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: © Johann Schum Aufzugtechnik GmbH News | November 2020 Automatic creation of lift drawings Johann Schum Aufzugtechnik GmbH has issued a new version of the Marsdesigner, the calculation tool for the Mars product line, with which automated creation of lift drawings is possible.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift News | November 2020 Mourning Albrecht Hildebrandt VFA-Interlift is mourning Albrecht Hildebrandt. He was a founder member of the association, member since 1987 and from 1997 to 2000 deputy chairman of the VFA-Interlift. He died on 16 October, aged 85.
Photo: © Telegärtner Elektronik News | November 2020 A different look at lift emergency calls The relevant ordinances, directives and standards formulate the requirements for lift emergency call systems. But there is also the receiver side!
Photo: © AndreyPopov / iStock.com News | November 2020 Lift industry: “We need good people” The skilled labour shortage in the lift sector is a constantly recurring topic. Has the Corona crisis changed anything about it? What are its causes? We asked Andreas Hönnige about this.
Photo: © Hydroware News | November 2020 Hydroware: with IoT into the future The modernisation package for hydraulic lifts from Hydroware works with the latest technology: this includes a high resolution interface – perfectly adapted to smartphones and tablets.
Photo: © Blain Hydraulics News | November 2020 Set-up your valve with your mobile The world becomes increasingly connected. That enable companies to redesign products as IoT devices to have Smart Solutions and remain competitive. Blain Hydraulics make use of the IoT technology and evolved the existing EV4-vvvf into the Smart-EV40-vvvf solution.
Photo: © Kübler News | November 2020 New Global Industry Manager at Kübler At the beginning of March 2020 Yasin Bayrakli had taken over responsibility for the elevator technology division at Kübler as Global Industry Manager.
Photo: © Piconorm News | November 2020 Up please: the door opener for the home lift market Piconorm has developed a complete home lift. New Lift not only supplies the home lift controller ECO for the Piconorm Avanza, but also an app with which the home lift can be controlled via mobile devices.
Photo: © Yaskawa News | November 2020 Via simulation to the matching converter How will the converter behave in real operation? What sequences have to be run in the application and what converter type is appropriate? What happens in the event of overload?