KONE - Improving the Flow of Urban Life

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KONE MonoSpace 500®

Learn more about the renewed KONE MonoSpace 500® machine room-less elevator that combines our proven eco-efficient technology with ride-comfort and design innovations.

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SOLUTIONS FOR NEW BUILDINGS

KONE provides industry leading eco-efficient elevators, escalators, autowalks, and automatic doors. Find out more about our products below.

ELEVATORS

Elevators for all types of buildings

ESCALATORS & AUTOWALKS

Escalators and moving walkways for new buildings

PEOPLE FLOW INTELLIGENCE

Solutions for access and destination control, information communication, and equipment monitoring

SOLUTIONS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS

We pride ourselves on our deep understanding of both equipment and customer needs – ensuring your existing equipment is kept running smoothly throughout its lifetime.

MAINTENANCE

We maintain all makes and models of elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors.

ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION

Boost your elevator’s reliability, eco-efficiency, comfort, and appearance with our modernization solutions.

ESCALATOR MODERNIZATION

Our modernization solutions will increase their lifespan, giving you the flexibility of replacing the entire installation or just individual components.

People Flow Intelligence Enhancements

Smart, flexible solutions for access and destination control, as well as communication and equipment monitoring

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A SLICE OF HEAVEN

KONE’s Tall Buildings survey reveals that 2 out of 3 metropolitans have positive or very positive attitude toward tall buildings. Pauliina Louhiluoto, a resident of Shanghai is one of them. Find out why.

#Asia #Maintenance #People #Tall buildings #Urbanization

ATTENTION: STARTUPS WANTED!

Startups are hip, agile and innovative. Corporate giants have the muscle to make ideas happen. Put them together in a marriage and everyone wins – if the chemistry is right.

#Digitalization #Innovation #People #People Flow Intelligence #Smart buildings #Technology

BACK TO BASICS

What do end-users and customers really want? Every year hundreds of KONE employees spend one entire day with their customers, building personnel, and end-users to find out. We let you in on a few secrets from the last event of People Flow Day with special focus on service experience.

#Maintenance #People #People Flow Day #Urbanization

BANGKOK NEVER STOPS

Meet Sutee Sopajaree, KONE’s service technician in Bangkok, who maintains elevators in one of the city’s big residential complexes. This is the 3rd story in our series on ’Keeping megacities on the move’.

#Asia #Elevators #Maintenance #People #Residential buildings #Safety #Urbanization

BEATING THE STRESS

Personal well-being takes a back seat when the pressures of urban work environments rise. But to refocus on things that matter, KONE is helping its employees take charge of their health. Here are a few inspiring examples from the US, Finland, and India.

#Americas #Asia #Europe #People #Urbanization #Well-being

CAUTION! HACKERS AT WORK

‘An elevator that reads your mind’ could leap from the fringes of fiction into the realms of reality if Streamr’s concept of a ‘telepathic elevator’ – that uses big data to enhance People Flow – begins to take shape. After all, the idea won KONE’s first Hackathon.

#Digitalization #Elevators #IoT #Technology #Urbanization

Celebrating the dragon

A 20-year-old relationship has a charm and mystery of its own and KONE’s presence in China, for two decades, stands testimony to this chemistry.

#China #Kunshan test tower #Urbanization #World

CHANGING LIFE IN NANJING

Nanjing is one of the seven ancient capitals of the Middle Kingdom and 11th largest Chinese megacity in terms of GDP. Little wonder then, KONE's office there has been growing fast too. We meet three of KONE’s employees from Nanjing to find out what they like the most about their city.

#Asia #China #Urbanization #World

CITY WITH A SMALL-TOWN FEEL

Our mission at KONE is to improve the flow of urban life. To capture the essence of urbanization, we bring you stories of people from 17 cities. Katie Toft, a would-be single mom, and manager for a technical team that works with electronic medical records, loves the community and culture of Seattle.

#Americas #People #Urbanization

CRAVING FOR SPACE

Our mission at KONE is to improve the flow of urban life. To capture the essence of urbanization, we bring you stories of people from 17 cities. Nairobi is rapidly urbanizing but Bonface Wandera plans to move out, after having spent 10 years in the capital. Here’s why.

#Africa #People #Urbanization

DECODING THE CONNECTED WORLD

The increasing amount of data collected by sensors embedded in elevators, buildings, cars and even appliances in our homes is expected to change the way we live in rapidly urbanizing cities. To make sense of this sea of data, KONE partners with IBM.

#Smart buildings #Technology #Urbanization

DELHI METRO STAYS ON THE RAILS

For the second part of the series - ‘keeping megacities on the move’, we travel to India's capital to meet KONE’s service technician, who answers for the smooth operation of 264 elevators and 75 escalators of the Delhi metro.

#Asia #Elevators #Escalators #Maintenance #People #Safety #Urbanization

DREAMS ON WHEELS

Our mission at KONE is to improve the flow of urban life. To capture the essence of urbanization, we bring you stories of people from 17 cities. Uday Sinh Jadhav, an auto rickshaw driver in Ahmedabad, India, is a man on a mission.

#Asia #People #Urbanization

DUBAI, AN EVOLVING CITY

Our mission at KONE is to improve the flow of urban life. To capture the essence of urbanization, we bring you stories of people from 17 cities. 32-year-old Hussain Al Mooswa returned to the global city of Dubai after having lived in Australia for eight years.

#Middle East #People #Urbanization

EXPLORING THE JOHANNESBURG EXPERIENCE

Our mission at KONE is to improve the flow of urban life. To capture the essence of urbanization, we bring you stories of people from 17 cities. Nikki Ramphal has lived in Johannesburg for 5 years now, but continues to be enchanted by the city’s multicultural facets.

#Europe #People #Urbanization

EYES ON THE SYDNEY SKYLINE

Our mission at KONE is to improve the flow of urban life. To capture the essence of urbanization, we bring you stories of people from 17 cities. Philip Lau believes Sydney is an evolving city. He tells us why.

#Australia #People #Urbanization

FALLING IN LOVE WITH WORDS

Our mission at KONE is to improve the flow of urban life. To capture the essence of urbanization, we bring you stories of people from 17 cities. Hamide Kaplan learned to read and it changed her life. Read on to see how Izmir plays a role in this transformation.

#Europe #People #Urbanization

GREEN, ALL THE WAY UP!

Going green is the new style statement. This does not refer to fashion shows but to a trend nurtured by building owners and developers, who are becoming more aware of the importance of sustainable construction. So what does it mean for the industry and how is KONE contributing?

#Elevators #Emerging economics #Escalators #MonoSpace #Sustainability #UltraRope #World

IMPRESSED WITH OPPORTUNITY

Our mission at KONE is to improve the flow of urban life. To capture the essence of urbanization, we bring you stories of people from 17 cities. Washington D.C. holds a special place in Trish Clothier’s heart.

#Europe #Middle East #People #Urbanization

INVESTING IN THE FUTURE

Turning 100 calls for a major celebration. KONE celebrated its first century, in 2010, by setting up an independent, non-profit organization – KONE Centennial Foundation (KCF) - to help children and youth at the fringe of society in various countries.

#Africa #China #India #KCF #Mexico #World

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IMPROVING THE FLOW OF URBAN LIFE

Looking for specifications, CAD drawings, or BIM?

Highlights

KONE MonoSpace 500®

Get service status updates on the go with KONE Mobile

Learn about our award-winning escalator modernization solution

Browse our brochures on our products and services

SOLUTIONS FOR NEW BUILDINGS

ELEVATORS

ESCALATORS & AUTOWALKS

PEOPLE FLOW INTELLIGENCE

SOLUTIONS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS

MAINTENANCE

ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION

ESCALATOR MODERNIZATION

People Flow Intelligence Enhancements

Read our stories and references

A SLICE OF HEAVEN

ATTENTION: STARTUPS WANTED!

BACK TO BASICS

BANGKOK NEVER STOPS

BEATING THE STRESS

CAUTION! HACKERS AT WORK

Celebrating the dragon

CHANGING LIFE IN NANJING

CITY WITH A SMALL-TOWN FEEL

CRAVING FOR SPACE

DECODING THE CONNECTED WORLD

DELHI METRO STAYS ON THE RAILS

DREAMS ON WHEELS

DUBAI, AN EVOLVING CITY

EXPLORING THE JOHANNESBURG EXPERIENCE

EYES ON THE SYDNEY SKYLINE

FALLING IN LOVE WITH WORDS

GREEN, ALL THE WAY UP!

IMPRESSED WITH OPPORTUNITY

INVESTING IN THE FUTURE