Photo: © Aleatec News | January 2025 Final version of the VDI 6211 published The finale version of the VDI 6211 guide-line on “Ventilation installations and installations to extract smoke from lifts and lift shafts” was published in October 2024.
Photo: © Adobe Photoshop generiert News | January 2025 Smart Readiness Indicator: an explanation and estimation The Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) rates the smart readiness of buildings or building units. Member States are now invited to contribute to the optional pilot testing of the SRI.
Photo: © KONE GmbH News | January 2025 Kone takes over two companies Kone Germany has taken over two lift companies – one in southern Germany and one in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Photo: © Digital Spine News | January 2025 Aufzugshelden: the story continues In mid-August, Digital Spine – better known as "Aufzugshelden" (lift heroes) – filed for bankruptcy. But the story is set to continue: the Berlin-Charlottenburg district court, which is responsible for the case, is said to have approved managing director Simon Vestner's restructuring plan.
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Photo: © Stingl News | May 2023 Stingl and Lift-M cooperating Stingl has agreed to cooperate with Lift-M and intends as result to establish a “new milestone in the fields of safety and hygiene in lifts” explained the supplier based in Gräfelfing near Munich.
Photo: © nicoelnino/123RF.com News | May 2023 Motum aquire Norwegian Elevator Distributor UNIHEIS Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that Motum AB, a Sweden-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric, acquired Norway-based UNIHEIS AS. The company operates an elevator business mainly in Norway as a distributor of Mitsubishi Electric products.
Photo: © Bernstein News | April 2023 Bernstein AG: Ten percent increase in turnover Bernstein AG generated over 70 million euros in turnover last year – that is an increase of more than ten percent year over year.
Photo: © Liftowa Panorama News | April 2023 The lift industry in Ukraine up to 24 February 2022 This article is intended to provide German and other readers with an overview of the lift market in Ukraine and its opportunities in the future. It was written by Maria Pilipiv and Oleg Skripez. They are the publishers of the Ukrainian lift trade journal “Liftowa Panorama”.
Photo: © Monika Fellner News | April 2023 Ziehl-Abegg: Gold for TikTok presentation The industrial company Ziehl-Abegg was honoured at the Employee Branding Award in Vienna. The company’s TikTok presentation won gold.
Photo: © privat News | April 2023 Donati: addition to the German team David Barge joined the team of Donati Germany at the beginning of 2023. He is to support the German managing director Henrik von Osten-Sacken with his knowledge of the sector in the German market.
Photo: © learchitecto/Fotolia.com News | April 2023 Sustainable solutions from SMEs Energy and raw materials are precious resources. Their economical consumption is the order of the day. SMEs from the lift sector also make a contribution to sustainability with their innovative services and long-lived products. We present five of them.
Photo: © kadmy/123RF.com News | April 2023 Is this really sustainable? We are increasingly often confronted with modernisations, which are actually reconstructions of the lift. Is this always necessary? And is it always sustainable?
Photo: © mauscraft/123RF.com News | April 2023 Energy efficiency versus sustainability? At the moment, energy efficiency is a huge topic – also in the lift sector. Unfortunately, sustainability is suffering under this, but it should be taken just as seriously as energy efficiency, since it tackles the topic far more comprehensively.
