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: © SBR Aufzugtechnik News | January 2022 How much sense does a full maintenance service make for lifts? A full maintenance agreement gives the operator the idea it no longer needs to worry about anything. It has, as it were full insurance cover for its lifts. But what makes sense and when does a normal maintenance service make sense for operators?
Photo: © watchara rojjanasain/123RF.com News | January 2022 Cyber security: draft standard with massive consequences The draft of section 20 of ISO 8102 on cyber security in lifts and escalators (Electrical requirements for lifts, escalators and moving walks) was published recently. We asked an expert for his assessment of the draft.
Photo: © AFAG News | January 2022 Will interlift 2022 take place? At the moment, this is a question that concerns most people in the lift sector: given the massive spread of the Omicron variant, will the interlift be able to take place at the end of April?
Photo: © Cibes Lift Group AB News | January 2022 Highly detailed 3D lift models To make the drawing brochures of Cibes more attractive for end customers, Digipara has developed new program features intended to facilitate immediate creation of more detailed 3D lift models.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | January 2022 TK Elevator reorganizes Communications & Marketing Department TK Elevator has reorganized its Communications & Marketing department. Dr. Anahid Rickmann took over as the head of this department at the beginning of October 2021.
Photo: © Aphithana Chitmongkolthong, istockphoto.com News | January 2022 Noise insulation in lift building: a closed book? Building installations, i.e., also lifts, necessarily produce noise during operation. The vertical transport of people and loads results in airborne and structure-borne noise emissions.
Photo: © Ascendor GmbH News | January 2022 New managing director at Ascendor Erwin Roither is the new managing director of Ascendor from Niederwaldkirchen, Austria.
Photo: © Alberto Sassi News | January 2022 Ferrari moved to Sassi Gianluca Ferrari has moved to Alberto Sassi S.p.A. He worked as a manager in the lift sector for more than 30 years in various roles, both in multinationals and in private companies.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | December 2021 Meiller: Active commitment to environmental protection The SME Meiller Aufzugtüren has had itself certified according to ISO 14001:2015 EMAS. EMAS is the most sophisticated system worldwide for sustainable environmental management.
