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‘Modernisation, service and digitalisation are our growth drivers’

Alexander Vitt has been Managing Director of the DACH region at Kone since May 2024. In an interview with LIFTjournal, he talked about strategic priorities, the challenges in the new construction market, the role of digitalisation – and why Kone was focusing on partnerships and platform solutions in the long term.

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News | August 2021

Information note about ISO 8100-1 and ISO 8100-2

A new information note was now prepared by a Task Group "ELA/CEA" composed of lift experts from the European Lift Association (ELA) and lifts experts from China Elevators Association (CEA).

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News | August 2021

TK Elevator: Changes in the Management Board

Dr. Philipp Voet van Vormizeele will succeed retiring Dr. Detlef Hunsdiek in the position as CHRO.

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News | August 2021

“Those who can deliver make deals whatever the price”

No sooner has the Corona crisis possibly been overcome than there is another crisis for companies to overcome: the lift sector is also struggling mightily with material shortages and raw material and component prices, which in part are going through the roof.

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News | August 2021

Symposium talks freely available

According to the Lift & Escalator Symposium, all of the talks of the previous symposia are now freely available in its online library.

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News | August 2021

EN 81-72 and 81-73 have been harmonised

At the end of july the European standards for safety rules for the design and installation of fire brigade lifts as well as for behaviour of lifts in the event of fire were harmonised.

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News | August 2021

Lift modernisation – but when and how?

When is the right time to modernise a lift? When does it make technical and economic sense? And what rules should be followed when doing so? This is what many operators – rightly – ask themselves.