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Photo: © Gefran

News | July 2021

New frequency converter for lift technology

Gefran has expanded its product portfolio in the field of lift technology with a new frequency converter series that is intended to cover a wide field of application and do justice to current industry demands.

Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg / Marc Weigert

News | July 2021

Ziehl-Abegg: 2020 as roller coaster ride

“2020 was like a roller coaster ride: border closures, material loss, collapse in sales and order increases all rapidly succeeded each other,” recalled Peter Fenkl from Ziehl-Abegg.

Photo: © Mahdis Mousavi, unsplash / istock / Montage

News | July 2021

The brave new world of the IT believers

Many people believe that IT-based solutions are an affordable way of being able to hand over their responsibility and solve problems.

Photo: © Hotel Savoy

News | July 2021

New coating for metallic surfaces

Aesthetics in lift building: the new CernoTex coating from Rimex Metals was developed to seal high quality steel designs.

Photo: © Ulrike Lotze

News | June 2021

Liftex 2022: Great exhibitor interest

Despite being 16 months out from the show, Liftex 2022 has sold 67% of its floor space in the first four weeks of booking.

ELA and Liftex 2019

Photo: © TK Elevator

News | June 2021

Stair lift wins Red Dot Award

The S200 stair lift of TK Elevator has won the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2021. Conceived by Business Unit TK Home Solutions and designed by Pearson Lloyd design studio.

Photo: © AFAG

News | June 2021

“We’ve been in crisis mode for over a year”

The postponement of the interlift has caused quite a stir. LIFTjournal talked to Henning Könicke, the managing director of the interlift organiser AFAG, about the background to this and the reactions of the industry.

News | June 2021

Langer & Laumann: Homepage in new look

After some “exciting and strenuous weeks involving technical, content and optical revision”, the new website of Langer & Laumann has been thoroughly modernised and renewed, the company reported.