Photo: © Aleatec News | January 2025 Final version of the VDI 6211 published The finale version of the VDI 6211 guide-line on “Ventilation installations and installations to extract smoke from lifts and lift shafts” was published in October 2024.
Photo: © Adobe Photoshop generiert News | January 2025 Smart Readiness Indicator: an explanation and estimation The Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) rates the smart readiness of buildings or building units. Member States are now invited to contribute to the optional pilot testing of the SRI.
Photo: © KONE GmbH News | January 2025 Kone takes over two companies Kone Germany has taken over two lift companies – one in southern Germany and one in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Photo: © Digital Spine News | January 2025 Aufzugshelden: the story continues In mid-August, Digital Spine – better known as "Aufzugshelden" (lift heroes) – filed for bankruptcy. But the story is set to continue: the Berlin-Charlottenburg district court, which is responsible for the case, is said to have approved managing director Simon Vestner's restructuring plan.
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Photo: © privat News | May 2024 Global1Partners: New General Manager in Sweden Jimmie Junker has been appointed General Manager of Global1Partners AB in Sweden. He succeeds Josep Monroig, who is now the company's Business Coordinator for Manufacturing & Distribution Centres.
Photo: © Eureka S.p.A. News | April 2024 New machines to clean escalators Eureka has developed a new machine for cleaning escalators. It is intended to be able to clean all escalator models, irrespective of length, breadth or brand, declared Eureka S.p.A., an Italian manufacturer of professional cleaning machines.
Photo: © privat News | April 2024 Second managing director at base engineering Andreas Feldmann has been the second managing director of base engineering since 1 February 2024. Together with Carsten Seemann, he is now in charge of the company, which is specialised in producing lift emergency call systems.
Photo: © helinntonfantin/123RF.com News | April 2024 The Spaniards are coming Do the Big 4 have to get ready for expansion? A company transaction largely unnoticed by the public now points to this.
Photo: © funtap/shutterstock/okapidesign News | April 2024 News from the world of standardisation The drafts of EN ISO 8100-1/2 have appeared. They are now available as pr DIN EN ISO 8100-1 and pr DIN EN ISO 8100-2. A brief of overview of the changes compared to DIN EN 81-20/50.
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.
