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).
Photo: © Motum News | April 2025 Motum makes a Norwegian acquisition Mitsubishi Electric has once again strengthened its position on the European market. It has taken over the Norwegian lift company Alt Heis via its Swedish subsidiary Motum.
Photo: © Lift & Escalator Symposium News | April 2025 Early bird and first Call for Papers The 16th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies in UK will take place on 24-25 September 2025. Registration is now open and the organisers have issued the first Call for Papers. Until 30 June an early bird rate of £360 is available.
Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | April 2025 New conversion package for Schindler Varidor 35 Langer & Laumann has expanded its product range: a new conversion package for the Schindler Varidor 35 is now available.
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News | June 2017 Emergency unlocking for door locks New requirements will be binding for the installation height of emergency unlocking for lift doors from 1.9.2017. New regulations will then also apply to the unlocking of the shaft door from the pit ladder.
News | June 2017 Born in the depths Other lift manufacturers test their installations in towers. Kone tests its new technologies in the (still active) Tytyri mine in Lohja in Finland, just 50 km as the crow flies from Helsinki.
News | June 2017 Averting the rolling danger Some people are afraid to travel by lift, but the self-evident trip on the escalator is far more dangerous, warn Dekra experts.
News | June 2017 Experts for ideas made of plastic Ascending a thousand metres with a lift: what sounds futuristic will become reality with a new kind of lift strap made of carbon fibre and plastic.
News | May 2017 Environmental certificate for the door producer The Munich door manufacturer Meiller Aufzugtüren GmbH has been able to take receipt an environmental certificate for the first time. This was preceded by an audit by an accredited environmental assessor.
News | May 2017 Customisable service portfolio Flexible and transparent: with immediate effect a customisable service portfolio is available from Kone Care that enables customers to combine various options related to lift maintenance with each other.
News | May 2017 A lift to New Zealand Lifts are fascinating – especially for children. Lots of buttons, new people, new perspectives. In the children’s book "The flying lift" the lift magic ends in a trip round the world.
News | May 2017 Giovenzana means safety Since more than 60 years Giovenzana is worldwide well known in safety for lifts and handling systems.
