Developing and manufacturing control systems, car operating panels and digital services for the international elevator industry since 1965.
Kollmorgen Steuerungstechnik GmbH
CologneNew on Amplifa
About Kollmorgen
Kollmorgen Steuerungstechnik GmbH is a family-owned company headquartered in Cologne that has been developing and producing control systems and components for the international elevator industry since 1965. The portfolio includes tailored control concepts for traction elevators (with machine room, frame solution, MRL), hydraulic elevators, the CANopen-based C-line panel line with operating and display elements (COP, LOP, LIP, destination control system LXP-2030) as well as digital services such as liftbook, liftit and MPKlive via the subsidiary K-solutions. The entire range of services, from control electronics in the control cabinet to shaft wiring, traveling cables, shaft light and emergency call systems through to the panels, is supplied from a single source. Development, manufacturing and testing take place at the Cologne site; every system is manufactured and delivered tested from Germany. More than 100,000 built control systems document the widespread use of the products, which are deployed, among other places, in the Reichstag Building in Berlin, the Royal Opera House in London and the Dalian TV Tower.
- Site
- Köln
- Processes
- Training and online tutorials, Technical support and spare parts warehouse, IT-supported customer service management, Documentation, Digital services (liftbook, liftit, liftQR, MPKlive, liftcare, liftAPI) via subsidiary, Commissioning software MPKlive, Maintenance and service management, Tailored control system design
- Materials
- CANopen bus system, C-line panels in sandwich construction, Design according to EN 81-20/50
- Certificates
- ISO certification (further details open)
- Founded
- 1965
- Employees
- 150+
- Industries
- Elevator industry
- 01
Hardware & software development
- 02
Design of tailored control systems
- 03
Electronics and panel manufacturing
- 04
Testing
- 05
Delivery
- 06
Service, spare parts warehouse and digital services
Products & Technologies
CANopen bus system
Uniform control of frequency converter, positioning, panels, doors and load weighing in all control concepts.
C-line panels in sandwich construction
Operating and display elements with a mounting depth of 9.7 mm in brushed stainless steel, also available flush-mounted.
Design according to EN 81-20/50
Control concepts executable in accordance with the applicable elevator standards, further standards optional.
Locations
Cologne
DEHeadquarters, development, production and testing
- Lot size
- Serial standard products and custom/single-unit production
- Materials
- Control electronics, control cabinets, stainless steel panels
- CNC production technology for panels
- Electronics manufacturing
- In-house software and hardware development
Products & Components
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
Every system is manufactured and delivered tested from Germany; according to its own information, the company is ISO certified. Products such as the wireless assembly lamp meet safety standards SIL3 and PLe as well as protection rating IP66.
| Evidence | Cologne |
|---|---|
| ISO certification (further details open) |
History
- 1965
Foundation of Kollmorgen Steuerungstechnik by Dietfried Kollmorgen
- 1980
MPK1000 – first microprocessor control system
- 2001
Start of production of the panel line (operating and display elements)
- 2006
LiftXpress – destination control system to optimize the elevator experience
- 2013
MPK411 for groups of up to 8 elevators; CHT411 Control Hand Terminal with Ethernet interface
- 2018
liftit – app for calling the elevator via smartphone
- 2019
MPKlive real-time solution and C-line panel line introduced
- 2020
LXP-2030 – improved destination control system in a new design
- 2021
M-DP display for modernization of traction elevators
- 2022
liftbook service+ – digital elevator logbook