Photo: © privat News | April 2025 Kostas Papadopoulos: Job change after 15 years Kostas Papadopoulos has made a career change: He is now the new sales manager at Greek lift manufacturer Vigor Technology PC in Thessaloniki.
Photo: © zoff-photo/iStock News | April 2025 Routine call messages in lift emergency calls Routine call messages are an important part of the security architecture of emergency call systems in lifts. Their purpose is the early detection of malfunctioning emergency call systems. But how exactly do these messages work?
Photo: © Avire News | April 2025 New Country Sales Manager at Avire Avire has announced the promotion of Shawn Gabor to Country Sales Manager for the German-speaking countries and Eastern Europe. Avire is a provider of lift safety and communication products.
Photo: © Elevcon News | April 2025 Elevcon: “Heads, ideas and innovations” The next Elevcon Congress is planned for 17 to 19 June 2025 in Altis Grand Hotel in Lisbon (Portugal).
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Photo: © faithie/123RF.com News | April 2025 THE newsletter for the international lift industry The LIFTjournal newsletter provides a monthly round-up of the most important news for the international lift industry.
Photo: © Elevcon News | April 2025 Elevcon: “Heads, ideas and innovations” The next Elevcon Congress is planned for 17 to 19 June 2025 in Altis Grand Hotel in Lisbon (Portugal).
Photo: © Motum News | April 2025 Motum makes a Norwegian acquisition Mitsubishi Electric has once again strengthened its position on the European market. It has taken over the Norwegian lift company Alt Heis via its Swedish subsidiary Motum.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | April 2025 Change of leadership at LEIA Karis Walker, Head of Commercial at TK Elevator, has been appointed President of the Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA), and Andrew Renwick, MD at Caltech Lifts, as Vice-President.
Photo: © okapidesign / Frei nutzbar gemäß Adobe Firefly-Lizenz News | April 2025 Practical implementation of the testing of firefighting lifts When a fire breaks out, the emergency services must be able to rely on the firefighting lifts working without any flaws. But in practice, there are considerable safety deficits in the operation of these lifts. The following points must be considered in practice when testing.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift News | April 2025 Cobianchi: change in the top management Stephan Rohr (48), up to December 2024 CTO at Elgo Batscale AG, assumed the management of Cobianchi Liftteile AG in January 2025. Rudolf Ramseier (59) will remain Chairman of the Management Board.