As we near the height of hurricane season and see the damaging results of massive rains in areas like Baton Rouge, building managers must understand what’s at r...
Global elevator manufacturer Kone has opened a new U.S. facility in Allen, Texas. The 16,000 square-meter facility houses Kone Americas' supply operations with ...
In an effort to transform its elevator and escalator operations and technology capabilities around the world, KONE will be using IBM's technology and experience...
When it's complete in 2018, Seattle's Eighth and Howell Convention Center Hotel will rise to 45 stories, making the mixed-use building the tallest hotel in ...
One of the world's tallest elevator test towers has opened in Eastern China. The new 36-floor tower is located at a KONE research and development center in the ...
Elevator installation has begun at The Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudia Arabia, which will stand 3,280 feet when completed in 2018. Image: Thornton Tomasetti
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“Think about a LinkedIn or Shutterstock employee,�? says Thomas Durels, executive vice president, chief of property operations and leasing for Empire State Realt...
Eleven Madison Avenue, a 30-story Class A high-rise office property located in the Madison Square Park area of Midtown Manhattan, is modernizing its elevator sy...
JTM Construction, the general contractor for Seattle's Fifth + Columbia project, has selected KONE to provide 19 gearless traction elevators at the 44-story off...
After two years of research and development, and an investment in excess of £1.5 million (US $2.4M), UK energy absorption technology firm Oleo International has...
KONE has appointed Danilo Elez as senior vice president of the services business for the Americas. Elez will report to Larry Wash, KONE Americas CEO, and will s...
Canadian home builder Great Gulf has installed a pair of self-climbing elevators at One Bloor, a high-rise condominium under construction in Toronto.
KONE Ju...
KONE will be supplying 105 elevators and escalators to KL118 Tower, a 118-storey mixed use tower developed by PNB Merdeka Ventures Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur, Mala...
Kingdom Tower, which is being built by Saudi Bin Laden Group in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is expected to rise to the height of more than one kilometer upon completi...
KONE has been awarded four 2013 Good Design awards for its design offering, functional elevator signalization series and sleek new elevator car design. This is ...
KONE has won an order to provide 36 eco-efficient elevators and four escalators to Liuzhou Diwang International Fortune Center in China. The four-building mixed...
KONE Inc. has acquired Elevator Dynamics, Inc. (EDI), an independently-owned elevator maintenance, repair and modernization company in Los Angeles. Elevator ope...
A new elevator hoisting technology has been installed in Singapore's Marina Bay Sands hotel. This is the first public installation of KONE's carbon fiber UltraR...
KONE has acquired Advanced Elevator Corporation, an independent elevator company serving the Denver market.
Advanced and KONE will be combining their elevat...
Tomio Pihkala (38) has been appointed Executive Vice President responsible for installation, quality and safety globally as of September 1st, 2013. In this newly established position Tomio Pihkala will be a member of the Executive Board and report to Matti Alahuhta, President and CEO, KONE Corporation.
Tomio Pihkala has worked for KONE since 2001, first managing the Toshiba alliance development in Japan, then in KONE Technology and Research & Development Center in Hyvinkää Finland. During 2007-2010 he was contributing to the strong growth in the KONE business in China first as Director for Product Strategy and Marketing and later as Director for the Service Business. Since the beginning of 2011 he has been leading KONE's largest Research and Development Center in Hyvinkää, Finland.
