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did you know?
THE INNOVATIVE STREAK
K
ONE has been ranked 48th on the list of the world’s top 100 most
innovative companies by the business magazine Forbes.
KONE’s recent breakthough innovations include its high-rise elevator
hoisting technology, KONE UltraRope®, which enables future elevator
travel heights of one kilometer – twice the distance currently feasible. The
technology will be used in Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Tower expected to be the world’s
tallest building with a height rising over one kilometer once completed. Another
innovation highlight is the KONE family of People Flow Intelligence solutions, which
makes navigation through buildings ever smoother and smarter.
Featured on the list for the fifth year in a row, KONE ranks as the 5th most
innovative company in Europe.
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2010s
Tablet and
smartphone
apps to improve
maintenance and
field operations
and user
experience.
Early 1950s
Automatic doors
and call buttons
on landings to
move people and
goods.
1971
Introduction
of the first
microprocessor.
1979
KONE was the first
elevator company
to introduce a
microprocessor group
control system.
1990s
Use of forecasts,
fuzzy logic, artificial
intelligence, and genetic
algorithms in elevator
group controls to
improve user experience.
2000s
Introduction of
destination control
system.
KONE’s
road to
digitalization