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 | March 2022 RST: Hans Dekan to retire Change in management at the lift controller specialist based in Oedheim (Germany) RST Elektronik.
Photo: © Peter Gerstenmeyer News | March 2022 Jeeves: the service robot can take the lift “bp408 – ready for Jeeves”: Böhnke + Partner GmbH has developed a software API together with the manufacturer of a service robot that enables the robot to use the lifts in a Cologne hotel.
Photo: © Aphithana Chitmongkolthong, istockphoto.com News | March 2022 Noise insulation in lift construction: Structure-borne noise emissions In the second article in the new series on the subject of noise insulation, the subject is structure-borne noise emission and its decisive effects. This article will give you an overview while many details will receive more attention in subsequent editions of the LIFTjournal.
Photo: © Amphitech News | March 2022 Modular standardisation of emergency call systems Amphitech has replaced its previous series of PTU lift emergency call systems and consolidated them in a single new product series. It meets the requirements of the new EN 81-28:2020.
Photo: © Seydel News | March 2022 Next group: Hager is new board of management member At the Next group General Assembly at the end of November Kjell Johansson, founder of Hydroware AB, retired from his position. Volker Hager, General Manager at Hydroware GmbH, was newly elected to the board as his successor.
Photo: © Schmersal News | March 2022 Schmersal stops supply to Russia The management of the Schmersal Group has instructed the sales partner for Russia to stop the supply of safety switchgear and systems to the customers located in Russia.
Photo: © Kone News | March 2022 Kone ceases deliveries to Russia As a result of Russia's military actions against Ukraine, Kone has decided to temporarily cease deliveries to Russia starting March 3, 2022.
Photo: © Kone News | March 2022 Kone: Cloud capabilities from AWS Kone has announced an agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS will provide Kone with global cloud capabilities such as Internet of Things (IoT) and analytics.
Photo: © TÜV Süd News | March 2022 TÜV Süd accredited for certifications in the UK TÜV Süd is the first European notified body that is also an approved body for the UK and offers certifications for the European and British market from one source.
