Giant KONE Elevator Co., Ltd. is invested by Finland KONE Corporation and Zhejiang Giant Elevator Co., Ltd.

KONE is one of the biggest elevator and escalator companies in the world. Currently, it has more than 80 operation units in more than 40 countries all over the world. 30000 sets of elevators and escalators are provided annually. KONE also provides maintenance service for 700000 sets of elevators and escalators.

KONE, as a part of the KONE Corporation, was founded in Finland in 1910. KONE’s B share was listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange in 1967.

As an industrial engineering company during the passed ninety years, KONE’s business covered different fields such as textile manufacture, healthcare equipments and hydraulic piping systems. However, KONE has always taken elevators and escalators as its main business.

Over the passed ninety years, KONE has proven its ability to face up to challenges, creating opportunities as well as the ability to seek ways for development. Being operated by four generations of the same family, KONE’s ownership was stable, which provided a reliable and highly effective environment for its sustainable development.

KONE entered into Chinese market in 1996, and gains late-starting advantage for the firstly invented revolutionary technologies of Mini-space and Mono-space etc….KONE has won the classic projects of National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest/Olympic Stadium) etc.

In February 2005, KONE Corporation and the biggest Chinese domestic brand Zhejiang Giant Elevator Co., Ltd. signed the joint venture agreement, which has opened a new era of KONE Corporation’s involving in China’s urbanization and modernization.

Zhejiang Giant Elevator Co., Ltd. , which is the earliest enterprise who acquired Manufacturing License, was started to produce elevator since 1978. After many years development, Giant has built up strong and rich foundation on the aspects of product structure, management mode, team construction, factory facility, market network and service systems etc; Giant is a provincial Hi-tech, provincial famous brand and name brand product enterprise; And it is also a provincial Credit Model Company, AAA enterprise of credit emphasizing and contract observing; As well as a provincial Model Company in Enterprise Informatization Project and listed in the first few companies of Green enterprises, Giant’s product GP2000 passenger elevator has won the New Product Award on a national level.

KONE’s advantage of advanced management idea, powerful research strength, scientific operation mode and global sales and service network and Giant’s advantage of leading producing capacity, complete product series, nation-wide sales and service network, excellent company culture makes the cooperation between the two parties a complementary strength, and realizes more clients enjoy world-class brand elevator technology and service, this is absolutely hand joining between strong and strong, a kind of brilliant apotheosis as a perfect pair.