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: © metamorworks/iStock.com News | December 2021 The new competitors march to a different beat Digitalisation is increasingly leading to business segments merging and to new competitors forcing their way into previously fenced-off sectors. These are not always start-ups, but occasionally also established players with strong financial backing.
Photo: © Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd. News | December 2021 IEE Expo 2022 expects lucrative business opportunities The IEE Expo 2022 want to reconnect the elevator industry to initiate business recovery and provide lucrative business opportunities on its show floors.
Photo: © IGV Group News | December 2021 IGV in register of historical Italian trademarks IGV Group is now included in the Special Register of Italian Historical Trademarks, set up by the Patent and Trademark Office of the Ministry of Economic Development, where a limited number of companies with more than 50 years of history are listed.
Photo: © Pop Nukoonrat/123RF.com News | December 2021 TK Elevator: Positive performance in first financial year TK Elevator reports that it was able to increase all relevant key figures in the 2020/21 financial year ending September 30 – despite the Corona pandemic, material cost inflation and supply chain bottlenecks.
Photo: © kazuo-ota, unsplash.com / Grafik: okapidesign News | December 2021 Brexit: UKCA mark and implications Following the pandemic and Brexit, Nick Mellor gives an overview of the UK lift and escalator industry and the new rules around UKCA marking.
Photo: © Prathan Chorruangsak/123RF.com News | December 2021 Hundt takes over Liftinsight Hundt Consult has taken over the Dutch company Liftinzicht, better known under its brand Liftinsight.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | December 2021 Change at Meiller Peter Will, sales and product manager at Meiller Aufzugtüren, is retiring at the end of the year. He will be succeeded by Jürgen Kral.
Photo: © murrstock/123RF.com News | December 2021 EN 81-40 has been harmonised The European standard for safety rules for the construction and installation of inclined stair lifts and platform lifts with inclined track for persons with impaired mobility was harmonised in mid-October.
Photo: © EDGE/Bloomimages News | December 2021 Double decker lifts in the Edge East Side Berlin high rise The lift group Kone will be installing 14 lifts and three escalators in the under construction Edge East Side Berlin building, whose main tenant is Amazon. These include the first eight double decker lifts in the German-speaking countries.
