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Sky high ranking
K
ONE ranked
42nd out
of the top
100 most
innovative
companies in
the world by the well-known
business magazine
Forbes
. Out
of all European companies
listed this year, KONE ranked
an impressive sixth − and is
the only elevator and escalator
company featured on the
Forbes list this year.
Innovation and technolo-
gical advancement have been
at the core of KONE for
Kingdom Tower, expected to be the
world’s tallest building with a height
over one kilometer once completed.
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KONE takes green
lead in Singapore
KONE is the first elevator company to receive
the Green Label certification by Singapore Green
Building Council (SGBC) for KONE N MiniSpace™
and KONE N MonoSpace® elevators. Through this
certification, KONE’s elevators are recommended
for Green Mark certified green buildings.
KONE Singapore received the confirmation of
the Green Label certification in October 2013 and
received the green product certificates at Singapore
Green Building Council on September 3, 2014.
Contributing to development of next-generation
green buildings is one of KONE’s priorities and
receiving the Green Label certification is a
testament to our dedication to provide eco-efficient solutions that help people move safely
and smoothly in our increasing urbanized
environment.
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The Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore has
made a further commitment toward energy
efficiency with the new KONE UltraRope™
elevator hoisting technology.
decades, and will continue
to be moving forward.
Some of the most prominent
innovations include the
introduction of a machine-
room-less elevator in 1996.
The latest groundbreaking
solution is the new high-rise
elevator hoisting technology,
KONE UltraRope™, enabling
future elevator travel heights
of one kilometer − twice the
distance currently feasible.
Last May, KONE
announced that the KONE
UltraRope technology would
be used in Saudi Arabia’s
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