Photo: © Aleatec News | January 2025 Final version of the VDI 6211 published The finale version of the VDI 6211 guide-line on “Ventilation installations and installations to extract smoke from lifts and lift shafts” was published in October 2024.
Photo: © Adobe Photoshop generiert News | January 2025 Smart Readiness Indicator: an explanation and estimation The Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) rates the smart readiness of buildings or building units. Member States are now invited to contribute to the optional pilot testing of the SRI.
Photo: © KONE GmbH News | January 2025 Kone takes over two companies Kone Germany has taken over two lift companies – one in southern Germany and one in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Photo: © Digital Spine News | January 2025 Aufzugshelden: the story continues In mid-August, Digital Spine – better known as "Aufzugshelden" (lift heroes) – filed for bankruptcy. But the story is set to continue: the Berlin-Charlottenburg district court, which is responsible for the case, is said to have approved managing director Simon Vestner's restructuring plan.
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Photo: © Natali_Mis/iStock News | May 2022 Company succession planning: the earlier the better! Planning one’s own succession is one of the most important tasks of all for family entrepreneurs and SME owners, for whom the long-term existence of their life’s work and their employees are close to their hearts.
Photo: © Motum News | May 2022 Mitsubishi acquires Motum On 7 April 2022, it was announced that Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Motum AB. The deal has now been approved by the Swedish Competition Agency and has therefore been closed.
Photo: © Orona News | May 2022 Orona: Growth in difficult times Orona's sales in 2021 increased by 4.1% year-on-year €832 million. The cooperative's order intake grew for the fourth year in a row. This numbers were presented during Oronas annual Partners’ Meeting, held in person in the Anoeta velodrome.
Photo: © Schindler Deutschland News | May 2022 Fast and innovative: modular design lifts Time is always short on building sites. Schindler Germany hopes to provide genuine added value with a new assembly method, which the company developed in cooperation with Menzel Beton-Bausysteme.
Photo: © RST Elektronik GmbH News | May 2022 Monitoring air quality in lift cars with CO2 sensors To reduce the risk of Corona infection in lifts, RST Elektronik has developed the IMC-2 Pro Air, which permanently monitors the CO2 concentration in the car by means of a new sensor technology.
Photo: © Bucher Hydraulics News | May 2022 Lift hydraulics: power and elegance, coupled with intelligence Hydraulic drive technology for lift construction comes into play if great forces or architecturally demanding solutions are called for. Bucher Hydraulics has now gone a step further: lift technology has become smart and networked.
Photo: © privat News | May 2022 Prisma: new area sales manager Helge Bismanns is the new area sales manager for the German-speaking region of the door manufacturer Prisma. The 58-year old previously worked at Meiller Kipper.
Photo: © Pop Nukoonrat/123RF.com News | May 2022 CMP takes over Gustav Wolf Group CMP Capital Management-Partners (CMP) is entering the high-growth market of rope and wire products for the elevator and crane industry: The GOF III fund managed by CMP is acquiring 100 percent of the shares in the German Gustav Wolf GmbH, a leading supplier in this segment.
Photo: © Aphithana Chitmongkolthong, istockphoto.com News | May 2022 This is how concrete influences noise transmission As already indicated in the last article to this topic, the quality of concrete has a decisive influence on structure-borne noise emission. This relationship is described in this article.
