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: © SCHAEFER GmbH News | January 2021 CANopen for lifts CANopen is an open communication standard, which is now supported by many lift components. The uniform application profile for lifts permits integrating components of different manufacturers into lifts, simply plug and play, directly on the building site.
Photo: © IGV Group News | January 2021 Design award for "On air" “On air”, the lift concept by the Italian company IGV Group, designed by Studio Marco Piva, has been awarded the “The Plan Award 2020” in the Industrial Design category of the international prize for contemporary architecture.
Photo: © GS electronic Gebr. Schönweitz GmbH News | January 2021 New flush-mounted control panel – extra thin As soon as EN 81-28 has been harmonised, lifts must be fitted with pictograms for emergencies. GS electronic has developed a flush-mounted control panel that can be retrofitted irrespective of the controller installed.
Photo: © Ruslan Sidorov/ iStock.com News | January 2021 BIM in lift technology: where to begin? Everyone is talking about digitalization. Fundamental changes are expected for the construction industry. How can a lift sector company get involved in this?
Photo: © alphaspirit /123rf.com News | January 2021 BIM in lift technology: a change of perspective “Digital twins” of lifts and buildings represent a new dimension of digitalisation – a challenge and opportunity for everyone who plans, constructs and operates lifts.
Photo: © Raloe News | January 2021 Lift manufacturer on growth course Raloe got to work after the interlift 2019: at the beginning of 2020, the manufacturer of complete lifts established a subsidiary for the sales region of the German-speaking countries and Denmark.
Photo: © Kone News | December 2020 Changes in the Kone Executive Board Tricia Weener, BA (Hons), has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Marketing and Communications, as of January 18, 2021. She will join the Kone Executive Board.
Photo: © Hy-Line News | December 2020 Please do not touch: holographic entry Are you familiar with the Theremin? It is an almost forgotten musical instrument with a special property: you can play it without touching it. The solution from Hy-Line is intended to facilitate this – touchless operation of lifts.
Photo: © thyssenkrupp Elevator News | December 2020 Thyssenkrupp Elevator recognized for sustainability Thyssenkrupp Elevator has been recognized for leadership in corporate sustainability by global environmental non-profit CDP.
