Wittur Earns UKCA Certification Two Years Ahead of Schedule

Wittur has announced the completion of an internal process to certify most of its portfolio of elevator components according to UK Lifts Regulation 2016, which has led to the application of the UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking on the labels of all Wittur products with safety devices. Wittur completed the UKCA certification process for all overspeed governors, safety gears and most elevator doors and was able to begin using the UKCA marking on January 1, well ahead of the current deadline of January 1, 2025, when all products shipped to U.K. will have to be certified according to UKCA and bear the UKCA marking. The respective UKCA Declarations of Conformity, together with the UKCA-type examination certificates, are available for Wittur customers. For a limited number of landing doors only, the UKCA certification process is ongoing and its completion is expected for Q2-2023; according to the provisions of U.K. law, Wittur is allowed to ship these products with the UKCA marking because they are entitled of an European certification. The UKCA marking is a visible sign that the safety devices installed on all Wittur products are compliant with the regulation, based on the issuance of UKCA-type examination certificates and periodical supervision audits on the production lines by an approved body. The UKCA marking is required by The Lift Regulations 2016, schedule 11 (A), similar to the CE marking, which is imposed by 2014/33/EU Lift Directive.