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Encyclopedia > Kone Corporation

KONE Corporation, founded in 1910 and headquartered at Espoo, Finland, is an international engineering and service company employing some 27,000 people. It provides elevators and escalators and solutions for their maintenance and modernization, as well as maintenance of automatic building doors. In June 2005 the company was demerged into two separate companies. One retained the name KONE Corporation, and the other became Cargotec. Location within Finland Espoo (IPA: ; Esbo in Swedish) is a city on the Southern coast of Finland. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in June June 27: Shelby Foote June 27: John T. Walton June 26: Richard Whiteley June 25: John Fiedler June 25: Chet Helms June 24: Paul Winchell June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin June 20: Jack Kilby... Cargotec (Helsinki Stock Exchange: CGC) is a Finnish company that provides cargo-handling solutions for ships, ports, terminals and local distribution. ...


KONE has annual net sales of approximately EUR three billion; its class B shares are listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. The company is named after the Finnish word kone, meaning "machine". The Helsinki Stock Exchange (Helsingin Pörssi) (HEX), is a stock exchange located in Helsinki, Finland. ... Wind turbines A machine is any mechanical or organic device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of tasks. ...


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KONE Corporation: Information from Answers.com (3121 words)
KONE Corporation continued to oversee the elevator, escalator, and building door services business, and Cargotec Corporation remained in control of the company's container and load handling operations.
KONE Corporation is led by President Matti Alahuhta; the founding Herlin family is represented by Chairman Antti Herlin.
KONE Corporation originated almost as an afterthought of the Finnish electric motor manufacturer, Strömberg.
KONE: Information from Answers.com (357 words)
KONE was founded in 1910 ja it has since been owned by one of Finland's wealthiest families, the Herlin family.
KONE was one of the first Finnish companies to start major global operations in the 1960s.
In the United States, the KONE (formerly Montgomery Elevator) offices are located in Moline, Illinois, part of the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa.
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