KONE to provide elevators for Middle East's largest medical center in Kuwait
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
KONE Corporation, press release, January 18, 2011
KONE has won an order to supply 93 elevators for the Jaber Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al
Sabah Hospital project in South Surra, Kuwait. KONE will provide 25 KONE
MonoSpace® special elevators, and 68 KONE MiniSpace(TM) elevators for this
remarkable project.
Developed by the Kuwait Ministry of Public Works, the project will be the
largest medical center in the State of Kuwait and the Middle East region,
providing the highest quality of health care to 600,000 people in the area. The
architect for the project is the leading design firm Langdon Wilson
International in cooperation with local Kuwait firm Gulf Consult. The main
contractor is the prominent Arab Contractors.
"Our main objective for this project is to provide innovative solutions and our
People Flow(TM) expertise in hospital environments to offer the hospital's
patients and visitors smooth ride comfort," says Eric Maziol, EVP and Area
Director for West and South Europe and the Middle East, KONE. "We are also very
proud to be part of this great project and in association with the prime firms
Langdon Wilson, Gulf Consult, and Arab Contractors. We look forward to the joint
collaboration on this very impressive project."
The new medical development includes an eleven-story hospital, two-story dental
building and four-story residential building for nursing staff. Offering a high
standard of medical treatment in the South Surra area, the luxurious hospital
will also include an auditorium and conference rooms to advance medical
education, a public atrium, lounges, roof gardens, cafeterias, gift shops, and
prayer rooms. The estimated time of completing the construction is at the end of
2013.
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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