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: © Otis News | April 2022 Judy Marks elected as Chair The Otis Board of Directors has elected Judy Marks as its chair, effective February 3, 2022. Marks will also continue in her current role as President and Chief Executive Officer of Otis, a role she has held since June 2019.
Photo: © RST Elektronik GmbH News | April 2022 RST Elektronik with new controller generation The demands on lift controllers have greatly increased in recent years. To do justice to these demands, RST Elektronik has optimised its previous IMC 2 controller generation.
Photo: © Schindler News | March 2022 ELA: New Vice President The European Lift Association (ELA) appointed Andreas Wespi as its new Vice President. Wespi brings more than 35 years of expertise within the elevator industry.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | March 2022 TK Elevator opens new North American headquarters TK Elevator recently opened its new North American headquarters. Located in Atlanta, the complex of three buildings includes both office space and a Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC).
Photo: © Schmersal Gruppe News | March 2022 New components for automation technology The Schmersal Group has now presented a new rope pull switch. It can be used as a transducer to start machines, open electrically driven doors and gates or as a light switch in lift shafts.
Photo: © IAEE News | March 2022 Elevcon has been postponed In view of the recent death of Ami Lustig and Joseph Stier as well as the ongoing Corona pandemic, Elevcon has been postponed until next year.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | March 2022 High performance doors for public buildings High quality lifts are particularly in demand in very busy public buildings. They often have to work flawlessly round-the-clock to convey their users to the desired floor fast and reliably.
Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | March 2022 New conversion package for the Prisma Micro MS40 With more than 450 different conversion packages and versions, every modernisation can be implemented with the conversion kits of Langer & Laumann, according to the company.
Photo: © P+S Polyurethan-Elastomere News | March 2022 New generation of car buffers The D-series lift buffers made by P+S Polyurethan-Elastomere have been supplemented by a new generation of components with improved performance.