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‘Modernisation, service and digitalisation are our growth drivers’

Alexander Vitt has been Managing Director of the DACH region at Kone since May 2024. In an interview with LIFTjournal, he talked about strategic priorities, the challenges in the new construction market, the role of digitalisation – and why Kone was focusing on partnerships and platform solutions in the long term.

Photo: © Creative Software

News | December 2020

New software modules for the lift sector

Creative Software Team GmbH develops software for the lift sector. It has now brought out a new contractual and planning module, a maintenance app and an info portal.

Photo: © Meiller

News | November 2020

New functions for service technicians from digitalisation

Meiller has expanded the user functions of MiDrive and the app for the diagnosic tool. The remote support tool has been further expanded and now offers additional video and audio recording.

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News | November 2020

Kuhse Industrial Components: New head of design/development

Daniel Cohrs the new head of design/development for Kuhse Industrial Components GmbH. He will be primarily concerned with the development and design of customer-specific solutions.

Photo: © Johann Schum Aufzugtechnik GmbH

News | November 2020

Automatic creation of lift drawings

Johann Schum Aufzugtechnik GmbH has issued a new version of the Marsdesigner, the calculation tool for the Mars product line, with which automated creation of lift drawings is possible.

Photo: © VFA-Interlift

News | November 2020

Mourning Albrecht Hildebrandt

VFA-Interlift is mourning Albrecht Hildebrandt. He was a founder member of the association, member since 1987 and from 1997 to 2000 deputy chairman of the VFA-Interlift. He died on 16 October, aged 85.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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New software modules for the lift sector

New functions for service technicians from digitalisation

Kuhse Industrial Components: New head of design/development

Automatic creation of lift drawings

Mourning Albrecht Hildebrandt

A different look at lift emergency calls

Lift industry: “We need good people”

Hydroware: with IoT into the future

Set-up your valve with your mobile