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: © RST Elektronik GmbH News | May 2022 Monitoring air quality in lift cars with CO2 sensors To reduce the risk of Corona infection in lifts, RST Elektronik has developed the IMC-2 Pro Air, which permanently monitors the CO2 concentration in the car by means of a new sensor technology.
Photo: © Bucher Hydraulics News | May 2022 Lift hydraulics: power and elegance, coupled with intelligence Hydraulic drive technology for lift construction comes into play if great forces or architecturally demanding solutions are called for. Bucher Hydraulics has now gone a step further: lift technology has become smart and networked.
Photo: © privat News | May 2022 Prisma: new area sales manager Helge Bismanns is the new area sales manager for the German-speaking region of the door manufacturer Prisma. The 58-year old previously worked at Meiller Kipper.
Photo: © Pop Nukoonrat/123RF.com News | May 2022 CMP takes over Gustav Wolf Group CMP Capital Management-Partners (CMP) is entering the high-growth market of rope and wire products for the elevator and crane industry: The GOF III fund managed by CMP is acquiring 100 percent of the shares in the German Gustav Wolf GmbH, a leading supplier in this segment.
Photo: © Aphithana Chitmongkolthong, istockphoto.com News | May 2022 This is how concrete influences noise transmission As already indicated in the last article to this topic, the quality of concrete has a decisive influence on structure-borne noise emission. This relationship is described in this article.
Photo: © TÜV Süd News | May 2022 Functional safety: digitalising lifts – with PESSRAL The safety technology of lifts is becoming increasingly digitalised. Many systems are still purely mechanical in operation. Programmable electronic safety systems (PESSRAL) are becoming far more important. What has to be borne in mind here? An overview.
Photo: © Siepe News | May 2022 New: XL door and vertical landing door Siepe took over the door business of Hütter over two years ago. At the interlift, the company will present two new products.
Photo: © (videst/123RF.com) News | May 2022 ELA calls for recognition of essential safety role of lifts The European Lift Association (ELA) is calling for vertical transportation service providers and manufacturers to be given the status of “essential safety services”. This appeal will be one of the key highlights of ELA’s upcoming 2022 Annual Conference on 19th and 20th May in Frankfurt, Germany.
Photo: © Tucker News | May 2022 Uday Yadav appointed new CEO of TK Elevator Uday Yadav has been appointed as CEO of TK Elevator. Former CEO Peter Walker has taken the decision to retire after over 25 years of service at the company.
