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Stay on Corporate siteKONE Corporation, press release, April 15,
2020 
KONE Corporation, a global leader in the
elevator and escalator industry, will deliver People Flow®
solutions - including 36 elevators and the revolutionary KONE
UltraRope® hoisting technology - to a new high-rise development in
Nanjing, the capital of the Jiangsu province in eastern
China.
The new building will rise up to 416.6 meters and host a Kimpton
Hotel. It will become the tallest of the planned five high-rise
buildings in the Nanjing Financial City Complex and the
structurally tallest building in the entire city. Once completed,
the Nanjing Kimpton Hotel will also be the highest Kimpton Hotel in
the world.
KONE will deliver altogether 11 KONE MonoSpace® elevators and 25
KONE MiniSpace™ elevators that will be traveling at speeds of up to
10.0 m/s. In addition, the order includes the revolutionary KONE
UltraRope® carbon fiber based hoisting technology and KONE E-Link™,
a facility management tool designed to secure the best possible
tenant service quality.
"We are excited to be involved in the rapid development of Nanjing
and to smooth the movement of some 60,000 people using this new
building every month," said William B. Johnson, Executive Vice
President for KONE Greater China.
The building is estimated to be completed at the end of 2026, and
it is developed by Nanjing Financial City Construction and
Development Co., Ltd.
KONE booked the order in the fourth quarter of 2019.
For further information, please contact:
Hanna Rutanen, Director, External Communications, KONE
Corporation, tel. +358 41 5071361, media@kone.com
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Previous press releases are available at https://www.kone.com/en/news-and-insights/releases/
including:
November 14, 2019: KONE to equip Tianjin Pingan Teda IFC dual tower
in China
October 17, 2019: KONE to equip Nanning Metro Line 4 in
China
September 26, 2019: KONE wins order to equip JiNan PingAn IFC tower in
China
July 16, 2019: KONE to equip Shanghai Metro Line 15
About KONE
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. As a
global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides
elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as
solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to
buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective
People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and
reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. In 2019, KONE had annual
sales of EUR 10 billion, and at the end of the year approximately
60,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq
Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
www.kone.com