Photo: © privat News | April 2025 Kostas Papadopoulos: Job change after 15 years Kostas Papadopoulos has made a career change: He is now the new sales manager at Greek lift manufacturer Vigor Technology PC in Thessaloniki.
Photo: © zoff-photo/iStock News | April 2025 Routine call messages in lift emergency calls Routine call messages are an important part of the security architecture of emergency call systems in lifts. Their purpose is the early detection of malfunctioning emergency call systems. But how exactly do these messages work?
Photo: © Avire News | April 2025 New Country Sales Manager at Avire Avire has announced the promotion of Shawn Gabor to Country Sales Manager for the German-speaking countries and Eastern Europe. Avire is a provider of lift safety and communication products.
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).
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Photo: © metamorworks, istock/ okapidesign / Montage News | April 2021 CANopen – what exactly is it? Operators and lift builders can benefit if they are able to rely on standardised components. CANopen Lift makes this possible.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | April 2021 TK Elevator with new COO Vincent Della Valle (59) has been appointed to the Management Board of TK Elevator GmbH, effective April 1, 2021.
Photo: © private News | April 2021 New chairman of the "Lifts and service lifts" working group René Hermann has been a key member of the CEN TC10 WG1 - “Lifts and service lifts” working group for many years and this year also became its chairman.
Photo: © Dinacell News | April 2021 High tech in elevator maintenance How can you increase the safety of elevator systems, reduce repair costs and downtimes? One possible solution are load measurement systems such as those manufactured by the Spanish company Dinacell.
Photo: © Asansör News | April 2021 Asansör Istanbul also postponed The trade fair for the elevator and escalator industry, Asansör Istanbul, has been postponed. It will now take place from 10 – 13 March 2022.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | April 2021 TK Elevator moves into new headquarters From Ruhr to Rhine: as of this week, the first employees of TK Elevator are moving into the new headquarters in the immediate vicinity of Düsseldorf Airport.
Photo: © TÜV Süd News | April 2021 Occupational safety in the digitalisation era Digital, software-based safety functions are increasingly replacing or supplementing mechanical protective installations in systems subject to monitoring, such as lifts.
Photo: © Kevin Sansbury 2013 / LEIA News | April 2021 Mourning for Ian Jones Ian Jones passed away. He was, among other things, convenor of CEN TC10/WG1, Chair of BSI’s MHE/4 lifts, hoists and escalators committee, Chairman of LEIA’s Technical Committee and Vice President of LEIA.
Photo: © BVDW News | April 2021 What are Smart Buildings? Smart building is of great importance for a sustainable planned city. However, there is no uniform understanding of the term smart building, which hinders the development and provision of smart buildings. This has been shown by a new study.