GineersNow Construction Leaders Magazine June 2017 Issue 003, Bechtel

The KONE UltraRope
industry. “KONE’s objective is to offer the
best People Flow® experience by developing
and delivering solutions that enable people
to move smoothly, safely, comfortably and
without waiting in buildings in an increasingly
urbanizing environment,” Kadora told
GineersNow. The company’s services covers
the entire lifetime of a building starting from
the design phase up to the maintenance,
repairs as well as modernization solutions.
In 2016, the company had an annual net
sales of EUR 8.8 billion, and has over 52,000
employees wherein half of the employees
work on-field. KONE class B shares are listed
on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. In Finland. The
company has manufacturing operations in
seven countries worldwide (China, India,
Finland, Italy, Czech Republic, Mexico and
USA).
The company embodies their mission to
improve the flow of urban life. “Through more
effective People Flow®, we make people’s
journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in
taller, smarter buildings.” Kadora said. With
the cooperation of their partners together with
their customers around the world, KONE helps
cities to become better places to live in.
“We understand that different buildings have
different purposes which has an impact on
the flow of people and on the surrounding
environment”. That is why KONE’s vision is to
deliver the best People Flow® experience. “It
also means we provide Ease, Effectiveness
and Experiences to our users and customers,
over the full life cycle of buildings,” she adds.
Their strategy lies with the customer. “We can
say that we are the best, we have the best
products, best processes and best people.
At the end of the day, the customer decides
how good we are.” KONE aims to win with
their customers by demonstrating how their
needs are understood, as well as how their
businesses can be improved, and what
solutions can be offered to them. “We want to
show them the value of working with KONE.”
THE PRODUCTS
In 1996, KONE revolutionized the escalator
and elevator industry by introducing the KONE
MonoSpace® platform. It’s the first machineroom-less
elevator on the market. Another
innovation from KONE is a Destination Control
System named KONE Destination. It is an
innovative elevator control system which
dramatically increases the elevator system’s
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