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Wittur Taurus heavy-duty doors installed in the main IMEM LIFTS’ passenger+freight elevator of the innovative Spanish visual arts complex “Centro Botín”, in Santander (Spain).
IMEM LIFTS installed a 5-meter-high, 3.8-meter-wide, machine-room-less (MRL) elevator with a 6500-kg/86-passenger capacity serving four floors with a travel distance of 20.3 m at a speed of 1 mps .

The Wittur Group announced today that the Supervisory Board has successfully concluded its search for a new CEO of the company. As of March 1st, Antoine Doutriaux, who previously held leading positions at Valeo and Zodiac Aerospace, will succeed Gerrit Marx who stepped in as interim CEO in June 2017.

Wittur was among the key exhibitors at the fifth edition of Liftech Expo that took place on February 1 (closing date February 3) at the Cairo International Convention & Exhibition Center (CICEC), Egypt.
 
The event gathered together international industry’s representatives, worldwide suppliers and regional manufacturers showcasing products and services, technologies and innovations, trends and tendencies of the vertical transportation industry of the future.

The year has started just a few days ago but the first lift industry events are around the corner!

At the beginning of February (1-3), Wittur will be among the key participants of Liftech Expo. The main Elevators & Escalators event in Egypt & North Africa, which will be held at the International Convention & Exhibition Centre in Cairo (Egypt). Professional trade visitors will have an excellent opportunity to explore the new technologies, solutions, innovations and ideas in our sector as well as discover the trends that will help to develop the local market.
 

At the end of 2017, Wittur Sales representatives toured the major cities in South Africa, Cape Town and Johannesburg, for extensive training sessions on our Modernization products and services offer. Actually, South Africa and  neighboring  countries are becoming more and more driven by the modernization business development thanks to a high market maturity level and a steady economic growth.

On December 19, 2017, Wittur was among the key speakers at the 3rd edition of the conference “Oltre il  quadrato  e la X – L’ascensore in  architettura ” (Elevators in architecture) organized by the IUAV in Venice (Italy).

The event focused on analyzing the role of elevators in architecture by presenting interesting projects in which the integration of elevator/building represented a significant technical and design challenge.On December 19, Wittur will be among the key speakers at the 3rd edition of the conference “Oltre il  quadrato  e la X – L’ascensore in  architettura ” (Elevators in architecture) organized by the IUAV in Venice (Italy). 

During the National Productivity Forum of Slovak Republic (October 11-12, Zilina), Wittur Slovakia won the "National Award of Productivity 2016" in the category of small / mid-size company.
The event saw the participation of key personalities from the national industrial and academic communities, who discussed and shared knowledge, achievements, future trends and methods in the field of productivity and its growth.
The Award was handed over by a representative of the Ministry of Industry and Economics to Mr. Miroslav Pernis, our Corporate Industrialization Manager.
Congratulations to the whole team of Wittur Slovakia for this outstanding achievement!

Have a look at some video highlights of Wittur CUBE at Interlift 2017!

Wittur Group will be among the key exhibitors at the 13th Interlift trade fair, the global event for elevators and escalators, to be held in Augsburg (Germany) Exhibition Centre from 16 to 20 October 2017. In its 1500 m² dedicated pavilion, the Wittur Cube, the manufacturer is going to exhibit its extensive range of components for elevators, from automatic doors to gearless drives, from safeties to cabins, from modernization packages to special complete systems, as well as promoting the quality of its manufacturing and distribution network, able to produce and deliver over 2 million doors per year all around the globe.