Photo: © wrightstudio/123RF.com News | May 2025 A strong brand makes a difference A clear brand identity not only strengthens a company but also its employees and customers. This also applies to small and medium-sized lift manufacturers.
Photo: © Elsco News | May 2025 Elsco: New European Sales Manager Elevator Safety Company (Elsco) has announced the appointment of Hicham Chamseddine Naamani as its new European Sales Manager. Elsco is an international provider of elevator roller and swivel guides.
Photo: © KLST News | May 2025 “We were looking for a strong partner” The LIFTjournal once again has three questions: In view of recent events, the person we’re talking to this time is Detlef Klinkhammer, founder and managing director of “Detlef Klinkhammer Steuerungen und Komponenten für Aufzüge” (KLST), based in Zülpich near Cologne.
Photo: © VmA News | May 2025 VmA Board of Directors re-elected Udo Niggemeier has been confirmed in his office as Chairman of the Association of SME Lift Companies (Vereinigung mittelständischer Aufzugsunternehmen - VmA). The 59-year old has been heading the association since 2021.
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Photo: © Henning GmbH & Co. KG News | September 2021 The special feature of the Wearwatcher are the algorithms How far is the development of predictive maintenance? The fifth hardware generation of Henning's Wearwatcher is designed to detect actual component wear locally on the elevator – without connecting to the cloud.
Photo: © Schmitt + Sohn Aufzüge News | August 2021 S+ presents new brand emblem The Nuremberg family company Schmitt + Sohn Aufzüge has a new brand emblem, which is intended to form part of its “communicative digitalisation process.”
Photo: © Wittur News | August 2021 New technologies on the way to series production Raloe is currently deploying several new technologies at once They are expected to offer numerous advantages for elevator manufacturers and operators.
Photo: © ELA News | August 2021 Information note about ISO 8100-1 and ISO 8100-2 A new information note was now prepared by a Task Group "ELA/CEA" composed of lift experts from the European Lift Association (ELA) and lifts experts from China Elevators Association (CEA).
Photo: © TK Elevator News | August 2021 TK Elevator: Changes in the Management Board Dr. Philipp Voet van Vormizeele will succeed retiring Dr. Detlef Hunsdiek in the position as CHRO.
Photo: © daniilpeshkov/123rf.com News | August 2021 “Those who can deliver make deals whatever the price” No sooner has the Corona crisis possibly been overcome than there is another crisis for companies to overcome: the lift sector is also struggling mightily with material shortages and raw material and component prices, which in part are going through the roof.
Photo: © Liftsymposium News | August 2021 Symposium talks freely available According to the Lift & Escalator Symposium, all of the talks of the previous symposia are now freely available in its online library.
Photo: © alexandersikov/123RF.com News | August 2021 EN 81-72 and 81-73 have been harmonised At the end of july the European standards for safety rules for the design and installation of fire brigade lifts as well as for behaviour of lifts in the event of fire were harmonised.
Photo: © Dmitry Kalinovsky/123rf.com News | August 2021 Lift modernisation – but when and how? When is the right time to modernise a lift? When does it make technical and economic sense? And what rules should be followed when doing so? This is what many operators – rightly – ask themselves.
