photo: © kritchanut/123RF.com News | November 2022 ISO 8100-32:2020 Questionnaire The ISO working group responsible for ISO 8100-32 is currently preparing a guidance document in the form of a technical report. They ask the lift industry for feedback on the standard.
Photo: © Schindler Deutschland News | November 2022 Certified sustainable lift maintenance According to the company, Schindler Germany will be providing the first TÜV-certified sustainable lift maintenance in the sector. The aim of the “Schindler Green Service” is to reduce CO₂-emissions by 99.5 percent.
Photo: © IAEE News | November 2022 Second call for papers for Elevcon 2023 Organizers of Elevcon 2023 have published a 2nd call for papers for the event. The 23rd international Conference of the International Association of Elevator Engineers (IAEE) is set to take place on June 20-23 at the Grandior Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic.
