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: © Grey Gale Creative Spark Design Partnership News | March 2022 Mourning Len Maple Len Maple has passed away. Len was a former president of BLA (British Lift Association), one of the predecessor organizations of LEIA, the UK trade association and advisory body for the lift and escalator industry.
Photo: © Aumüller Aumatic GmbH News | March 2022 Aumüller celebrating anniversary with donation campaign Aumüller Aumatic GmbH in Thierhaupten is marking its 50th company anniversary. The family company was established in 1972. The anniversary is to be celebrated with a special donation campaign.
Photo: © Dekra News | March 2022 Dekra: new app for digital lift analysis Dekra Digital has introduced an app for digital analysis of lifts. “Lift Check” is intended to enable users to carry out detailed measurements in lifts per smartphone – irrespective of lift type and manufacturer.
Photo: © Verlagsanstalt Handwerk News | March 2022 Level up: The LIFTjournal as digital paper We move with the times: Parallel to the printed editions, you can now also read the LIFTjournal as a digital paper. Unlike a PDF, you can conveniently click and open every article here.
Photo: © Kone News | February 2022 Changes in the Kone Executive Board Thomas Hinnerskov, Executive Vice President responsible for South Europe, Middle East and Africa, has decided to leave Kone for a position outside the company latest at the end of May 2022.
Photo: © Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH / Sandra Gätke News | February 2022 First exhibitors at the E2 Forum Frankfurt 2022 The first companies from the elevator and escalator industry have registered for the E2 Forum Frankfurt on September 21 and 22, 2022 in Frankfurt am Main.
Photo: © Grey Gale Creative Spark Design Partnership News | February 2022 In memoriam: Ami Lustig and Joseph Stier IAEE President & Elevcon congress chairman Ami Lustig and IAEE executive committee secretary and chairman of administrative board Joseph Stier passed away in the end of 2021.
Photo: © VmA News | February 2022 "In Ralph Kanzler, we are losing a very good friend ..." The Association of SME Lift Companies (VmA) is in mourning for Ralph Kanzler. He died suddenly and unexpectedly on 10 December 2021 at the age of 54.
Photo: © alexandersikov/123RF.com News | February 2022 New standard for inclined elevators A European standard for the elevator sector has been revised: EN 81-22 (September 2021 edition) has now been published.
