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: © Hotel Savoy News | July 2021 New coating for metallic surfaces Aesthetics in lift building: the new CernoTex coating from Rimex Metals was developed to seal high quality steel designs.
Photo: © Ulrike Lotze News | June 2021 Liftex 2022: Great exhibitor interest Despite being 16 months out from the show, Liftex 2022 has sold 67% of its floor space in the first four weeks of booking. ELA and Liftex 2019
Photo: © TK Elevator News | June 2021 Stair lift wins Red Dot Award The S200 stair lift of TK Elevator has won the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2021. Conceived by Business Unit TK Home Solutions and designed by Pearson Lloyd design studio.
Photo: © AFAG News | June 2021 “We’ve been in crisis mode for over a year” The postponement of the interlift has caused quite a stir. LIFTjournal talked to Henning Könicke, the managing director of the interlift organiser AFAG, about the background to this and the reactions of the industry.
Photo: © okapidesign News | June 2021 Langer & Laumann: Homepage in new look After some “exciting and strenuous weeks involving technical, content and optical revision”, the new website of Langer & Laumann has been thoroughly modernised and renewed, the company reported.
Photo: © Hengstler GmbH News | June 2021 Hengstler celebrates 175th anniversary Hengstler GmbH is celebrating its anniversary: 175 years ago, the company was established in Aldingen (south Germany) as a clock industry supplier.
Photo: © privat News | June 2021 New branch manager at Schmitt + Sohn Alexander Schurz is the new branch manager of Schmitt + Sohn in Regensburg. The 56-year old reports to managing director Maximilian Schmitt.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift e.V. News | June 2021 VFA-Interlift: dismissals and new treasurer The VFA-Interlift e.V. has now dismissed two employees – including its technical consultant Jan König. In addition, the remaining board of directors has appointed a treasurer.
Photo: © Christian Lue / Siegmund / unsplash / okapidesign / Montage News | June 2021 Brexit and its consequences for the lift sector Great Britain has not been part of the EU single market and customs union since 1 January 2021. The article by Jan König treats the consequences for the lift sector.
