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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News | January 2019 ELA has a new secretary general The new secretary general of the European Lift Association (ELA) is the Italian Luca Pezzini. He will take office in mid-January.
News | January 2019 Lift control stations The EL AD series lift control stations of the Italian company Pizzato Elettrica are designed to drive the lift movement during control and maintenance operations.
News | January 2019 Bearingless encoders for external rotor motors The use of bearingless encoders or of non-contact magnetic measuring systems is an increasing trend in the elevator technology.
News | January 2019 Travelling in a lift – with smartphone technology Lifts have had displays for the direction of travel and destination for many years. The mode of operation familiar from smartphones has now been transferred to lifts in the form of PCAP technology.
News | January 2019 SR3E: safety according to lift standard EN 81-20/50 Since 1 September 2017, lift control devices throughout Europe must meet the new requirements of the new standards EN 81-20 and EN 81-50.
News | January 2019 Giovenzana: New emergency light devices Giovenzana International B.V has widened its product range, which now includes light maintenance stations for the car roof and under the car in compliance with the standards EN 81.20 and EN 81.50.
News | December 2018 Fast solution for the Graz railway hub To prevent travellers at the railway station in Graz from being hindered by defective escalators, the specialists from Weber Tec in Hamburg travelled to Austria to repair the escalators with their "EsCare" repair method.
News | December 2018 Lift systems as kit or certified complete system LiftEquip has been selling lift components for over 35 years and has almost 15 years of experience with kits and system solutions.
News | December 2018 Going up: Reducing downtime in elevators Many of today’s elevator systems are experiencing mind-boggling lock ups and loss of programming.
