Photo: © Gartec News | June 2026 LEIA appoints new leadership for Personal Lift Group The Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) has appointed Andrew Harper, Group CEO of Gartec, as Chair of its Personal Lift Group (PLG).
Photo: © diego vito cervo/123RF.com News | June 2026 Kone expands its presence in northern Germany Kone’s acquisition spree continues. Through its subsidiary M.S. Aufzüge, the Finnish lift manufacturer has acquired a medium-sized company from the north of Germany.
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg News | June 2026 Lift motor manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg mourns the loss of Uwe Ziehl Uwe Ziehl passed away on 6 June 2026 at the age of 79. He served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the technology group Ziehl-Abegg from 2005 to 2020.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift e.V. News | June 2026 Internationalization of standardization: A challenge for SMEs The publication of EN ISO 8100-1 and -2 represents the continuation of a development that has characterised lift standardisation for several years: the greater international harmonisation of technical codes.
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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.
Photo: © Firmengruppe Max Bögl News | July 2021 Modular construction in the lift sector A new lift along with shaft – quickly installed: this is possible with a complete solution from one source, the Gen2 lift from Otis combined with the modular lift shaft from Max Bögl.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | July 2021 Easy and flexible solution for modernisation Every day, lifts transport millions of people, many of them for decades. In view of the immense number of trips that lifts complete over the course of time, ...
Photo: © Kerstin Offer, WDR News | July 2021 EMC problems due to lifts How can you ensure electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) in lifts in the susceptible environment of the Westdeutsche Rundfunk (WDR) broadcaster?
Photo: © AFAG News | July 2021 interlift 22: Over 80 percent of the space is already occupied Well over 300 elevator companies have now registered for interlift, and a good 80 percent of the available space has been booked. This is reported by the interlift trade fair organizer AFAG. There will be a kind of digital preview at the originally planned date in October 2021.
Photo: © Rocom Energie- und Kommunikationssysteme News | July 2021 Emergency call device now also with VoLTE The Helpy 2W-EWMS from Rocom is an emergency call device according to EN81.28 (2018), which offers not only emergency calls, but also extended surveillance and maintenance functions for Lift 4.0 applications.
