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Corporate siteKONE Corporation, press release, 6 September, 2017
KONE, a global leader in the elevator and
escalator industry, has won an order to supply 112 elevators and
escalators to Guangzhou Panyu Guangsheng Wanbo City, a mixed-use
development in the Wanbo Central Business District planned to
include commercial, office, hotel, and residential space.
KONE will install 26 KONE MonoSpace® elevators and 38 KONE
MiniSpace® elevators, which can reach travel speeds of up to 6m/s.
Additionally, the order includes 48 KONE TravelMaster(TM)
escalators.
"Guangzhou has repeatedly ranked as one of the best cities in China
for business. We are proud to deliver solutions to this urban hub
whose visitors, tenants and customers are likely to add to
Guangzhou's economic vitality", says William B. Johnson, Executive
Vice President for KONE Greater China.
Guangzhou Panyu Guangsheng Wanbo City is developed by Guangzhou Wau
Shun Investment Management Co., Ltd, built by China Construction
Second Engineering Bureau Ltd, and designed by Architectural Design
and Research Institue of Guangdong Province.
The project is scheduled for completion in 2020.
The order was booked in the first quarter of 2017.
Read more
Previous press releases on KONE's orders are available at
www.kone.com/press including:
July 17, 2017: KONE to supply elevators and escalators for a
high-end mixed-use complex in Shenzhen, China
July 10, 2017: KONE to supply elevators and escalators for
Raffles City Chongqing, a mixed-use development in China
October 25, 2016: KONE wins order for China's Xi'an Metro Line
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October 13, 2016: The first KONE UltraRope® in China to be installed
in Beijing's tallest building, China Zun
For further information, please
contact:
Liisa Kivelä, Director, Communications, KONE Corporation, tel. +358
204 75 4330. media@kone.com
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 2016, KONE had annual
net sales of EUR 8.8 billion and at the end of the year over 52,000
employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki
Ltd. in Finland. http://www.kone.com