Photo: © ustudiographydd59/123RF.com News | June 2026 The most important events for the lift industry Convenient overview: The most important trade fairs and events of the lift industry at a glance! We constantly update the dates.
Photo: © faithie/123RF.com News | June 2026 THE newsletter for the international lift industry The LIFTjournal newsletter provides a monthly round-up of the most important news for the international lift industry.
Photo: © Dirk Müller/KI-generiert gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz News | May 2026 EN ISO 8100-1/2:2026 standards – global standards for lifts EN 81-20/50 are the main safety standards for lifts. These standards have been revised, so that now the EN ISO 8100-1/2:2026 standards are available.
Photo: © Bundesverband Metall News | May 2026 Rolf Rehbold joins the Bundesverband Metall Rolf Rehbold assumed the position of departmental head of occupational training at the Federal Metalworking Association (BVM) on 1 January 2026.
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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.
