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Driving innovation for smart and sustainable urban development

Our drive for innovation is fueled by our purpose to shape the future of cities and the megatrends that impact our industry: urbanization, technological disruption and sustainability. We solve everyday challenges faced by our customers and the 2 billion people that we move every day in urban spaces.

KONE Renaissance program is a five-year research, development and innovation initiative to transform urban renewal through digital and sustainable modernization. The program is co-funded by Business Finland.

KONE’s R&D around the world

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KONE operates seven global R&D centers across Asia, the Americas and Europe with over 1,300 people, ​​plus hundreds of contractors and other partners. Each R&D hub is located close to production and testing facilities, staffed by teams of world-class professionals.

  • Finland: The Hyvinkää testing laboratory is KONE’s largest R&D site, with over 1,000 experts. The nearby Tytyri limestone mine is home to one of KONE’s high-rise elevator testing laboratories, incorporating one of the world’s longest test shafts, 350 meters below ground.
  • USA: KONE’s 16,000 sq m facility in Allen, Texas features a 40-meter tall test tower with six elevator shafts.
  • China: Kunshan Park, an area of 240,000 sqm, is KONE’s largest production and R&D base.
  • India: KONE Technology & Innovation India has a newly expanded technology center in Chennai, including a state-of-the-art test tower which opened in 2023, and another location in Pune.
  • Our R&D sites Pero in Italy and Torreón in Mexico strengthen our abilities to develop and manufacture solutions that meet the needs of our customers in local markets.

Read more about KONE Technology and Innovations unit here.

Integrating with partner solutions

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We believe that the future elevators will be more intelligent and 100% connected to the cloud. Innovations do not happen in silos. Solving everyday challenges that people face when moving in buildings and cities and providing added value to our customers require partnering with other solution providers. We have a partner ecosystem to give options for new and exciting services for our customers and end users using KONE Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). By working together, we can take the experience of moving through a building to a new level. Read more about our ecosystem here.



Co-creating with customers and end users

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For us at KONE, innovation means putting the customer and end-user at the center and involving them in the creative work. For example, KONE SiteFlow, is a digital innovation that has been co-created with customers for the daily monitoring and management of the construction site elevators utilizing real-time data. We also co-innovate with our customers and partners in building optimization. Together, we use elevator data to improve end-user comfort while reducing energy use and building emissions. Read more here.

Our latest innovations:

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KONE High-Rise MiniSpace™ DX elevator

This next generation solution is a game-changer with KONE UltraRope® hoisting technology and advanced Destination Control System, which allow for a reduction in elevator energy consumption and saving space at the top of buildings.

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KONE Office Flow

KONE Office Flow enables smooth entrance to office buildings and enhanced user experiences in smart, adaptive workplaces.

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KONE DX Class elevators

World's first elevator series with built-in connectivity as a standard - helping to create an experience that connects on every level.

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