• The new “ECO” series of gearless drives designed and produced by Wittur Electric Drives GmbH in Dresden, Germany. They feature a reduced current consumption of as much as 20% depending from the application;
• Hydra Plus car doors, the internationally acclaimed door series which stands for utmost reliability, presented with the new generation of ECO+ and MIDI+ door drives. This new drives substantially reduce the energy consumption required for each opening/closing cycle (up to 48% compared to previous design) and have a very low standby consumption;
• The new Hydraulic pump unit HI produced by Wittur Hydraulic Drives S.r.l. in Bergamo, Italy, equipped with inverter. The WITTUR HI pump unit is the only unit currently on the market that is able to control the car movement through an inverter only, thereby optimizing the motor efficiency at any given moment of the lift operation. Thanks to its specific configuration, the WITTUR HI pump unit is already compliant with the new EN 81-2 pr.A3 Standards, which will come into force in 2010.
• The Hydraulic pump unit HE with electronic valve produced by Wittur Hydraulic Drives S.r.l. in Bergamo, Italy, which offers significant energy savings (up to 30% compared with traditional pump units installed in lifts with a short travel height)

• UCM solution for protection against unintended car movement. The solution consists of electronic overspeed governor EOS and bi-directional progressive safety gear BSG-25P. Wittur EOS electronic overspeed governor, the innovative solution to comply with the new uncontrolled car movements directive. Thanks to the continuous electronic monitoring of position, speed and acceleration EOS offers a higher accuracy of measurement compared to conventional governors.

• Fineline extended range of automatic lift doors: an extremely compact footprint designed to insert an automatic car door and an automatic landing door in a minimal depth (115 mm) when modernizing an existing lift with swing doors.
• Hydra Plus 3000 car doors, presented in a new version with reduced sill thickness starting from 50 mm and equipped with the new generation of ECO+ and MIDI+ door drives. New solutions such as the possibility to place the motor on upper left or right without adapters account for high installation versatility
• AMD car door operator modernization package. A perfect solution for car door operator modernization, with a wide rangeof pre-designed and customised solutions available
• ECO Bus, the new patented folding car door available with flat or W-panels. ECO Bus features a light but strong design with sturdy deformation-resistant panels coupled together using high-strength extruded aluminium hinges

• Wittur round glass OSAKA lift car with LUNA round glass doors
• Wittur Marine doors. A complete range of lift doors for passenger ships, cruise ships, cargo ships and off-shore platforms, designed and tested to work in extreme environments according to LD 96/98/EC, Marine Equipment (MED) and International Marine Organization (IMO) standards
• HYDRA and PEGASUS full range of landing and car door types now available with vandal resistant certification according to EN 81-71:2005 (class 1)
• Wittur MRL H-Pack system: a package of major lift components designed and engineered for an optimal interface. A dedicated solution for applications in hospital lifts according to ISO 4190 Class III.
• Wittur Miami passenger car: WITTUR car equipped with lean light panels directly produced from Super Mirror stainless steel and LED lighting, available in a wide range of dimensions according to ISO 4190.
• Wittur HHL W line lifting platform, suitable for removing architectural barriers in residential, office or public buildings. This is a Plug-and-play system for fast and easy installation, available with a wide range of finishing materials to complement any interior design and compliant with the requirements of the new Machine Directive 2006/42/EC and the prEN 81-41

Many visitors have taken the opportunity to speak directly with Wittur experts that have been present on the Wittur stand during the whole exhibition. Sales and technical representative from most Wittur trading companies worldwide have gathered together to provide customers the best-in-class support they expect from a company such as Wittur.

More and more about Interlift 09: www.interlift.de

Great interest for Wittur stand at “Lift EXPO Russia 2009” exhibition, that was held from May 27th to 29th, 2009 at All Russian Exhibition Center in Moscow, Russia.

In this international context Wittur Group has displayed the latest innovations from its production range: Hydra range of doors according to the various worldwide certifications, gearless drives manufactured by Wittur Electric Drives.

Moreover, a wide range of Safety devices and lift cabins featuring new LED lighting to reduce overall power consumption were also present on the stand, where they attracted the attention of the many visitors.

A group of Managers coming from all Wittur Production and Trading companies have gathered together in Prien am Chiemsee in Southern Germany for the Wittur Management Meeting 2009.

This traditional yearly meeting serves the purpose to analyse the lift market, discuss Wittur Group performances and agree on the future strategies regarding sales action, new products, possible new markets.

The 2009 theme has been, “Setting the Sails” – keeping a stable course in a difficult economic environment. Which means straightening the sales, improving tools and processes and increasing customers’ needs – step by step on our “Road to Excellence”.

An outstanding topic for 2009 meeting was also Wittur Corporate Values: the formal definition of the values underlining the everyday work of each Wittur employee.

The Wittur s.r.o. opening marks the beginning of yet another chapter in the success story of the Wittur Group.

Wittur has experienced an overcrowded stand at Asansör 2009 exhibition, that was held from 9 to 12 April 2009 at Tuyap Exhibition Center in Istanbul, Turkey.

The visitors on the stand have had the opportunity to experience the latest innovations from Wittur production range, such as Hydra range of doors according to the various worldwide certifications, the bed lift for hospitals H-Pack and lift cabins featuring LED lighting to reduce overall power consumption.

Attention to energy efficiency was also evident from the “Regen Operation” system: a Lift is used to produce energy during operation by exploiting its gearless drive. Furthermore, an hydraulic cylinder in “slim” version was shown and appreciated for the reduced quantity of oil needed.

A wide range of safety systems was also on the stand, including EOS, the new generation of electronic overspeed governors that, thanks to its acceleration based tripping system guarantees reduced intervention times and guarantees a higher safety level.

June 2nd-3rd, 2009

It's time again for Wittur to display the latest products from our wide range of supply!

Some products that we will be showing:

• NEW Pegasus program
• EOS Electronic OSG
• Lift Machines geared & gearless
• Lift Controllers
• Light Screens
• with according technical support

For further information: info@wittur.se or +46 856475540

WITTUR attended the most important elevator industry exhibition in China - WEEE ‘08 (World Elevator & Escalator Expo ‘08) on April 22-25 in Lang Fang.

WITTUR’s complete range of products and services were clearly displayed to customers and interested visitors in a 207 m² area. Samples of all WITTUR components were exhibited in the booth, such as Hydra-Plus and Augusta doors, ESV Framed Glass Doors, Panoramic Car, gearless drives and safety devices.

WITTUR also took the opportunity to debut its new Web platform www.wittur.com, which has been translated for the occasion into Chinese.

We would like to express its grateful thanks to all visitors!

You are always welcome to contact us for more information and requests.

WITTUR will be present at ELEVCON 2008, Thessaloniki, Greece (11-13 June 2008), the 17th International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies.

Mr. Klaus Schaufler and Mr. Markus Erndl from WITTUR will make a speech on the  “Use of Electronic Systems for Safety Components in Elevators” and “Access to Elevators According Actual Code and Market Demands”.

If you would like to have more information about the programme of these 3 days Congress, you can visit the website: http://www.elevcon.com/

Wittur was present at EURO-LIFT 2010, the international trade fair for elevators, components and accessories that took place in Kielce, Poland, from October 20th to October 22nd, 2010. 

The visitors were able to experience the extensive range of Wittur products and the latest innovations, including the MDS1 modular door system, UCM device against uncontrolled car movement and Wittur servogearless permanent magnet gearless drives S1.

A Commission headed by Prof. Jerzy Kwaśniewski selected the most interesting technical innovations presented in the exhibition. Wittur EOS electronic overspeed governor was awarded as one of the best technical innovations of the exhibition during the official EURO-LIFT dinner on October 21st.

Mr. Markus Hoessle from Wittur Holding and Mr. Karl Sturmleicher from Wittur GmbH were featured in the Technical forum agenda respectively with a presentation about “Energy efficient lift components” and “New Safety Components against Unintended Car Movements at Landings with Open Doors”.

Watch the video on WITTUR TV!