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: © John Gale News | September 2022 Esfandiar Gharibaan: Harmonised standards reduce costs “Technical harmonisation has many advantages for all concerned. For example, it offers cost reductions throughout the entire supply chain …” emphasised Esfandiar Gharibaan in an exclusive interview with the LIFTjournal.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | September 2022 The life cycle of lift doors The environmental effects of goods can be determined with a life cycle analysis. This is of course also possible in the case of lift doors.
Photo: © Aphithana Chitmongkolthong, istockphoto.com News | September 2022 Mounting of motors/machinery Last issue’s article dealt in particular with the relevance of structure-borne sound in synchronous and asynchronous drives of lifts without machine rooms. What might potential solutions look like here?
Photo: © creco News | September 2022 Dynamic information systems for lifts The company “creco” has developed a new series of multi-functional screens for lift construction, ready for serial production.
Photo: © NEII News | September 2022 NEII announces 2022 board of directors National Elevator Industry, Inc.'s (NEII), a trade association in the building transportation industry, announced the election of its Board of Directors and officers. The leadership team will serve a one-year term.
Photo: © IBPDI News | September 2022 A joint data language for the real estate sector Where are lifts located in a building, what spaces are used, how much energy is consumed? All of this is revealed by the digital building twin, which – in combination with a shared data language – provides previously undreamt of insights.
Photo: © privat News | September 2022 Donati: New branch, new director Henrik von der Osten-Sacken recently took charge of the branch of Donati for the Germany-Austria-Switzerland region.
Photo: © CapMan Buyout News | September 2022 CapMan Buyout has acquired Hydroware CapMan Buyout has acquired Hydroware, a producer and provider of systems for modernisations of lifts from the company’s founder and other shareholders.
Photo: © Wittur News | September 2022 Wittur: New Chief People Officer After 4 years at the helm of Wittur's HR team, Aline Estevant-Rigaut left Wittur at the end of July. Her successor is Åsa Lautenberg.
