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Kone Oyj (Finnish pronunciation:; officially known as KONE and trading as KONE Corporation) is an elevator engineering company employing over 60,000 personnel across 60 countries worldwide. It was founded in 1910 and is now headquartered in Helsinki , Finland, with its corporate offices located in Espoo .
The Mitsubishi Electric-owned Solae Test Tower (173 m) in Inazawa City, Japan, is the world's 4th tallest elevator testing tower after Hyundai elevator test tower at Icheon plant (205 m) South Korea, the Kone Tytyri test tower (235 m) and the Rottweil Test Tower (246 m).
Kone (Montgomery) Test Tower (former) [26] Kone, Montgomery Elevator: Moline, Illinois, United States 180 ft (55 m) 1966 It is considered a city landmark by residents and former Montgomery employees. 27 Otis Test Tower [27] Otis: Florence, South Carolina, United States 152 ft (46 m) 2013 28 Emlak Konut Elevator (EKA) Test Tower [28] Emlak Konut ...
In the twenty-first century Schindler became the largest maker of escalators and second largest maker of elevators in the world, though their first escalator installation did not occur until 1936. [11] In 1979, the company entered the United States market by purchasing the Haughton Elevator company. [12]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Kone is a Finnish elevator engineering and service company, founded in 1910. Kone, KONE, Kon ...
Montgomery Elevator Company was a vertical transportation company founded in 1892, but entered the elevator business in 1910, acquired Roelofson Elevator of Galt, Ontario in the early 1960s and operated it as its Canadian Division. Montgomery manufactured elevators, escalators, and moving walkways until 1994, when it was acquired by KONE. [1] [2]
Holeless hydraulic elevators were developed in the 1970s, and use a pair of above-ground cylinders, which makes it practical for environmentally or cost-sensitive buildings with two, three, or four floors. Roped hydraulic elevators use both above-ground cylinders and a rope system, allowing the elevator to travel further than the piston has to ...
In 1988 the crane business was combined into the KONE Cranes Division. [7] KONE Cranes Division remained an integral component of Kone until the year 1994. In February of that year, Kone made a strategic decision to refocus its efforts on the elevator business, leading to the divestiture of the crane division into an independent entity.