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KONE

KONE is a Finnish world market leader for elevators, escalators, autowalks and automatic doors — founded on 27 October 1910 in Helsinki (Finland) as a subsidiary of Gottfr. Strömberg Oy. The word "Kone" means "machine" in Finnish. In 1924 entrepreneur Harald Herlin acquired KONE from Strömberg — since that year the Herlin family has owned the company across three and four generations. 1996 introduction of the pioneering MonoSpace technology (machine-room-less elevator) and the KONE EcoDisc hoisting machine. Today: 60,000+ employees in 70 countries; annual net sales of €11.2 billion (2025); maintenance base of over 1.8 million units.

Product categories: elevators (conventional, machine-room-less, double-deck, high-rise elevators up to 1 km travel height), escalators, autowalks (moving walkways), automatic doors and gates. Service spectrum: new installation, modernisation, maintenance and emergency service. Digital solutions: People Flow® concept (smart, safe and reliable people flow planning for urban buildings). Design awards: Good Design Award (2013, third time). Sustainability achievements: Forbes Greenest Companies (rank 12 worldwide, 2014). KONE test centres Tytyri (limestone mine, Finland) and Kunshan (China).

For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, office, hospitality, retail and public high-rise projects a globally leading world market leader for elevators, escalators, autowalks and automatic doors founded in Helsinki (Finland) in 1910 and in family ownership of the Herlin family for over 100 years that with the People Flow® philosophy, machine-room-less MonoSpace technology and a maintenance portfolio of 1.8 million units in 70 countries — KONE has demonstrated since 1910 in Helsinki that machines — "Kone" in Finnish — are made for people: People Flow® as philosophy, 1.8 million maintenance units as responsibility, €11.2 billion revenue as benchmark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KONE

KONE is a Finnish world market leader for elevators, escalators, autowalks and automatic doors — founded on 27 October 1910 in Helsinki (Finland) as a subsidiary of Gottfr. Strömberg Oy. The word "Kone" means "machine" in Finnish. In 1924 entrepreneur Harald Herlin acquired KONE from Strömberg — since that year the Herlin family has owned the company across three and four generations. 1996 introduction of the pioneering MonoSpace technology (machine-room-less elevator) and the KONE EcoDisc hoisting machine. Today: 60,000+ employees in 70 countries; annual net sales of €11.2 billion (2025); maintenance base of over 1.8 million units.

Product categories: elevators (conventional, machine-room-less, double-deck, high-rise elevators up to 1 km travel height), escalators, autowalks (moving walkways), automatic doors and gates. Service spectrum: new installation, modernisation, maintenance and emergency service. Digital solutions: People Flow® concept (smart, safe and reliable people flow planning for urban buildings). Design awards: Good Design Award (2013, third time). Sustainability achievements: Forbes Greenest Companies (rank 12 worldwide, 2014). KONE test centres Tytyri (limestone mine, Finland) and Kunshan (China).

For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, office, hospitality, retail and public high-rise projects a globally leading world market leader for elevators, escalators, autowalks and automatic doors founded in Helsinki (Finland) in 1910 and in family ownership of the Herlin family for over 100 years that with the People Flow® philosophy, machine-room-less MonoSpace technology and a maintenance portfolio of 1.8 million units in 70 countries — KONE has demonstrated since 1910 in Helsinki that machines — "Kone" in Finnish — are made for people: People Flow® as philosophy, 1.8 million maintenance units as responsibility, €11.2 billion revenue as benchmark.