NEW MEMBER – Flughafen Muenchen GmbH

In April 2017 the LiftReport presented the first advertisement of the NeXt group, and it works. Interested parties from many countries asked for more detailed information. On the same page in the LiftReport you could find the advertisement of our member Thor engineering.

Our member SafeLine provided the documentation of the new lift controller hardware under a free license to the NeXt group. All schematics and the part lists are available for members under the Creative Commons license CC by-nd 4.0. The documents can be used for commercial purposes too. Based on this documents it is possible to…

The gathering took place in Ratingen, Germany on November 30th in a hybrid format, with most participants joining remotely. The organization welcomed Genemek representatives from Turkey and the Netherlands who attended in person. During the meeting, attendees reviewed the organization’s performance over the preceding year and discussed upcoming initiatives and budgetary planning for 2024. The…

Three quick questions with Geert Maurissen, Group Managing Director at SafeLine. 1. Why did SafeLine join NeXt Group? „The industry of today is challenged by technology developing faster each year, all while having to find good resources to match this evolution. If you want to survive, the only solution going forward is by having joint…

In April 2017 we founded the NeXt group with the goal to promote open hardware, software and standardized interfaces for the lift industry. The first open hardware project was the Thor lift controller from SafeLine. They provided the schematics of their new controller as a reference design for next generation developments. Last year the Motum…