Articles

The EFESME Articles are sectoral articles whose aim is to inform the reader, whether he/she is an expert in the sector or not, of the most recent changes in the lift sector.
Our articles are written by our experts and our members, in order to guarantee a high level of quality and deepening of the various issues.

Some of these articles are one of the most important tasks that EFESME and our experts develop each year within the SBS Call. The topics covered in these articles range from very technical aspects to more political content, always within the scope of standardization, thanks to the collaboration with our partner SBS – Small Business Standards

Other articles are written by our experts to shed light on more general, important and complicated issues that are fundamental for the sector.

Find here the list of the SBS Articles written by the EFESME experts:

2020 SBS Call

• July – Dealing with platforms not compliant with the Machinery Directive

2019 SBS Call

• December – Are “Lifting Platforms” becoming more and more popular, and can they still be safe?
• November – Standardisation, IoT, and the potentialities for the lift industry
• September – The ongoing revision of all CEN Safety Standards for lifts
• June – Development, regression and further evolution of lift safety standards
• April – The incoming new revision of EN 13015 and the essential requirements
• February – Harmonisation of European lifts standards: a rough process

2018 SBS Call

• December – Lifts and the Eco-design Directive: Second phase and Updates
• November – Implementing standards: Tracing systems for safety components monitoring
• October – Improving safety of existing lifts: prEN 81-80 is ready for formal vote
• June – Making Safety Standards for Lifts “Global”
• May – Standing point of the EC Mandate M/549 to CEN
• March – Lifts and the Eco-design Directive

2017 SBS Call

• December/January 2018 – IoT for lifts: ETSI Smart M2M and the benefits for the maintenance services
• December – The voice of lift SMEs in the standardisation bodies
• September – EN 81-20 and EN 81-50 become the only applicable standards for lift design
• July – Contribution of lifts to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions: a legal framework
• April – ETSI: an overview on the information and communication technologies standards
• February – The New Standardisation Request for Lifts