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: © privat News | April 2024 Obituary for Gerhard Thumm Gerhard Thumm died at the end of February 2024 at the age of 72. He held various responsible positions at TK Elevator from 1976 to 2018.
Photo: © LIFTjournal / Bernd Lorenz News | April 2024 Grabmayer moves to Safeline Martin Grabmayer has been responsible as sales manager at Safeline for the launch and distribution of monitoring systems and cloud-based maintenance tools for lifts companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since March 2024.
Photo: © Kone News | April 2024 Kone acquires Paca Ascenseurs Assa Abloy has sold its lift maintenance business Paca ascenseur (Paca) in France to Kone. With this acquisition, Kone intends to strengthen its local presence in the region.
Photo: © Wittur News | April 2024 Wittur: New Chief Financial Officer Gero Neumeier is the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Wittur Group. He has been appointed with effect from 1 April 2024. Neumeier succeeds Bob Rajan, who served as interim CFO of the company.
Photo: © Cedes / Langer & Laumann News | April 2024 Partners for smart lift doors Cedes and Langer & Laumann have agreed on a partnership. Cedes is a global leader in lift door safeguarding, Langer & Laumann provides solutions in the field of door drives on the European market.
Photo: © Bernd Lorenz/LIFTjournal News | April 2024 Schickor transfers his company Horst Schickor, owner and managing director of SBR Aufzugtechnik GmbH, transferred his company shares to Benjamin Reining, Wilhelm Bromkamp and Marc George at the end of 2023.
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg / Rainer Grill News | April 2024 Ziehl-Abegg reports record year Ziehl-Abegg has completed the most successful year in its company history. The manufacturer’s turnover increased by 9.5 percent to 955 million euros.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | April 2024 Efficient and secure wiring of lift doors The range of use of electric and digital components has been widening for years. The replacement of mechanical components by electrical measurement, control and switching systems is also becoming increasingly frequent in lift building.
Photo: © Löher News | April 2024 Heavy Duty Escalator Design and Manufacturing The manufacturing of escalators used in highly frequented areas such as subways needs to be based on more specific conditions.
