Kone

The KONE Oyj is a Finnish company listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange industrial companies as well as the fourth largest elevator and escalator equipment producer in the world with headquarters in Espoo.

History

The company Kone was founded on 27 October 1910 as a joint stock company. The name originates from the Finnish Kone and is translated by machine.

1970 was the first company outside of Scandinavia, Ing Stefan Sowitsch & Co. KG, founded in 1914 Kone joined the group. By 1999, incorporated in the consolidated affiliated company changed its name only when Sowitsch Aktiengesellschaft, later as Kone Sowitsch AG. On 1 January 2000, the subsidiary changed its name once again, now in Kone corporation. At one of the most Sowitsch lift installations in Austria the system with two elevators counts in the Vienna Danube Tower. 1964, these were not only the fastest express lifts in Europe, but one of the two, the first double-decker elevator Austria. The plant was until 2001 the fastest elevator system in Austria, before (6.3 m / s) was replaced in the Vienna Twin Towers of the today 's fastest elevators.

1973 bought the Kone GmbH, elevators and escalators, door and Torservice the company was founded in Hanover in 1873 Hävemeier & Sander, elevators.

The mid-1980s, acquired the company Kone lift manufacturer in Augsburg. The fully -raised in the Kone Group company shrank within five years from 650 to 250 employees. The production was closed and the remit of the remaining employees is limited today to sales, installation and maintenance.

1994 Konecranes was outsourced. It was also taken over the U.S. Montgomery Elevator Company this year.

Another acquisition was completed in 1996 with the purchase of the escalator business of Orenstein & Koppel in Hattingen.

2002, they purchased from the Finnish state whose 30 % equity stake Partek.

2005, the division was spun off as a marine equipment Cargotec.

The EU imposed against Kone in February 2007 to pay a fine in the amount of 142.12 million euros due to complications in the elevators and escalators cartel.

Company Profile

The annual turnover is 6.9 billion euros. KONE employs over 43,000 employees in 800 offices spread over 50 countries. Kone supplies elevators, escalators, doors, doors and loading in more than 80 countries around the world.

The headquarters of Kone Germany is located in Hannover (position ) 52.421699.73245, Kone Austria in Vienna and Kone Switzerland in Brüttisellen.

Test facility

The longest test well in the world (approx. 333 m) underground. The company operates Kone him in an abandoned mine in Lohja in Finland, where it leads - among other things - tests with lifts of up to 17 m / s ( 62 km / h) by.