Photo: © Langer + Laumann News | July 2026 New CEO at the Langer + Laumann Group The Langer + Laumann Group has a new CEO. The former managing director, Martin Platt, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on 1 December 2025 at the age of 58.
Photo: © Bunse-Aufzüge News | July 2026 The Machinery Regulation: Call for Action! As the date of application for the regulation as of 20 January 2027 is approaching, manufacturers and all other stakeholders need to be prepared urgently to comply with the new and revised requirements in a timely fashion.
Photo: © KLST News | July 2026 Three questions to ... Markus Labruier Markus Labruier (54) has been the managing director of Detlef Klinkhammer Steuerungen und Komponente für Aufzüge (KLST) since 1 October 2025. Mition GmbH Mittelstandsbeteiligungen took over the company at the beginning of 2025.
Photo: © LIFTjournal/Dirk Müller/KI-assistiert mit Firefly und ChatGPT News | July 2026 A wedding with strings attached The announcement of Kone’s takeover of TK Elevator has sent shockwaves through the industry. Suddenly, there is talk of a new mega-conglomerate, a potential shift in power within the service sector, and the fact that the wave of consolidation has now reached the Big Four themselves.
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Photo: © KI-generiert gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz/Dirkmüller/LIFTjournal News | March 2026 In Scandinavia, financial investors are buying up medium-sized companies The Swedish lift market is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Unlike in other European countries, it is not the major OEMs that are buying up small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but new, financially strong groups. LIFTjournal spoke to Daniel Nyman about this.
Photo: © Yanalyso/123RF.com News | March 2026 Digital support for maintenance The software producer CSG AUPOS aims to set new standards in digital maintenance and project management through a combination of artificial intelligence, well-conceived deployment planning and mobile apps.
Photo: © Stannah News | March 2026 Stannah: Sixth generation and new executive board The UK family-owned lift business Stannah has announced that it will strengthen its leadership with the addition of a sixth generation and a new executive board.
Photo: © SimsInLifts News | March 2026 SimsInLifts expanding to the continent The British specialist for lift communication technology, SimsInLifts, can now also be found in Belgium apart from the United Kingdom with its multi-roam SIM cards, which can be installed in emergency call systems.
Photo: © W+W Aufzugkomponenten News | March 2026 Duty to maintain public safety in lift building Working on lifts – whether new construction, modernisation, repair or service – can be dangerous.
Photo: © Fain-Gruppe/Dermot Byrne News | March 2026 Spanish company declares itself market leader in Ireland Fain Ascensores has taken over the Irish lift builder Accel. As a result, the Spanish company is responsible for over 8,500 lifts on the Emerald Isle and according to its own information had “for the first time assumed market leadership in a country outside of Spain in the company’s history.”
Photo: © Doppler News | March 2026 This lift carries the stairs with it Doppler presented a new product category at interlift with ‘Elevante’. It combines a home lift with a staircase. The Greek lift manufacturer is targeting owners of single-family homes in north-western Europe as potential customers.
Photo: © VDMA News | March 2026 Three questions to ... Robert Hild It is admittedly somewhat longer than the famous 100 days in office, but Robert Hild is still fairly new to the lift sector. We took the opportunity and posed our familiar three questions to the managing director of the VDMA – Trade Association Lifts and Escalators.
Photo: © KI-generiert gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz News | March 2026 Light at the end of the tunnel If there are fewer new buildings, fewer new lifts are required. This is why the question occupying all of the players in the lift sector is: what’s next for the construction industry in Germany?
