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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Photo: © Langer und Laumann / Philip Kuhlmann News | March 2025 New employees at Langer & Laumann Patrick Wennemaring and Carsten Blanke joined the team of Langer & Laumann as new members at the end of 2024.
Photo: © Peikko News | March 2025 Sophia Saile switches to Peikko Finnish construction supplier Peikko, which offers solutions for a wide range of applications in reinforced concrete and composite structures, has hired Sophia Saile as Business Development Manager.
Photo: © 2N News | March 2025 Elevator emergency communication should be inclusive Elevators occasionally break down, leaving passengers trapped for extended periods – a challenge for individuals with hearing or speech impairments.
Photo: © Wittur News | March 2025 New Chief People Officer at Wittur Wittur has announced the appointment of Christian Klümper, as the company’s new Chief People Officer, effective January 1, 2025.
Photo: © BT News | March 2025 BT intends to prepare 2G switch-off early on The 2G and 3G chapter in the United Kingdom was to be over by 2033 at the latest. British Telecommunications (BT) has now announced an earlier deadline and intends to approach its customers soon. There appears to be a more urgent need for users of the VMO2 2G network to take action.
Photo: © KPN News | March 2025 KPN will switch off 2G only at the end of 2027 The Dutch telecommunications company KPN has postponed the switch-off of its 2G network by two years. The new date is 1 December 2027.
Photo: © TGE-Gruppe News | March 2025 Distribution of the TGE Group reorganised Ralf Gebhardt became the new distribution manager of the TGE Group in January. Adrian Gollasch will in future be in charge of key account management. Matthias Höppner, who joined the company in January, will reinforce technical distribution.
Photo: © Stefanie Fahr News | February 2025 Bucher Hydraulics opens a new administrative building Bucher Hydraulics, producer of electrohydraulic system solutions, has opened a modern administrative building at its headquarters in Klettgau-Grießen (DE).
Photo: © EdmoLift News | February 2025 Change at EdmoLift On 28 February 2025, Anders Wahlqvist, EdmoLift's CEO, will retire after 35 years. To guarantee a smooth transition, Jonathan Grip will assume the role of CEO while Tomas Edmo becomes Deputy CEO.
