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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: © Kübler

News | November 2020

New Global Industry Manager at Kübler

At the beginning of March 2020 Yasin Bayrakli had taken over responsibility for the elevator technology division at Kübler as Global Industry Manager.

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News | November 2020

Up please: the door opener for the home lift market

Piconorm has developed a complete home lift. New Lift not only supplies the home lift controller ECO for the Piconorm Avanza, but also an app with which the home lift can be controlled via mobile devices.

Photo: © Yaskawa

News | November 2020

Via simulation to the matching converter

How will the converter behave in real operation? What sequences have to be run in the application and what converter type is appropriate? What happens in the event of overload?

Photo: © GFT / Robert Weise-Prüß

News | November 2020

Small companies also have good prospects

Good employees are hard to find; the lack of skilled employees in the lift sector is a major problem. There is probably no ready-made solution for this. But there are companies that manage this problem better than others.

Photo: © European Lift SME Congress

News | October 2020

First European Lift SME Congress

For the first time, lift SMEs across Europe will meet on 18 and 19 November in an online platform equipped with simultaneous interpreting, to talk about the present and future of SMEs in the European framework.

Photo: © Leibniz Universität Hannover / Marie-Luise Kolb

News | October 2020

Frequency converter in the Einstein elevator

Physical and production-related experiments for applications in outer space, on the moon or even on Mars: what sounds like science fiction could soon become real.

News | October 2020

New car top inspection box

Giovenzana has designed a new car top inspection box. The goal was to design the safest, most up to date code-compliant pendant that also addresses some of the safety issues field technicians face.

News | October 2020

New Indian Component Manufacturers’ Association

In India, the Elevator & Escalator Component Manufacturers' Association of India (EECMAI) was founded in September.

News | October 2020

New fields of application for rigid chain technology

Serapid has expanded the field of application of its rigid chain technology with the new Serapid Lift Systems brand, which was unveiled at interlift 2019.

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New Global Industry Manager at Kübler

Up please: the door opener for the home lift market

Via simulation to the matching converter

Small companies also have good prospects

First European Lift SME Congress

Frequency converter in the Einstein elevator

New car top inspection box

New Indian Component Manufacturers’ Association

New fields of application for rigid chain technology