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: © wrightstudio/123RF.com News | August 2022 DIN EN 81-76 draft published The draft of DIN EN 81-76 has been published (Evacuation of persons with disabilities using lifts). The standard is harmonised under the Lifts Directive.
Photo: © B.A.S.E. News | August 2022 VDI 6211 published as draft The VDI 6211 guideline on “Ventilation installations and installations to extract smoke from lifts and lift shafts” was made available to the public in July 2022 in draft form.
Photo: © Bernd Lorenz News | August 2022 “Milestone”: new further training as lift fitter The lack of skilled labour is dramatic. The lift sector urgently needs technically trained staff. Up to now, the VFA-Akademie has provided theoretical foundations.
Photo: © wrightstudio/123RF.com News | August 2022 Three new draft standards Three new draft standards have just appeared, they will all be harmonised under the Machinery Directive. Lodging objections to all drafts is still possible. We have summarised the changes for you:
Photo: © Shi / stock.adobe.com News | August 2022 Kone divests its operations in Russia Kone Corporation will divest its business in Russia to local management.
Photo: © Artur Szczybylo/123rf.com News | August 2022 TK Elevator acquires Nordic Lift TK Elevator takes another step to strengthen its business in Sweden. The company will acquire Nordic Lift from Pegroco Invest.
Photo: © Kronenberg GmbH News | August 2022 WPM system for controlling motorized door interlocks Just in time for the interlift 2022, Kronenberg GmbH is launching the innovative WPM system, an electronic system for controlling motorized door interlocks by wireless power transfer between the car and the pit.
Photo: © Aphithana Chitmongkolthong, istockphoto.com News | August 2022 Structure-borne noise emissions on the lift according to DIN 8989 How is structure-borne noise measured in synchronous and asynchronous drives without machine room?
Photo: © LEIA / LIFTEX News | July 2022 Liftex returns Less than four months to go until LEIA’s triennial Liftex 2022 event takes place on 12-13 October 2022 in London, the organiser look at how the event is shaping up so far.
