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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Photo: © Intec News | November 2023 Digital “safety circuit”: fast installation, simple diagnosis Intec will be unveiling its new DSS safety system at the interlift: this involves all safety-relevant signals and sensors being electronically recorded and analysed.
Photo: © privat News | November 2023 Jens Holmberg is the new EVP at Alimak Alimak Group has appointed Jens Holmberg as EVP Industrial division, effective as of 1 September 2023.
Photo: © Olga Gavrilenko/123RF.com News | November 2023 EN ISO 8100-1/2: a new era for the lift sector EN ISO 8100-1/2 – when will these standards finally arrive? Why is it all taking so long? What do the draft standards look like? What will then change? What new technical requirements will there be for lifts, safety components and parts?
Photo: © Tutti Frutti / shutterstock News | November 2023 Extension of the CE-marking: First, many people laughed … The UK is back in the headlines: After a long period of calm over Brexit, some good news is now attracting attention: The British government has extended indefinitely the recognition of CE marking for placing goods on the UK market.
Photo: © Wittur News | October 2023 What's going on with Wittur? In spring, an article in the German magazine "Finance" caused a stir in the lift industry. "It's five to twelve at Wittur: Moody's has downgraded the lift parts supplier's rating by two notches from Caa1 to Caa3," it said.
Photo: © Bernstein News | October 2023 Bernstein enters into partnership in Australia Pacific Automation is to ensure that the safety technology and suspension systems of Bernstein AG are available throughout Australia.
Photo: © VFA News | October 2023 New employee at the VFA Dipl.-Ing. Anne Zerno has been supporting the VFA standards team at the national level since 1 August.
Photo: © Cedes / relayr News | October 2023 Condition monitoring and light curtains Cedes and relayr have developed a joint solution for smart data use in the lift sector. The new offer combines the IoT-capable light curtain cegard/Smart from Cedes with relayr’s “Skyler Elevate” predictive maintenance solution.
Photo: © PohlCon News | October 2023 Innovative lift shaft anchor The JFL lift shaft anchor from PohlCon is an anchor point embedded in concrete, designed for heavy loads. It is intended to make working in the lift shaft more efficient and convenient.
