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: © TK Elevator News | February 2021 thyssenkrupp Elevator now called TK Elevator thyssenkrupp Elevator has now launched its new global brand name: The international group is now called TK Elevator. The new brand name results from the change in ownership that took place mid of last year.
Photo: © Andreas Simopoulos News | February 2021 Inclined lift to the Acropolis On 3 December, Maspero Elevatori officially handed over to the Onassis Foundation and to the Greek State the inclined panoramic lift that the company has made to measure to enable equal access to the Acropolis of Athens.
Photo: © Adam Gavlák News | February 2021 TK Elevator acquires Swedish elevator company TK Elevator – formerly thyssenkrupp Elevator – acquires the elevator operations of Sdiptech AB. Together, the companies in scope have generated revenues of about 30 mn EUR in the fiscal year 2020.
Photo: © Fuka News | February 2021 Simple UCM solution The new Fuka shaft brake protects against unintended car movement. It is a user- and installation-friendly solution that guarantees safe and easy retrofitting, also in situ, according to the company.
Photo: © Schindler press picture News | February 2021 “The pandemic has also impacted Schindler” The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impacts on Schindler’s business in 2020. Order intake decreased by 9.1% to CHF 11 018 million and revenue dropped by 5.6% to CHF 10 640 million, operating profit reached CHF 1 032 million, corresponding to an EBIT margin of 9.7% (EBIT adjusted 11.1%).
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg News | February 2021 Management change at Ziehl-Abegg The entrepreneur Uwe Ziehl resigned as chair of the Supervisory Board of Ziehl-Abegg at the turn of the year. His successor as chair of the senior management committee is Dennis Ziehl.
Photo: © alphaspirit/123rf/Montage News | February 2021 BIM: building together – right from the design stage By using Building Information Modelling (BIM), you can already erect a building together just like on a building site – this applies to lifts too. You can learn the basic technical principles of this cooperation.
Photo: © IFT News | February 2021 Mourning for Klaus Feyrer Professor Dr.-Ing. Klaus Feyrer died on 17 December 2020, shortly after his 90th birthday.
Photo: © Targi Kielce S.A. News | February 2021 Euro-Lift: One stop shop for the lift industry The 6th Euro-Lift International Lifts and Components Exhibition is to be held in Kielce, Poland, on 28 and 29 April 2021. It was originally scheduled for October 2020, but in view of the Corona pandemic, the organizers had to postpone it.