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: © Avire News | September 2020 Retrofitting lifts with VDS communication Telecommunications providers are converting their networks from analogue to digital, meaning an end to DTMF communication.
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg News | September 2020 Ziehl-Abegg management team complete The mechanical engineer Dr Peter Barton has assumed the position of technology director in Ziehl-Abegg SE. The 46-year old is to head and configure development of the motor and fan specialist.
Photo: © Nova Elevators News | September 2020 Touchless voice-controlled home lift Vocal suite is Nova Elevators' new home lift that can be fully operated with the voice, avoiding all contact with surfaces.
Photo: © Artur Szczybylo/123rf.com News | September 2020 Prysmian Group acquired EHC Global The Prysmian Group have acquired EHC Global. The transaction has valued at 130 million CAD.
Photo: © Anna Efetova / iStock.com News | September 2020 PESSRAL: new era for operators and manufacturers Programmable electronic systems are replacing safety-relevant mechanical components to an increasing extent. This considerably simplifies and accelerates both inspection as well as maintenance.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | September 2020 Inclined lift doors: new solution Meiller has developed a new solution for the landing doors of inclined lifts: the so-called “active” landing door.
Photo: © Hundt Consult News | September 2020 Wüllner moving to Hundt Consult The qualified industrial engineer Alexander Wüllner has been a member of the management board at Hundt Consult for some time.
Photo: © BlueKit News | September 2020 When is fail-safe really fail-safe? Fail-safe systems exist in many industrial sectors. However, there are no suitable standards in shaft smoke extraction. If there is a power failure, the ventilation flap has to open. But there are also other error sources…
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg News | September 2020 CANopen Lift car drive units If you design lifts using devices from different manufacturers, interoperability is essential. This keeps effort low when integrating third-party products. Especially, standardized interfaces for car drive units would help.
