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: © Langer & Laumann News | June 2023 New majority owner at Langer & Laumann The ownership of Langer & Laumann is changing: with immediate effect, there is a new majority owner. The transaction was concluded on 15 June 2023.
Photo: © Kledelmans News | June 2023 Car area increases by 50 percent The engineering and installation company in vertical transportation “Kledelmans” has developed a new arrangement for a lift car with its counterweight. According to the company, the newly arranged car area increases by 50 percent without changing shaft dimensions.
Photo: © Digital Spine News | June 2023 Buchhart moves to Digital Spine After around four years, Richard Buchhart is leaving Simplifa GmbH to work for Digital Spine GmbH. Since the beginning of April, he has been responsible there as Lead Service and Digital Twin for the expansion of Big Data technology for Aufzughelden.
Photo: © mauscraft/123RF.com News | June 2023 Energy efficiency and sustainability in components What criteria are decisive for sustainability and energy efficiency in selecting components?
Photo: © Fiera Milano News | June 2023 GEE: Lift sector as part of a complex system The first edition of GEE (Global Elevator Exhibition) will take place from 15 to 17 November 2023 at Fiera Milano (Rho).
Photo: © Lödige Industries News | June 2023 Lödige networks multi-storey logistics properties A new module from Lödige Industries permits both driverless transport systems as well as autonomous mobile robots (AMR) to interact with various lift systems in order to transport up to 20 tons total weight vertically.
Photo: © Mainteny News | June 2023 Mainteny secures millions in financing Mainteny, a software company for the lift sector, has now received start-up financing amounting to 2.7 million euros.
Photo: © Motum News | May 2023 New installation business in Sweden has slowed down One year ago, Mitsubishi acquires the Swedish company Motum. It was heard that one of the reasons for the purchase is Motum's strong position in modernisation. LIFTjournal asked Daniel Nyman about this.
Photo: © Hübschmann Aufzüge News | May 2023 Modernisation: the win-win situation New construction of flats has declined. The consequences for the lift sector are and will be noticeable. Modernisation not only offers a way out here, but is a “win-win” situation too – not just for the companies, but for operators and the environment.
