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In November 2018, Wittur France reached another key milestone in its history. Our trading company obtained the ISO 9001:2015 certification from the Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), one of the leading providers of professional assurance services and management certification for ISO standards.

A great achievement that testifies our French company focus on final users' satisfaction through a world-class quality management system that guarantees excellence in products, processes and services.

The Wittur Group (ISIN: XS1188024548, XS1188025438) announced today that Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board (“PSP Investments”) has entered into an agreement to acquire a 32% stake in a parent company of Wittur International Holding GmbH from a company controlled by Bain Capital Private Equity. The Canadian pension fund will closely cooperate with Bain Capital Private Equity  as   sponsor   and   trusted   partner   to  further bolster   Wittur’s   international  expansion. As usual, the transaction is subject to certain closing conditions including the approval of the antitrust authorities. The closing of the transaction is expected in Q1 2019. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the financial details of the agreement.

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At the end of November 2018, Wittur plant in Chennai (India) has been audited and certified by TUV Rheinland according to ISO 45001:2018, the new international standard that verifies excellence and good practices in Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.

Released in March, the new ISO standard puts special emphasis on prevention systems and on the companies' global commitment for the development of a culture of prevention and its continuous improvement. It bases its focus on prevention management as well as on the co-participation of workers and managers in guaranteeing safer and healthier working environments.

Wittur  announces  the  availability of Fineline door in a new execution with restrictor device for coupling with manual swing landing doors according to the requirements of EN81-20/50 (Paragraph 5.3.15.2).

The restrictor device only allows opening of  car  door when aligned with a landing door at each floor.
The new execution is available for 2-panel central opening and side opening and for 4-panel symmetrical and asymmetrical Fineline doors. Dimensions range from 600 to 900 mm clear opening.

On November 7, approximately 100 customers from all across France came to   Wittur’s   local  head office in Lisses, near Paris, for a grand open house.
 
For our French team and our product experts from all over   Wittur’s   world, this was the perfect occasion to present, in our new showroom, the whole range of Wittur solutions and latest product innovations, such as Hydra   eArm   modernization kit (for existing arm-driven Hydra operators), C-Mod car door featuring ECO+ drive and B-G door in vandal-resistant execution. Safety gears, over-speed governors, UCM solutions, gearless drives, cars, slings and modernization packages for existing elevators completed the wide variety of exhibits on display.

Wittur announces today the availability of C-MOD car door with Wittur ECO+ drive available as  option .
The new option brings together the reliable and  space saving  mechanical structure of C-MOD and the best-selling Wittur drive: a new offer with distinctive technological advantages.

On October 25, our colleagues from Wittur GmbH and LM  Liftmaterial celebrated in Wiedenzhausen, together with more than 80 customers from the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), the 50th anniversary of the Wittur Group.

After the first successful meetings held in Spain (Bilbao, Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona) during the past May, the Wittur Tour 2018 had its final stage in Sintra on October 24.
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Our Portuguese customers had the chance to meet our local sales team, know more about Wittur Group and discover our latest product innovations. 

Wittur Italy celebrated the 50th anniversary of  wittur  along with its customers in  Colorno  on October 18
More than 100 customers found themselves at seat headquarters and enjoyed the welcoming atmosphere of our completely renewed showroom, which highlights the most recent evolution of the range of  Wittur components.