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: © Liftowa Panorama News | April 2023 The lift industry in Ukraine up to 24 February 2022 This article is intended to provide German and other readers with an overview of the lift market in Ukraine and its opportunities in the future. It was written by Maria Pilipiv and Oleg Skripez. They are the publishers of the Ukrainian lift trade journal “Liftowa Panorama”.
Photo: © Monika Fellner News | April 2023 Ziehl-Abegg: Gold for TikTok presentation The industrial company Ziehl-Abegg was honoured at the Employee Branding Award in Vienna. The company’s TikTok presentation won gold.
Photo: © privat News | April 2023 Donati: addition to the German team David Barge joined the team of Donati Germany at the beginning of 2023. He is to support the German managing director Henrik von Osten-Sacken with his knowledge of the sector in the German market.
Photo: © learchitecto/Fotolia.com News | April 2023 Sustainable solutions from SMEs Energy and raw materials are precious resources. Their economical consumption is the order of the day. SMEs from the lift sector also make a contribution to sustainability with their innovative services and long-lived products. We present five of them.
Photo: © kadmy/123RF.com News | April 2023 Is this really sustainable? We are increasingly often confronted with modernisations, which are actually reconstructions of the lift. Is this always necessary? And is it always sustainable?
Photo: © mauscraft/123RF.com News | April 2023 Energy efficiency versus sustainability? At the moment, energy efficiency is a huge topic – also in the lift sector. Unfortunately, sustainability is suffering under this, but it should be taken just as seriously as energy efficiency, since it tackles the topic far more comprehensively.
Photo: © piranka/istockphoto News | April 2023 Modernisation instead of new lifts: The sustainable way There are currently about 6.5 million lifts in existence in Europe - and every year about 150,000 new lifts are put into operation (source: ELA - European Lift Association).
Photo: © kadmy/123RF.com News | April 2023 Safety first: occupational safety in lift building Work in lift building has a very high hazard potential – not just in new construction, but also in modernisation and service. This is how fitters and technicians can protect themselves better against occupational accidents.
Photo: © Aphithana Chitmongkolthong, istockphoto.com News | April 2023 Noise insulation in lift construction: ride quality according to ISO 18738 In the last article, we looked at the limits of measurements according to DIN 8989. Below we aim to show the benefits of measurements according to ISO 18738.