Germany

“Marriage” of Shaft and Elevator

Otis expert Klaus Dahlfeld talks about factory-ready, prefabricated shaft and solution. Your author (USB) talked to Klaus Dahlfeld (KD), head of sales, new installations, Germany, about the Otis/Max Bögl elevator...

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Team Virgo makes impact at Interlift 2022 in Augsburg, Germany. Participants at Interlift 2022 in Augsburg, Germany, were happy to once again interact in person with the ELEVATOR WORLD India...

Acquisition Paves Way for Growth for Sweden-Based Hydroware

The acquisition of Alvesta, Sweden-based Hydroware by CapMan Buyout promises to pave the way for Hydroware — a market leader in hydraulic lift modernization — to expand beyond the Nordics...

KLEEMANN Enters U.S. Market Through Day Elevator & Lift

KLEEMANN, a major lift manufacturer serving the global market, this month announced its entry to the U.S. market through an alliance with Day Elevator & Lift, established in 1992 and...

Elevators and Earthquakes: An (Un) Holy Alliance?

Experts work on ways to keep ground shaking from causing vertical-transportation disasters. In the beginning, a new panorama elevator in Hamburg, Germany, regularly stalled — even without earthquakes, but also...

Destination: Augsburg

interlift 2022 promises to be the most important since its inception 31 years ago. photos courtesy of VFA-Interlift After more than a two-and-a-half-year hiatus, interlift 2022, the international trade fair...

VFA Board Confirmed

After three years of being forced to take a break due to COVID-19, almost 150 participants came together in Munich, Germany, recently for the VFA general meeting. During the meeting,...

Wittur Holding Taps Arora As Junior Group Controller

Wittur Holding GmbH has tapped Tarun Arora as junior group controller, based in Munich, Germany, Arora announced on LinkedIn. In this role, Arora reports directly to the head of Corporate...

Design Selected For Frankfurt’s Tallest Building

Ferdinand Heide Architekt has been selected to develop a high-rise complex in Frankfurt, Germany, that will be the city’s tallest structure upon completion, Arch Daily reports. The company was selected following an international...

57 High-Peformance, Sustainable TKE Units For Frankfurt Project

TK Elevator (TKE) will provide 57 high-performance, sustainable elevators and escalators to Frankfurt, Germany's FOUR, a mixed-use development that includes four 233-, 173-, 120- and 100-m-tall towers connected at the...