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News | June 2017

Emergency unlocking for door locks

New requirements will be binding for the installation height of emergency unlocking for lift doors from 1.9.2017. New regulations will then also apply to the unlocking of the shaft door from the pit ladder.

News | June 2017

Born in the depths

Other lift manufacturers test their installations in towers. Kone tests its new technologies in the (still active) Tytyri mine in Lohja in Finland, just 50 km as the crow flies from Helsinki.

News | June 2017

Averting the rolling danger

Some people are afraid to travel by lift, but the self-evident trip on the escalator is far more dangerous, warn Dekra experts.

News | June 2017

Experts for ideas made of plastic

Ascending a thousand metres with a lift: what sounds futuristic will become reality with a new kind of lift strap made of carbon fibre and plastic.

News | May 2017

Environmental certificate for the door producer

The Munich door manufacturer Meiller Aufzugtüren GmbH has been able to take receipt an environmental certificate for the first time. This was preceded by an audit by an accredited environmental assessor.

News | May 2017

Love with a thrill

Travel in a paternoster once! An evergreen wish.

News | May 2017

Customisable service portfolio

Flexible and transparent: with immediate effect a customisable service portfolio is available from Kone Care that enables customers to combine various options related to lift maintenance with each other.

News | May 2017

A lift to New Zealand

Lifts are fascinating – especially for children. Lots of buttons, new people, new perspectives. In the children’s book "The flying lift" the lift magic ends in a trip round the world.

News | May 2017

Giovenzana means safety

Since more than 60 years Giovenzana is worldwide well known in safety for lifts and handling systems.

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Emergency unlocking for door locks

Born in the depths

Averting the rolling danger

Experts for ideas made of plastic

Environmental certificate for the door producer

Love with a thrill

Customisable service portfolio

A lift to New Zealand

Giovenzana means safety