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News | June 2022

KWeb: digital added value for all concerned

KW Aufzugstechnik has for some time now been fitting its controllers as standard with gateways and an LTE network connection.

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News | June 2022

AFAG: "Run on the interlift 2023"

The interlift organiser AFAG reports unusually strong interest in the interlift 2023: "The team cannot remember a run like the current one for the interlift 2023," it says in a recent press release.

Photo: © Bode Components

News | June 2022

New management at Bode Components

Uwe Wiemer and Volker Trein have formed the new management team at Bode Components in Dusseldorf since the beginning of March.

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News | May 2022

Company succession planning: the earlier the better!

Planning one’s own succession is one of the most important tasks of all for family entrepreneurs and SME owners, for whom the long-term existence of their life’s work and their employees are close to their hearts.

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News | May 2022

Mitsubishi acquires Motum

On 7 April 2022, it was announced that Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Motum AB. The deal has now been approved by the Swedish Competition Agency and has therefore been closed.

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News | May 2022

Orona: Growth in difficult times

Orona's sales in 2021 increased by 4.1% year-on-year €832 million. The cooperative's order intake grew for the fourth year in a row. This numbers were presented during Oronas annual Partners’ Meeting, held in person in the Anoeta velodrome.

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News | May 2022

Fast and innovative: modular design lifts

Time is always short on building sites. Schindler Germany hopes to provide genuine added value with a new assembly method, which the company developed in cooperation with Menzel Beton-Bausysteme.

News | May 2022

Monitoring air quality in lift cars with CO2 sensors

To reduce the risk of Corona infection in lifts, RST Elektronik has developed the IMC-2 Pro Air, which permanently monitors the CO2 concentration in the car by means of a new sensor technology.

News | May 2022

Lift hydraulics: power and elegance, coupled with intelligence

Hydraulic drive technology for lift construction comes into play if great forces or architecturally demanding solutions are called for. Bucher Hydraulics has now gone a step further: lift technology has become smart and networked.

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KWeb: digital added value for all concerned

AFAG: "Run on the interlift 2023"

New management at Bode Components

Company succession planning: the earlier the better!

Mitsubishi acquires Motum

Orona: Growth in difficult times

Fast and innovative: modular design lifts

Monitoring air quality in lift cars with CO2 sensors

Lift hydraulics: power and elegance, coupled with intelligence