Photo: © Nina Skripietz/Braun Aufzüge News | October 2026 From a garage in Hesse to the world market “Forty years are half a lifetime,” noted the managing directors of Braun Aufzüge, Tobias Braun and Pamela Schmidt on this occasion.
Photo: © elevisionXperts News | October 2026 More precise data from the lift shaft If Sebastian Heduschka gets his way, measuring with yardsticks and plumb lines should become a thing of the past. He deploys a 3D laser scanner to obtain more precise data and transfer the digital model to BIM.
Photo: © Skanio News | October 2026 Innovative measurement of vertical space The start-up “Skanio” uses LiDAR scans to provide precise data for the modernisation of lifts and escalators. The systems do not need to be taken out of service during the process more than a few minutes at a time.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift News | October 2026 VFA Forum interlift ’27: Call for Papers The VFA-Interlift is calling on potential speakers to apply now to give a presentation at the VFA Forum interlift ’27: “Contribute your expertise and help shape the presentation programme of interlift 2027!”
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Photo: © Cedes News | May 2022 New VP Special Projects at Cedes Patrick Bass is the new Vice President Special Projects and technical consultant at the Cedes Group. The position has been newly created – the engineer will work in the USA.
Photo: © Schmersal News | May 2022 First UKCA certificate for Schmersal TÜV Rheinland has issued the first certificate for the inspection of the solenoid interlocks AZ300, AZM300 and AZM300-AS of Schmersal, according to the UKCA requirements.
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg News | April 2022 Ziehl-Abegg: New sales director drive technology Oliver Vahsen is now in charge of sales for the drive technology segment at Ziehl-Abegg. The qualified engineer has more than ten years of sales experience at the motor manufacturer based in Künzelsau (Germany).
Photo: © LEEA News | April 2022 Looking forward to LiftEx 2022 in Aberdeen The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) is joining the lifting industry in looking forward to the return of the LiftEx Exhibition in the UK, which will be held on 5-6 October 2022 at P&J Live in Aberdeen.
Photo: © Kone News | April 2022 Kone: New Executive Vice President Karla Lindahl has been appointed Executive Vice President, responsible for the South Europe and Mediterranean region and member of the Executive Board as of 1 April 2022.
Photo: © T-Press News | April 2022 Greek elevator fair restart The 2nd Trade Fair/Convention Ascen.tec – Elevator Technologies will take place in Athens in June 2022, announced the organizer T-Press.
Photo: © Petr Jilek News | April 2022 Comment: It remains exciting in the industry... Just a moment ago, we thought that the pandemic and the omnipresent climate crisis had led to the greatest possible distortions on the energy and raw materials markets and that the situation would soon ease.
Photo: © kritchanut/123RF.com News | April 2022 What has changed since the interlift 2019? Two-and-a-half years have passed since the last interlift. Since then, the challenges for companies have increased enormously. First came the Corona pandemic, then the supply bottlenecks and price increases for material.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift e.V. News | April 2022 interlift: Forty specialist talks by international speakers The VFA-Forum interlift accompanying the interlift ’22 in Augsburg will feature more than 40 specialist talks.