Lift manufacturers: how to compare them and which brands we supply
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We at PE SRBK Portal (the LIFTPORTAL trademark) supply, install and maintain equipment from the following brands: MP (Spain), Izamet (Bulgaria), LIFTPORTAL (Turkey), LIFTPORTAL (Ukraine), Can - LIFTPORTAL (China) escalators and moving walks, SJEC (China), Metron (Greece), PVE (USA), Diethelm (Switzerland) and Kleemann (Greece). To compare lift manufacturers, look at four things: how the lift will pass conformity assessment under the Ukrainian Technical Regulation, what documents you will receive with it, who will install it and who will maintain it after start-up.
Conformity assessment under the Technical Regulation on Lifts
New lifts in buildings fall under the Technical Regulation on Lifts and Safety Components for Lifts (Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 438 of 21.06.2017); paragraph 2 lists exactly which ones. We quote it as amended on 18.12.2025. Paragraph 53 begins with the words: "Lifts must undergo one of the following conformity assessment procedures:".
It sets out four routes. If the lift type has undergone type examination, or the lift has been designed and manufactured under an approved full quality assurance system, this can be followed by a final inspection of the lift or by conformity to type based on the quality system. The other two routes are unit verification under Annex 8, where your particular lift is assessed, and full quality assurance with design examination under Annex 11.
Hence the first question for the supplier: under which procedure your lift will be assessed, who will carry out the assessment and what documents already exist for this model.
Safety components undergo their own assessment (paragraph 52). Annex 3 lists six groups of them: landing door locks; devices that prevent the car from falling or moving uncontrollably; overspeed governors; buffers; protection on the cylinders of hydraulic lifts; electrical safety circuits with electronic components. Ask for a list of these components in your lift and the documents for each one.
Documents that come with the lift
The regulation states plainly what the lift must have after installation:
- a declaration of conformity drawn up by the installer, and the mark of conformity with technical regulations on the lift itself (paragraph 16);
- the installer's name or trade mark and contact postal address, also on the lift (paragraph 20);
- instructions with plans and diagrams for use, maintenance, inspections, repairs, periodic checks and the release of people trapped in the car, as well as a logbook of repairs and checks (paragraph 37 of Annex 1).
Paragraph 21 says this about the instructions: "Installers must ensure that the lift is accompanied by the instructions referred to in paragraph 37 of Annex 1, drawn up in accordance with the law on the procedure for the use of languages." After testing, you also receive the lift passport from us. The owner obtains the right to operate the lift separately; this step does not depend on the brand, and we help with the paperwork for it.
Who installs and who is responsible
The key party here is the installer: "a natural or legal person who takes responsibility for the design, manufacture, installation and placing on the market of the lift" (paragraph 5, subparagraph 8). The installer draws up the declaration, puts their name on the lift and keeps the technical documentation and the declaration for 10 years after the lift is placed on the market (paragraph 17). So before signing the contract, find out exactly who will be the installer of your lift and whether they will also maintain it.
Our own crews install the lifts we supply. Our Module D certificate covers the assembly, installation, final inspection and testing of the lifts listed in its annex and is valid until 11.09.2028; its number and our other permits are on the "Documents" page.
Spare parts and service in Ukraine
After start-up, a lift needs maintenance, so it is worth thinking about service before you choose a brand. Ask the supplier:
- who will maintain the lift in Ukraine and whether that company will have the factory instructions and the tools to set up the controller;
- how spare parts are ordered, especially safety components, and who is responsible for supplying them;
- who will come if people are trapped in the car, and whether their release is described in the lift instructions.
We maintain the lifts we have installed under a separate contract, and we write the warranty terms into the contract.
Brands we work with
After the site survey, and before the contract, we find out whether a particular model will fit your building and what documents it will come with.
| Brand | What we supply and for which buildings |
|---|---|
| MP (Spain) | Gearless passenger lifts, as well as panoramic, hospital, freight and vehicle lifts. For existing buildings there is the Flex series with a reduced pit and headroom, and for private houses the MP Mobi home platform lift with an enclosed car. |
| Izamet (Bulgaria) | We supply, install and maintain Izamet lifts: passenger, panoramic, hospital and freight. We have installed them in hospitals, a hotel, a shopping centre and a regional administration building. |
| LIFTPORTAL (Turkey) | Lifts of our own brand, made to order: passenger, panoramic, hospital and vehicle lifts. The same brand covers vertical and inclined platform lifts for people with disabilities, a stairlift, freight and vehicle platforms, and a dumbwaiter. |
| LIFTPORTAL (Ukraine) | Ukrainian-made platform lifts for people with disabilities. |
| Can - LIFTPORTAL (China) | Escalators and moving walks. There is a commercial series for shopping centres and office buildings, and a heavy-duty transit series for metro systems, stations and underpasses. |
| SJEC (China) | FES352 escalators for shopping centres, as well as passenger and panoramic lifts: the M300 without a machine room and the M670 with one. |
| Metron (Greece) | Machine-room-less lifts for new buildings and series for existing ones with a shallow pit (from 550 mm) or a low slab above the shaft; hydraulic and home lifts. |
| PVE (USA) | Pneumatic (vacuum) lifts for private houses: the transparent cylinder rests on the floor, and no shaft or pit is needed. We are an authorised PVE dealer in Ukraine. |
| Diethelm (Switzerland) | Passenger lifts for existing buildings with a small pit and low headroom. The drive sits on the counterweight, and there is no machine room. |
| Kleemann (Greece) | Passenger and panoramic lifts, series for existing shafts with a small pit, home lifts for private houses, and freight lifts. |
For specific types, see the pages on passenger, panoramic, hospital and freight lifts, home lifts, platform lifts for people with disabilities and escalators.
Our other projects, with cities and years, are collected in the "Our projects" section.
Questions and answers
Do you manufacture lifts yourselves?
No, we are not a lift manufacturer: lifts are made by factories, and we supply, install and maintain them and do the building work. LIFTPORTAL (Turkey) lifts and platform lifts are made to order to the dimensions our engineer takes on site.
Is the factory's EU certificate enough?
Not on its own: a new lift in Ukraine must go through one of the conformity assessment procedures in paragraph 53 of the regulation. The factory's documents will still be needed: for example, for unit verification, the installer's technical documentation must contain copies of the declarations of conformity for the safety components installed in the lift (paragraph 4 of Annex 8).
Does this regulation apply to platform lifts and escalators?
Paragraph 3 excludes from its scope escalators, moving walks and "lifting appliances whose speed does not exceed 0.15 m/s". The documents for such equipment are different, and we show you the list before the contract.
Do you maintain lifts installed by another company?
Yes, after an acceptance inspection.
What to provide for a quote and how to contact us
For an initial quote, send or tell us:
- the city and type of building;
- the number of stops and the height between floors;
- if there is already a shaft, its width and depth, the pit and the height above the top stop; if there is no shaft, the lift can go in an external shaft;
- who or what the lift will carry: people, a wheelchair user, a hospital trolley or goods;
- a brand from the table, if you have already chosen one.
We take the rest of the measurements during the site survey; what exactly we measure is described on the page about the data needed for a quote. The site survey and quote are free. Call us: +38 050 585-39-28, in Lviv +38 097 099-89-87, or leave a request on the contacts page. We have been in business since 2002, with our head office in Ivano-Frankivsk and a branch in Lviv. We calculate the price after the site survey and explain what it depends on on a separate page.
Last stop: your request