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Stay on Corporate siteKONE Corporation, press release, August 11,
2020
KONE Corporation, a global leader in the elevator and escalator
industry, has won an order to supply and install more than 70
elevators for the Grand Paris Express metro project in Paris, the
capital of France.
KONE was selected by Société du Grand Paris (SGP) to deliver
elevators in the stations and related buildings across part of the
southern section of line 15 of the Grand Paris Express metro. The
33-kilometer-long southern section of line 15 will pass through 22
municipalities and is expected to serve over a million local
residents, with 300,000 trips per day. Each station on the line
will connect directly with metro, tram, bus or the RER commuter
train lines.
KONE will work together with SGP to provide and install over 70
KONE MonoSpace® elevators, which are currently expected to be in
service in 2025. The KONE MonoSpace® elevators with the KONE
EcoDisc® traction technology, renowned for its reliability and
energy-efficiency, will enable smooth and safe transport to and
from the platforms. In order to provide safety without compromising
on the aesthetics required by SGP, KONE has designed elevators
using glass walls, with the option of opaque or transparent
glass.
"We're very proud to be
involved in this impressive project and help provide smooth and
safe people flow for passengers along this new high-capacity line
in one the busiest metro systems in the world," said Pierre
Liautaud, Executive Vice President for KONE South Europe, Middle
East and Africa.
KONE booked the order in the second quarter of 2020.
For further
information, please contact:
Hanna Rutanen, Director, External Communications, KONE
Corporation, tel. +358 41 507 1361, media@kone.com
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Previous press releases are available at https://www.kone.com/en/news-and-insights/releases/
including:
July 24, 2019: KONE to modernize elevators and escalators at
Atocha, Madrid's main station in Spain
June 20, 2019: KONE to equip Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier in
Germany
May 20, 2019: KONE to equip Tel Aviv's Light Rail Line in
Israel
July 30, 2018: KONE to equip landmark Caleido mixed-use real
estate development in Madrid, Spain
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 2019, KONE had annual
sales of EUR 10 billion, and at the end of the year approximately
60,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq
Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
www.kone.com