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did you know?
T
he year 2016 will begin with a bang.
KONE will establish a new Technology
and Innovation unit, which will
bring together KONE’s Research &
Development and IT functions. The new
unit aims at leveraging digitalization opportunities
and speeding up development in a changing
business environment. It will tap exciting and unique
ways to improve customer and user experience
as well as the quality and productivity of KONE’s
operations.
Tomio Pihkala
(40) will be heading the new unit,
as the Chief Technology Officer at KONE. Pihkala
has worked in various roles within KONE since 2001,
and has been a member of the Executive Board since
2013, responsible for Operations Development.
The new unit
aims at leveraging
digitalization
opportunities.
The birth of a new
Technology &
Innovation unit
at KONE
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