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News | December 2025

CIBSE launches Society of Vertical Transportation

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has announced the official launch of the Society of Vertical Transportation (SoVT).

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News | December 2025

Lift-Link opening at the interlift 2025

Sector representatives celebrated the official launch of Lift-Link on 14 October at the interlift in Nuremberg – a joint initiative for a cross-manufacturer platform for lift data.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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News | December 2025

Aribelt 30 F3.4: The "lightest TÜV-certified flat belt"

Aritec presented the Aribelt 30 F3.4 at the interlift. According to the company, it is the lightest TÜV-certified flat belt for low- and mid-rise elevators.

News | November 2025

Second managing director at Aufzugsdienst

Frank Schnatz has been the second managing partner at Deutscher Aufzugsdienst alongside Michael Wirth for several months. Schnatz, 38, has been working in the lift industry for around twelve years.

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News | November 2025

Students “clamber” to the stars

A lift into space? Students of the TU Munich are conducting research into such a space lift. They regularly take part in competitions with their “Climber”.

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CIBSE launches Society of Vertical Transportation

Lift-Link opening at the interlift 2025

Farewell to Erika Kübler

The latest news from the world of standards

TKE inaugurates its “Product Competence Center”

EN 81-76: The practical application of the new standard

Aribelt 30 F3.4: The "lightest TÜV-certified flat belt"

Second managing director at Aufzugsdienst

Students “clamber” to the stars