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: © Schindler Deutschland News | September 2022 Interview with the new CEO of Schindler Germany “Material shortages and delivery problems are one of the biggest problems we are currently facing,” declared Frank Schach in an interview with LIFTjournal. He has been the new chairman of the Board of Managers at Schindler Germany since 1 February.
Photo: © TAH Advert News | September 2022 Welcome in person to ELCH2022! For the ninth time, this year European Lift Congress (ELCH) will take place on the 11th and 12th October, again face-to-face at Heilbronn.
Photo: © Klaus Jordan / Lutz Aufzüge News | August 2022 Lutz Aufzüge establishes branch in Panama Lutz Aufzüge established the branch Lutz Elevators Americas in June 2022 in Panamá City. The aim is to boost its presence in North, South and Central America.
Photo: © galexs/123RF.com News | August 2022 The lift industry and sanctions on Russia and Belarus ELA stands united in solidarity with Ukraine and supports the EU sanctions against Russia and Belarus. As an EU-based organisations, the ELA also has a compliance responsibility, in particular under the new horizontal services prohibition.
Photo: © Messe Frankfurt / Sandra Gätke News | August 2022 E2 Forum announces its conference programme More than 40 presentations and discussion panels on future scenarios in the elevator and escalator industry will be offered by the E2 Forum in Frankfurt am Main on 21 and 22 September 2022. The final conference programme has now been set.
Photo: © TargiKielce News | August 2022 Euro-Lift showcase smart solutions This year's Kielce International Lifts and Components Exhibition Euro-Lift welcomes companies from Poland, Germany and China presenting new products and services. The trade show in Polnish Targi Kielce will take place on 5-6 October 2022.
Photo: © Alimak Group News | August 2022 New series of Industrial Elevators Alimak, a developer and provider of lifts and associated equipment for the industrial and building sectors, is launching a new industrial elevator range, based on Alimak's rack and pinion technology.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | August 2022 Spread of smoke in buildings Fire catastrophes repeatedly make clear just how necessary it is not just to prevent the spread of fire, but also of smoke in buildings. Lift doors according to EN 81-58 reliably prevent fire spreading.
Photo: © wrightstudio/123RF.com News | August 2022 DIN EN 81-76 draft published The draft of DIN EN 81-76 has been published (Evacuation of persons with disabilities using lifts). The standard is harmonised under the Lifts Directive.
