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: © Liftsymposium 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.
Photo: © alexandersikov/123RF.com 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.
Photo: © Dmitry Kalinovsky/123rf.com 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.
Photo: © Bernstein News | August 2021 Gisela Bernstein to retire Gisela Bernstein passed on the torch of the Bernstein AG to the third generation on 1 July – her children Achim and Nicole Bernstein.
Photo: © bloodua/123RF.com News | August 2021 Order in the renovation of the Palais des Nations in Geneva Maspero Elevatori has won the manufacturing and modernization ot the lifts for the UN Headquarters in Geneva.
Photo: © Kone News | August 2021 Five Red Dot awards for Kone The jury of the Red Dot Awards honoured Kone five times: the company's access gate system “Kone Lane” won two prizes.
Photo: © Ascendor GmbH News | July 2021 Platform stair lift in the BIM database The Austrian lift company Ascendor has recently started providing BIM data for its platform stair lift PLG7.
Photo: © Orona News | July 2021 Orona defies the pandemic According to the company, Orona improved its market position in 2020 despite the pandemic and achieved turnover of 799 million euros. The cooperative revealed this at its virtual annual general meeting.
Photo: © Lödige Industries News | July 2021 Greater load-bearing capacity for cargo lifts Lödige Industries has further developed its chain lifts Sherpa and Escorta. Thanks to a 50 percent higher load-bearing capacity of up to 4.5 tons and a larger car, they can now be used to transport heavier and bulkier loads.
