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: © irstone/123rf.com News | March 2021 Lift technology as a mirror of social change SME lift companies need to be prepared for increasing digitalisation. Training and further education play a great role here. Lift building simultaneously has to get to grips with other important trends.
Photo: © guillermain/123rf/okapistock News | March 2021 Cibes Lift Group acquires two companies Swedish company Cibes Lift Group has acquired two companies: Titan Elevators and Upplands hiss AB.
Photo: © Blain Hydraulics News | March 2021 Smart and sustainable: new electronic control valve Blain has developed a new smart electronic control valve to further improve the travel properties of lifts. At the same time, the associated control board was designed with the fewest components possible.
Photo: © Lutz Aufzüge News | March 2021 Producing lifts with solar energy In December 2020, Lutz Aufzüge put a photovoltaic system on the roof of its production facility into operation.
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%).
