KONE wins order for two Norwegian Cruise Line ships
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
KONE Corporation, press release, January 4, 2011.
KONE has signed a major contract for cruise ships with the German shipyard Meyer
Werft GmbH. The contract concerns the supply of all elevators and escalators for
two luxury cruise ships to be built for Norwegian Cruise Line. The ships, which
will carry over 4,000 passengers each, will be built at the Meyer Werft's
shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The two ships will be delivered in 2013 and
2014 respectively. The contract also includes options for delivery of equipment
for two additional identical ships.
KONE will design, supply and install altogether 60 custom designed elevators and
four escalators tailored for passenger and service use. The technology is based
on the energy efficient KONE MonoSpace® and KONE MiniSpace(TM) solutions.
"We are very pleased to extend our well established co-operation with Meyer
Werft GmbH. This is an excellent example that a first-rate product offering and
good customer service continuously increases customer loyalty," says Heikki
Leppänen, EVP, New Elevators and Escalators, KONE. "With this collaboration, we
continue our long-term commitment to the marine industry and strengthen our
market leader position as the elevator and escalator provider for the cruise
ship segment."
Norwegian Cruise Line is one of three major global cruise vacation companies,
and the new series of ships will continue NCL's tradition of "Free-style
Cruising". The new ships will be of the 143,500 gross tons Post-Panama size.
The Papenburg-based Meyer Werft GmbH, founded in 1795, has been owned by six
generations of the Meyer family. Today, Meyer Werft one of the leading shipyards
in the cruise ship building segment and has developed one of the most modern
production premises in the shipbuilding industry.
The order was booked in Q4 of 2010.
For further information, please contact:
Anne Korkiakoski, EVP, Marketing & Communications, KONE Corporation, tel.
+358 204 75 4775.
About KONE
KONE is one of the global leaders in the elevator and escalator industry. The
company has been committed to understanding the needs of its customers for the
past century, providing industry-leading elevators, escalators and automatic
building doors as well as innovative solutions for modernization and
maintenance. The company's objective is to offer the best People Flow experience
by developing and delivering solutions that enable people to move smoothly,
safely, comfortably and without waiting in buildings in an increasingly
urbanizing environment. In 2009, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 4.7 billion
and approximately 34,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the NASDAQ
OMX Helsinki Ltd in Finland.
www.kone.com
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