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 News | October 2024 Schindler: Changes to the Group Executive Committee The Board of Directors has appointed Danilo Calabrò and Vikén Martarian as members of the Group Executive Committee.
Photo: © VSA News | October 2024 Three new Board of Management members at VSA There have been personnel changes at the Association of Swiss Lift Companies (VSA). After serving 20 years, Christian Gantenbein (Lift AG) has resigned from the Board of Management.
Photo: © LIFTjournal / Bernd Lorenz News | October 2024 What are your plans, Mr President? Wim Koster, the new President of the European Lift Association (ELA), travelled from his home country of the Netherlands to the LIFTjournal publishing house.
Photo: © Safeline Group News | October 2024 New Managing Director at Safeline Henrik Gyllander took up his position on 5 May. Most recently he was Managing Director of the Swedish subsidiary of Cibes Lift Group.
Photo: © Lift Expo Italia News | October 2024 "The gateway to the future of vertical transport" Lift Expo Italia, dedicated to vertical transport, will be held in Milan from 4 to 6 December 2024.
Photo: © Riedl Aufzüge News | September 2024 Third managing director at Riedl Thomas Leitner has been the third managing director of Riedl Aufzüge since the end of 2023. The Austrian has degrees both in economics as well as technology.
Photo: © Hengstler GmbH News | September 2024 New encoder intended to facilitate compact servomotors Hengstler’s new Acuro AM34 absolute encoder is intended to facilitate very compact servomotors. Hengstler is a European manufacturer of industrial metering and control components for automation.
Photo: © Safeline News | September 2024 Lift monitoring – new tool for lift builders The Swedish manufacturer Safeline, up to now above all known for its lift emergency call and lift communication products, has developed a new monitoring system linked to a cloud solution.
Photo: © Butz & Neumair GmbH Aufzugbau News | September 2024 Standard of skills for Installers, Maintainers and Repairers One of the challenges due to a growth of the European elevator and escalator will be labour shortages in qualified and skilled EU workforce.
