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News | December 2022

New LA500 AC frequency inverter for lift applications

The new LA500 compact AC drive for lift applications delivers maximum travel comfort thanks to its new features and reliability. This compact drive is simple and easy to integrate into existing lifting systems, which helps save time and costs during installation.

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News | December 2022

Open standards for cloud communication

The moment when the CANopen-Lift standard became established in the lift sector at the beginning of the millennium was a milestone. This meant the different components of different manufacturers had now found a common language with which they could communicate with each other. But what happens when the data leave the lift?

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News | December 2022

TK Elevator to cut 500 jobs at German plant

500 of the 800 jobs at TK Elevator's German lift plant in Neuhausen are to be cut within the next two years. The company speaks of a "realignment" of the lift plant, the local Esslingen chapter of the trade union IG Metall calls it a "watershed moment".

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News | December 2022

Styrbjörn Andrén joins Hydroware

Starting in January 2023, Styrbjörn Andrén will join Hydroware as Head of Products and Learning. He should mobilise the company for its coming expansion.

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News | December 2022

Kübler Group growing in difficult environment in 2022

Despite high energy prices, rising costs for raw materials, logistics chains and inflation, Kübler Group also achieved rising turnover figures in the current financial year.

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News | December 2022

Brexit deadline extended

European companies will get two more years before they have to use the new UKCA marking for the introduction of products to the United Kingdom. Grant Shapps, the British secretary of state for business, announced this in mid-November.

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News | November 2022

ISO 8100-32:2020 Questionnaire

The ISO working group responsible for ISO 8100-32 is currently preparing a guidance document in the form of a technical report. They ask the lift industry for feedback on the standard.

News | November 2022

Certified sustainable lift maintenance

According to the company, Schindler Germany will be providing the first TÜV-certified sustainable lift maintenance in the sector. The aim of the “Schindler Green Service” is to reduce CO₂-emissions by 99.5 percent.

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News | November 2022

Second call for papers for Elevcon 2023

Organizers of Elevcon 2023 have published a 2nd call for papers for the event. The 23rd international Conference of the International Association of Elevator Engineers (IAEE) is set to take place on June 20-23 at the Grandior Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic.

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ISO 8100-32:2020 Questionnaire

Certified sustainable lift maintenance

Second call for papers for Elevcon 2023