tract by establishing an optional Smart Construction Indicator, the EU has launched the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) project. - The General Assembly of the VFA - an industrial association of SMEs with 230 member companies and an annual turnover of around one billion Euro -, which took place in Erfurt on 12 April, hosted the regular elections to the association’s Board, in which the members elected the Board for a three-year period. INTERLIFT 2019 SPECIAL The next Interlift event will not only be the biggest lift fair in 2019, but also even larger than the previous one. More than 530 companies from 42 countries had registered up to July, which leads the organisers to believe that the final figure will be between 560 and 600 exhibitors. The optimisation of the trade fair circuit and better services for visitors support an event that is expected to present the widest range of new products and developments to date. The new pavilion 2 with an area of 8,500 m2 is now the largest in the Augsburg Trade Fair. The constantly evolving regulations, digitisation and the technological disruptions caused by industry 4.0, the opportunities offered by megacities for the sector and the trends that will determine the world of lifts in the future... There are many topics to be discussed at the Interlift 2019 event. - Interview with Joachim Kalsdorf, Interlift 2019 Project Manager: «Spain is one of the five largest exhibiting countries at Interlift. Even in difficult economic times, participation remained stable». - VFA-Forum Interlift ’19 programme. The increasing number of visitors year after year clearly confirms the growing interest in this information platform in which different experts will discuss current topics about the lift world in compact 20-minute conferences. Digitisation is likely to be the main topic, reflecting the current transformation of the sector worldwide. In addition, today’s most interesting lift markets will be re-examined. All conferences will have simultaneous interpretation from German into English or from English into German. Interlift News. The presentation of innovations by the companies attending is undoubtedly one of Interlift’s main attractions. In this year’s event, everything seems to suggest that there will be many innovations to be seen first-hand, many of them linked to the developments in industry 4.0. Thus, in the context of the new ISO standards in force worldwide, digitisation is the hottest topic, with issues such as personalised remote maintenance or digital documentation. Here is a progress report with some of the most outstanding proposals. MARKETS Hydraulic lifts There is a growing demand for hydraulic solutions, as the benefits of hydraulics in the sector are once again being highlighted. This is demonstrated by the various independent studies that have been carried out in recent years, both in Europe and America, among other regions. Homelifts and heavy loads are boosting a market that still has a high potential for growth beyond our borders and whose main advantages are those related to the architectural aspect - such as, for example, a flight inferior to the gearless solution -, as well as installation and maintenance aspects, thanks to their ease and speed; not to mention the safety it offers to operators during the execution processes as it does not involve work at height and, obviously, the reduction in the total price of the equipment. Smart lifts Technology has revolutionised most aspects of our lives and we are no longer surprised to see the adjective ‘smart’ preceding such everyday items as a watch (smartwatch) or a mobile phone (smartphone). In this context, the concept of 87 - Ascensores y Montacargas
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