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case
Whatever the future of
high-rise technology might
hold, KONE has the facilities
to test them. The Kunshan
Test Tower is purpose-built
for a single mission: testing
elevators to make them
better, smarter and faster.
Putting
elevators
to the test
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SILJA KUDEL
PHOTO
KONE
SUMMARY
FAST FACTS
• Completed: 2015
• Height: 235.6 m
• Floors: 36
• Architect: Suzhou Industrial Park
Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd
• Building owner: KONE
• Developer: KONE
• Contractor: JiangSu Wannianda
Construction Group Co., Ltd
KONE SOLUTIONS
• KONE DoubleDeck elevators
• KONE UltraRope™ technology
• KONE service elevator for R&D
activities
• A variety of new KONE solutions
will be tested in the reconfigurable
elevator shafts
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