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KONE Corporation, press release, March 6, 2019
KONE
Corporation, a global leader in the elevator and escalator
industry, has won an order to equip Google's new UK headquarters
building, KGX1. The 11-story-tall and 312-meter-long "landscraper"
will run parallel to the platforms of London's King's Cross railway
station in England and will sit at the heart of a campus for 7,000
Google employees.
"We're very pleased to welcome KONE to the KGX1 family and look
forward to working with them to bring our project to life," said
Andrew Martin, director, Real Estate and Construction, EMEA,
Google.
KONE will work closely with Google to help create a smart building
with efficient people flow. Of the 38 elevators to be delivered, 35
are KONE MonoSpace® passenger elevators. The deal also includes two
KONE TravelMaster™110 escalators. The elevators will utilize the
KONE Destination control system to shorten journey times, and KONE
E-Link will enable all the vertical transport equipment on the
campus to be monitored remotely in real time.
"Designing and delivering our people flow solutions for this
innovative 'landscraper' in such a busy area of London means a
whole new concept of working. We're thrilled that our innovative
people flow solutions, quality and track record helped us win this
order," says Thomas Hinnerskov, executive vice president, KONE
Central and North Europe.
Google's London headquarters has been designed by Danish
architectsBjarke Ingels Group with Heatherwick studio. The building
is being developed by Google, with Argent as development manager
and is being constructed by Lendlease.
The order was booked in the third quarter of 2018.
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 http://www.kone.com/en/news-and-insights/releases/
including:
January 2, 2019: KONE wins order for green and accessible
Generation Park Y office tower in Warsaw, Poland
October 10, 2018: KONE wins order for new "super hospital" in
northern Denmark
July 30, 2018: KONE to equip landmark Caleido mixed-use real
estate development in Madrid, Spain
January 17, 2018: First KONE UltraRope in the UK to be installed in
South Quay Plaza, a residential tower in London
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 2018, KONE had annual
net sales of EUR 9.1 billion, and at the end of the year over
57,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq
Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
www.kone.com