KONE wins major maintenance contract for Stockholm metro
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - KONE Corporation, press release, October 20, 2009KONE has won a six-year contract from Storstockholms Lokaltrafik ABto maintain all elevator and escalator units installed in Stockholm'smetro stations. The contract, which includes maintenance for theorganization's 362 elevators and 372 escalators, begins on January 1,2010.Consisting of 7 lines and 100 stations altogether, the StockholmMetro system includes 108 kilometers of rail. StorstockholmsLokaltrafik has a long history in creating a cost-effective way tomeet the city's needs for an efficient and environmentally friendlypublic transportation system. The metro began its operations in 1950and now enables over 700,000 people to travel within the greaterStockholm area every day."We value the trust Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) has put in us tohelp them achieve their goals of delivering a world-classtransportation system for their customers," says Noud Veeger, EVP andArea Director for Central and North Europe at KONE. "Ourservices like Modular Based Maintenance(TM) (1 and KONE eOptimum(TM)(2 generate added value for SL and their customers, especially in thearea of people flow management."1) KONE Modular Based Maintenance(TM) is an advanced preventivemaintenance service which takes into account numerous technicalcharacteristics and customer-specific requirements. Based on these,KONE develops with the customer a unique maintenance plan for eachpiece of equipment in order to optimize the equipment's performanceand maintenance quality.2) KONE eOptimum(TM) is an online maintenance reporting tool forelevators, escalators and automatic building doors. With thisinnovative tool, customers can receive automated reports by email orreview their maintenance invoice history online. It also providesreal-time tracking of work in progress and information about pastmaintenance activities.About KONEKONE's objective is to offer the best people flow experience bydeveloping and delivering solutions that enable people to movesmoothly, safely, comfortably and without waiting in buildings in anincreasingly urbanizing environment. KONE provides its customers withindustry-leading elevators, escalators and innovative solutions formodernization and maintenance, and is one of the global leaders inits industry. In 2008, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 4.6 billionand over 34,800 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on theNASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd in Finland.www.kone.comFor further information, please contact:Anne Korkiakoski, Executive Vice President, Marketing &Communications, tel. +358 (0)204 75 4787This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 20.10.2009 - 12:05 Uhr
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