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Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren

News | June 2023

Colossal six-leaf doors on the fifth continent

When it comes to lifts, landing and car doors with very large dimensions are a special challenge – a task that the door specialist Meiller has been handling for years.

Photo: © Kanawastudio/Bernd Lorenz/iStock.com

News | June 2023

New sector report: lack of skilled workers the new sticking point

Three megatrends are currently influencing the German lift sector: digitalisation, sustainability and demographic change. This was revealed by the new sector report about the German lift and escalator sector, which has just been published.

Photo: © TK Elevator

News | June 2023

TK Elevator: New CEO in Europe and Africa

Bora Gülan has been appointed CEO of TK Elevator’s European and African elevator and escalator business.

Photo: © Schindler

News | June 2023

Connecting lifts to an IoT system

The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming the lift industry by enabling the collection and transmission of data from lifts to cloud-based systems. This provides a better experience for all stakeholders involved.

Photo: © Langer & Laumann

News | June 2023

New majority owner at Langer & Laumann

The ownership of Langer & Laumann is changing: with immediate effect, there is a new majority owner. The transaction was concluded on 15 June 2023.

Photo: © Kledelmans

News | June 2023

Car area increases by 50 percent

The engineering and installation company in vertical transportation “Kledelmans” has developed a new arrangement for a lift car with its counterweight. According to the company, the newly arranged car area increases by 50 percent without changing shaft dimensions.

Photo: © Digital Spine

News | June 2023

Buchhart moves to Digital Spine

After around four years, Richard Buchhart is leaving Simplifa GmbH to work for Digital Spine GmbH. Since the beginning of April, he has been responsible there as Lead Service and Digital Twin for the expansion of Big Data technology for Aufzughelden.