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Stay on Corporate siteKONE Corporation, press release, December
22, 2020
KONE Corporation, a global leader in the
elevator and escalator industry, has won an order to deliver 50
elevators to GDH City, a new mixed-use development in Shenzhen, in
the Guangdong province of southeast China. Also known as the
"Silicon Valley of China", Shenzhen is a vibrant global technology
hub, as well as being the city with the most completed skyscrapers
over 200 meters in height.
GDH City will comprise of
business apartments, two office towers of 180 and 303 meters as
well as commercial space, including a 100,000 square-meter
experiential shopping mall. The combination of business, commerce,
living, culture and natural surroundings, the development is
expected to bring a new type of customer experience to Shenzhen
city center.
KONE will deliver 46 KONE MiniSpace™ elevators and four KONE
MiniSpace™ DoubleDeck elevators for the project. In addition, the
buildings will be equipped with the KONE Destination Control System
to reduce waiting and traveling times, as well as the KONE E-link™
monitoring system, which can keep track of the performance of all
the equipment in real time from a single location. The contract
also includes two years of standard maintenance.
"Shenzhen is one of the
most popular cities in southeast China, best known for business and
family friendly shopping and entertainment. It is a great pleasure
to be chosen as a solution provider for this project and we look
forward to helping our customer create the best people flow
experience for tenants and visitors at their flagship development,"
said William B. Johnson, Executive Vice President, KONE Greater
China.
The project is estimated to be completed in 2023, and it is
developed by Guangdong Land Holdings Ltd.
KONE booked the order in
the second quarter of 2020.
For further
information, please contact:
Hanna Rutanen, Director, External Communications, KONE
Corporation, tel. +358 41 507 1361, media@kone.com
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Previous press releases are available at https://www.kone.com/en/news-and-insights/releases/
including:
December 15, 2020: KONE to equip Beijing Metro Line 12 in
China
October 20, 2020: KONE to equip Nanfeihong Plaza mixed-use
development in Xi'an, China
August 18, 2020: KONE to equip phase two of Chongqing Metro Line 6
in China
April 15, 2020: KONE UltraRope® to feature in a new luxury hotel
tower in Nanjing, China
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