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: © Cedes News | August 2023 Patrick Bass Appointed CEO of the Cedes Group After ten years at the helm of Cedes, Christian-Erik Thöny hands over to Patrick Bass, former CEO of Thyssenkrupp North America and IoT Business Leader at Cedes.
Photo: © okapidesign News | August 2023 CE marking: Deadline extended again Good news - especially for internationally active component manufacturers: The British government intends to extend the recognition of CE marking for the placing of goods on the British market indefinitely. This also applies to elevators.
Photo: © Aufzugshop Frano Witt News | August 2023 Ten years lift shop Frano Witt In mid-July, the Frano Witt lift shop will celebrate its tenth anniversary. The company provides lift components for the fields of modernisation, new construction, repair, maintenance and spare parts of well-known manufacturers.
Photo: © Lars Walter-Sinsel News | August 2023 “Closing the window” in the lift shaft A recent study has confirmed the effectiveness of an intelligently controlled smoke extraction flap in a lift shaft. This involved checking whether the installation of smoke extraction flaps in lift shafts had a positive influence on the energy situation in multifamily buildings.
Photo: © Bernd Lorenz/LIFTjournal News | August 2023 Interview with Sefa Targit on the Turkish lift market "The earthquake in Turkey has created a new elevator market," says Sefa Targit, who has been active in the Turkish elevator industry and in various associations for more than 40 years.
Photo: © CAN in Automation News | August 2023 New CiA board of directors The nonprofit international CAN in Automation (CiA) users’ and manufacturers’ association elected the CiA board of directors as well as the members of the CiA Business Committee and the CiA Technical Committee.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | August 2023 “The MiDrive has reached a new milestone” In general, lift doors are regarded as one of the most sensitive trouble sources in a lift system. It is why diagnosing door problems as early as possible and finding the cause precisely is all the more important for keeping door standstill times to a minimum.
Photo: © Lutz Aufzüge News | August 2023 New plant director at Lutz Aufzüge Lukas Versemann has been the new plant manager at Lutz Aufzüge since 1 May 2023. Consequently, the 32-year old is responsible for the plant and order management.
Photo: © okapidesign News | August 2023 CE marking: deadline extended again Good news – especially for internationally active component manufacturers: The British government intends to extend the recognition of CE marking for the placing of goods on the British market indefinitely. This also applies to elevators.
