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: © Vodafone News | September 2025 Vodafone announces specific dates for 2G shutdown Important news for all operators whose lifts are equipped with a 2G-based emergency call system: Following in the footsteps of Telekom, Vodafone has also decided when it will switch off its 2G network in Germany.
Photo: © Bode Components News | September 2025 New Bode website with useful information Düsseldorf-based Bode Components GmbH went online with a new website in June 2025. It not only provides company information but also for example a tool for calculating tripping speed.
Photo: © Kone News | September 2025 Kone appoints Michelle Wen to Executive Board Michelle Wen has been appointed Executive Vice President, Procurement and a member of the Kone Executive Board (EXB), effective 1 August 2025.
Photo: © Ascenco Group News | September 2025 Stockholms Hiss-Service AB becomes part of Ascenco Group The Ascenco Group, specialised in the maintenance of critical infrastructure from Sweden, has acquired lift service companies Hiss-Service from Stockholm.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | September 2025 Replacement for four-leaf folding landing doors in situ The power-actuated Meiller folding landing door “Sinius” now also meets the requirements of the fire protection standard EN 81-58 E60. Sinius was developed for the 1:1 modernisation of existing four-leaf door systems in situ.
Photo: © privat News | September 2025 Jason Southgate moving to UK Service Lifts Jason Southgate has been the Project Delivery Manager at UK Service Lifts, a manufacturer of cargo and service lifts from Peterborough, since mid-May 2025.
Photo: © Henning GmbH & Co. KG / ChatGPT News | September 2025 Intelligent load measurement for lifts Thanks to intelligent sensors and high capacity integrated computing units, overload measurement has become an important instrument for efficiency valuation and condition-based maintenance.
Photo: © Telegärtner Elektronik News | September 2025 Telegärtner celebrating its 35th anniversary Telegärtner Elektronik got its start 35 years ago as a subcontractor of Deutsche Telekom. Thanks to this know-how, the company was able to build up the TGE Group. It serves a wide spectrum with its solutions and services.
Photo: © Dall.e News | September 2025 New standard for evacuation of persons with disabilities The new standard EN 81-76:2025 is available at CEN. Publications by the national standards organisations have already been issued or will be issued shortly. Citation in the Official Journal of the EU is expected in the first quarter 2026.
