Photo: © wrightstudio/123RF.com News | May 2025 A strong brand makes a difference A clear brand identity not only strengthens a company but also its employees and customers. This also applies to small and medium-sized lift manufacturers.
Photo: © Elsco News | May 2025 Elsco: New European Sales Manager Elevator Safety Company (Elsco) has announced the appointment of Hicham Chamseddine Naamani as its new European Sales Manager. Elsco is an international provider of elevator roller and swivel guides.
Photo: © KLST News | May 2025 “We were looking for a strong partner” The LIFTjournal once again has three questions: In view of recent events, the person we’re talking to this time is Detlef Klinkhammer, founder and managing director of “Detlef Klinkhammer Steuerungen und Komponenten für Aufzüge” (KLST), based in Zülpich near Cologne.
Photo: © VmA News | May 2025 VmA Board of Directors re-elected Udo Niggemeier has been confirmed in his office as Chairman of the Association of SME Lift Companies (Vereinigung mittelständischer Aufzugsunternehmen - VmA). The 59-year old has been heading the association since 2021.
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Photo: © Telegärtner Elektronik News | November 2020 A different look at lift emergency calls The relevant ordinances, directives and standards formulate the requirements for lift emergency call systems. But there is also the receiver side!
Photo: © AndreyPopov / iStock.com News | November 2020 Lift industry: “We need good people” The skilled labour shortage in the lift sector is a constantly recurring topic. Has the Corona crisis changed anything about it? What are its causes? We asked Andreas Hönnige about this.
Photo: © Hydroware News | November 2020 Hydroware: with IoT into the future The modernisation package for hydraulic lifts from Hydroware works with the latest technology: this includes a high resolution interface – perfectly adapted to smartphones and tablets.
Photo: © Blain Hydraulics News | November 2020 Set-up your valve with your mobile The world becomes increasingly connected. That enable companies to redesign products as IoT devices to have Smart Solutions and remain competitive. Blain Hydraulics make use of the IoT technology and evolved the existing EV4-vvvf into the Smart-EV40-vvvf solution.
Photo: © Kübler News | November 2020 New Global Industry Manager at Kübler At the beginning of March 2020 Yasin Bayrakli had taken over responsibility for the elevator technology division at Kübler as Global Industry Manager.
Photo: © Piconorm News | November 2020 Up please: the door opener for the home lift market Piconorm has developed a complete home lift. New Lift not only supplies the home lift controller ECO for the Piconorm Avanza, but also an app with which the home lift can be controlled via mobile devices.
Photo: © Yaskawa News | November 2020 Via simulation to the matching converter How will the converter behave in real operation? What sequences have to be run in the application and what converter type is appropriate? What happens in the event of overload?
Photo: © GFT / Robert Weise-Prüß News | November 2020 Small companies also have good prospects Good employees are hard to find; the lack of skilled employees in the lift sector is a major problem. There is probably no ready-made solution for this. But there are companies that manage this problem better than others.
Photo: © European Lift SME Congress News | October 2020 First European Lift SME Congress For the first time, lift SMEs across Europe will meet on 18 and 19 November in an online platform equipped with simultaneous interpreting, to talk about the present and future of SMEs in the European framework.
