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: © Adam Gavlák News | February 2021 TK Elevator acquires Swedish elevator company TK Elevator – formerly thyssenkrupp Elevator – acquires the elevator operations of Sdiptech AB. Together, the companies in scope have generated revenues of about 30 mn EUR in the fiscal year 2020.
Photo: © Fuka News | February 2021 Simple UCM solution The new Fuka shaft brake protects against unintended car movement. It is a user- and installation-friendly solution that guarantees safe and easy retrofitting, also in situ, according to the company.
Photo: © Schindler press picture News | February 2021 “The pandemic has also impacted Schindler” The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impacts on Schindler’s business in 2020. Order intake decreased by 9.1% to CHF 11 018 million and revenue dropped by 5.6% to CHF 10 640 million, operating profit reached CHF 1 032 million, corresponding to an EBIT margin of 9.7% (EBIT adjusted 11.1%).
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg News | February 2021 Management change at Ziehl-Abegg The entrepreneur Uwe Ziehl resigned as chair of the Supervisory Board of Ziehl-Abegg at the turn of the year. His successor as chair of the senior management committee is Dennis Ziehl.
Photo: © alphaspirit/123rf/Montage News | February 2021 BIM: building together – right from the design stage By using Building Information Modelling (BIM), you can already erect a building together just like on a building site – this applies to lifts too. You can learn the basic technical principles of this cooperation.
Photo: © IFT News | February 2021 Mourning for Klaus Feyrer Professor Dr.-Ing. Klaus Feyrer died on 17 December 2020, shortly after his 90th birthday.
Photo: © Targi Kielce S.A. News | February 2021 Euro-Lift: One stop shop for the lift industry The 6th Euro-Lift International Lifts and Components Exhibition is to be held in Kielce, Poland, on 28 and 29 April 2021. It was originally scheduled for October 2020, but in view of the Corona pandemic, the organizers had to postpone it.
Photo: © Schindler News | February 2021 New in the Group Executive Committee at Schindler The Schindler Board of Directors has decided to appoint Sabine Simeon-Aissaoui as a member of the Group Executive Committee responsible for Escalators and Supply Chain with effect from January 1, 2021.
Photo: © Hauer News | February 2021 Team growth at Hauer Since 1 December 2020, Daniel Westermann has been assisting in the strategic purchasing of Hauer.
