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: © Lift & Escalator Symposium News | April 2025 Early bird and first Call for Papers The 16th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies in UK will take place on 24-25 September 2025. Registration is now open and the organisers have issued the first Call for Papers. Until 30 June an early bird rate of £360 is available.
Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | April 2025 New conversion package for Schindler Varidor 35 Langer & Laumann has expanded its product range: a new conversion package for the Schindler Varidor 35 is now available.
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News | May 2019 New managing director at Otis Otis Germany has appointed Andreas Gruß (48) General Sales Director. In his new position, Gruß will be in charge of operating the entire sales business of the company in Germany.
News | May 2019 New online service centre for the interlift Exhibitors at the interlift can now conveniently assemble the services related to their trade fair participation via a new online system.
News | May 2019 IoT Sensors for lift applications Digicom has started to integrate in her Dialers a series of sensors that can immediately bring, on all systems, the advantages of a remote control.
News | May 2019 Volker Trein strengthens sales team of Bernstein AG Since October 2018, Volker Trein (47) has strengthened the sales team of Bernstein AG as industry manager for elevators and escalators.
News | May 2019 Roller guides were and are important! "Sliding guides and roller guides continue to be extremely important for lifts and this will remain the case in the future too, despite all advances in development," emphasised ETN managing director Horst Eichler.
News | May 2019 Updated standard enhances barrier-freedom in lifts DIN EN 81-70 includes minimum requirements for accessibility and the use of lifts – a basic precondition for barrier-freedom in multi-floor buildings.
News | April 2019 Europe’s smallest passenger lift According to Wikipedia, it has held the record for about 18 years: the smallest passenger lift in Europe was built by a German company.
News | April 2019 New lifts for special lifting heights Just added to the growing repertoire of the German wheelchair lift specialist Herkules Liftwerk GmbH are the lifts MB1400 and MB1700.
News | April 2019 Langer & Laumann team reinforced Langer & Laumann has welcomed Philip Kuhlmann as a new member in its team. Together with Elke Voskuhl, he is responsible for internal sales operations.