Photo: © Henning Stauch News | September 2024 New managing director at Kone DACH Alexander Vitt replaced Erik Kahlert as managing director for the region of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) at Kone on 1 May 2024.
Photo: © THOR Industriemontagen GmbH & Co. KG News | September 2024 Danger of falling while working on lifts Work on lifts is frequently carried out at heights above one metre. From a height of more than 100 cm, there is a risk of severe injuries in the event of a fall. What must an employer take into account?
Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | September 2024 Update for the L&L TSG V4 400 lift door drive Langer & Laumann offers more than 500 different conversion kits for the repair or modernisation of lift doors. An update has now been launched: the TSG V4 400 lift door drive for Rathgeber wire ropes.
Photo: © Elevcon News | September 2024 Who wants to speak at Elevcon 2025? The next Elevcon will take place from 17 to 19 June 2025 in Lisbon (Portugal). Anyone interested in giving a talk there: The organisers have extended the abstract submission deadline from 15 to 30 September.
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Photo: © Strukturmetall News | February 2024 End of business activities ... The southern German company Strukturmetall, which is also active in the lift industry, will cease business activities on 30 April 2024.
Photo: © Serapid News | February 2024 New uses for rigid chains Serapid has adopted a new approach and at the interlift presented its latest passenger lift, based on rigid chain technology.
Photo: © Caltech Lifts News | January 2024 Award win at 45th birthday for Caltech Lifts The Scottish Caltech Lifts has been named Best Dundee-based Family Business of the Year in “The Courier Business Awards 2023” days after it celebrated its 45th birthday.
Photo: © alexis84/123RF.com News | January 2024 Swedish investor buys German component manufacturer Latour Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of the listed investor AB Latour from Sweden, added a German component manufacturer from North Rhine-Westphalia to its portfolio at the beginning of 2024.
Photo: © Cedes News | January 2024 Daan Smans takes over IoT division at Cedes Daan Smans has been the new President Business Development IoT & Digital Products at Cedes since November 2023.
Photo: © EdmoLift News | January 2024 Partnership of EdmoLift and UpDinamic EdmoLift has entered into a strategic partnership with UpDinamic, a manufacturer specialising in goods lifts. A collaboration that entails EdmoLift becoming the sole distributor for UpDinamic's products in the Nordic and Baltic markets.
Photo: © Röchling Industrial Xanten GmbH News | January 2024 New: Optamid EasyFlex LF deflection pulley Röchling Industrial Xanten GmbH has launched a new version of the EasyFlex: the EasyFlex LF (LowFriction), thereby expanding the range of the EasyFlex family. Röchling’s aim in doing so is to meet the different needs and budgets of the market.
Photo: © Kone News | January 2024 VDI badge of honour for Lipphardt The VDI-Gesellschaft Bauen und Gebäudetechnik (VDI-GBG – Association of German Engineers - Association Construction and Building Technology) has awarded its badge of honour to Thomas Lipphardt. He has been working at Kone for 16 years in total as Manager Technical Regulations.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | January 2024 Max for stair lifts and Renew for existing buildings TK Elevator has launched two new developments: “Max Home “, a cloud-based solution for predictive maintenance of stairlifts and “EOX Renew” for low and medium-rise residential buildings.