Lift Report

When speaking about potential energy savings for lifts, two basically contradictory statements have to be evaluated:

Therefore it is often more economical for the building owner firstly to reduce the power consumption, for example by means of better thermal insulation or by using energy-saving lamps, than to invest in increased energy efficiency in lifts.

Due to the high number of new lift installations installed each year, and high inventory , there is in fact considerable potential.

Over the coming 5 years, there will be 70,000 family firms in Germany faced with the prospect of a change of generation. Sixty (60) per cent of company owners (over the age of 55) have so far made no move to arrange successorship or else have made inadequate preparation for it. Although three out of every four entrepreneurs intend to entrust their life’s work to the care of their own families, the reality shows us a quite different result. This circumstance is backed up by concrete statistics: In reality, the management of only around 40 per cent of companies is passed on within the family, and the tendency is falling (management buy-in arrangements make up 16 per cent of cases , management buy-out arrangements 10 per cent, 20 per cent of businesses are sold, and 8.5 per cent are closed down due to the absence of a successor (IfM Bonn).

Arranging successorship takes between 5 and 10 years!