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‘Modernisation, service and digitalisation are our growth drivers’

Alexander Vitt has been Managing Director of the DACH region at Kone since May 2024. In an interview with LIFTjournal, he talked about strategic priorities, the challenges in the new construction market, the role of digitalisation – and why Kone was focusing on partnerships and platform solutions in the long term.

Photo: © Hauer

News | June 2022

Spare part case with safety technology

In cooperation with “Hauer the elevatorshop”, service technicians receive an “emergency case” with Bernstein products, which is intended to cover a multitude of conceivable deployments in the field: the Emergency Switch Case (ESC MMXXII).

Photo: © Ascendor GmbH

News | June 2022

New version of the QuattroPorte

Ascendor has further developed its shaftless lift QuattroPorte and launched version 5 with numerous new features.

Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren

News | June 2022

Meiller: Pandemic phase used for new developments

The Munich door specialist Meiller exploited the difficult phase of the Corona pandemic to engage in further development of solutions in the field of doors and tackle and implement ideas for new products.

Photo: © Peters Research

News | June 2022

Lift and Escalator Symposium will be held in person

The 13th Lift & Escalator Technologies Symposium will take place on 21 - 22 September 2022 in Northampton. It will be held in person and online.

Photo: © Conta-Clip

News | June 2022

New managing director at Conta-Clip

Jörg Nowastowsk-Stock has been the new managing director sales and marketing of Conta-Clip since March this year.

Photo: © KW Aufzugstechnik

News | June 2022

KWeb: digital added value for all concerned

KW Aufzugstechnik has for some time now been fitting its controllers as standard with gateways and an LTE network connection.

News | June 2022

AFAG: "Run on the interlift 2023"

The interlift organiser AFAG reports unusually strong interest in the interlift 2023: "The team cannot remember a run like the current one for the interlift 2023," it says in a recent press release.

News | June 2022

New management at Bode Components

Uwe Wiemer and Volker Trein have formed the new management team at Bode Components in Dusseldorf since the beginning of March.

News | May 2022

Company succession planning: the earlier the better!

Planning one’s own succession is one of the most important tasks of all for family entrepreneurs and SME owners, for whom the long-term existence of their life’s work and their employees are close to their hearts.

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Spare part case with safety technology

New version of the QuattroPorte

Meiller: Pandemic phase used for new developments

Lift and Escalator Symposium will be held in person

New managing director at Conta-Clip

KWeb: digital added value for all concerned

AFAG: "Run on the interlift 2023"

New management at Bode Components

Company succession planning: the earlier the better!