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: © TK Elevator / Studio Géhin News | August 2025 Florence Bigé elected president Florence Bigé is on a roll: since the end of September 2024 she has been in charge of TK Elevator France. This made her the first woman in France to hold the position of president of a manufacturer in this sector, according to a company press release.
Photo: © Kleemann News | August 2025 “The first virtual world of lifts” Kleemann is introducing AI Lifts, a concept powered by artificial intelligence, which presents a virtual world of lifts.
Photo: © Wittur News | August 2025 New CFO of the Wittur Group Markus Schürholz has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Wittur Group with effect from 1 April 2025.
Photo: © BGHM / D. Benecke News | August 2025 Safe material transport with stair climbers Electrically-powered stair climbers simplify transporting heavy and bulky goods via stairs. They can reduce the burden on employees and the risk of accidents. But only if the equipment is properly handled.
Photo: © CIBSE News | August 2025 David Cooper CIBSE President Elect David Cooper is CIBSE President Elect of the “Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers” (CIBSE) for the 2025/26 term.
Photo: © Craftview Software GmbH / Adobe Stock / contrastwerkstatt News | August 2025 New modules for more efficient accounting Together with the current update of the ESERP product line to version 3.1, es2000 Errichter Software GmbH is providing specialist lift building companies with two new modules related to accounting for the ERP system.
Photo: © Pepperl+Fuchs SE News | August 2025 New management duo at Pepperl+Fuchs On 1 May 2025, Dr Wilhelm Nehring took on the role of chairman of the management board at Pepperl+Fuchs SE; Martin Walter is the new finance director.
Photo: © osma GmbH & Co. KG News | August 2025 New transport solution for bicycles in residential buildings Osma has launched the “oBike Riser”. The idea behind the new product is to provide more flexibility and safety when transporting bicycles in residential buildings.
Photo: © privat News | August 2025 Co-CEO at DigiPara since April Andrés G Damjanov has been supporting the management of DigiPara as Co-CEO since 1 April 2025. The company is a software producer specialised in Building Information Modeling (BIM) for lifts and escalators. This was revealed by the investor BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital.
