About KONE

KONE Corporation

Established in Finland in 1910, KONE is one of the world's leading elevator and escalator companies. It provides its customers with industry-leading elevators and escalators and innovative solutions for their maintenance and modernization. KONE also provides maintenance of automatic building doors. KONE provides safe and easy access for hundreds of millions of people daily in all parts of the world. The company guarantees local service for builders, developers, building owners, designers and architects in 800 locations in over 50 countries.

KONE has annual net sales of approximately EUR 3.6 billion and about 29,000 employees. Its Class B shares have been listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange since 1967.
During the past 95 years, KONE has proven its ability to adapt to a changing world as well as to create new opportunities for growth. Stable management by four generations of the same family has created a strong and supportive environment for continuous development.

KONE China

KONE Elevators Co., Ltd. was established in December 1996, in the High-Tech Industry Park of Kun Shan City, Jiangsu Province with a total land area of 92,000 square meters. The factory began operation on October 28, 1998. In October 2003, 52,000 square meters was added to build factory Phase II.

Within almost 10 years, KONE has been developing very fast and is now one of the top elevator and escalator suppliers in China with 8 regional area in Beijing region, Shanghai region, North China region, Zhejiang region, Northeast & Northwest region, East region, Southeast region, Southwest & West Region, 28 branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing, Qingdao, Xi'an, Shenyang, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Suzhou, Tianjin, Kun Shan, Harbin, Kunming, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Lhasa, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Dalian, Foshan, Shijiazhuang, Hohhot, Jinan, as well as a sales and service network nationwide.

Besides meeting domestic demands, KONE also exports its products to Asia-Pacific countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East.

KONE offers a series of elevator and escalator products with high quality, reliability and performance that utilize the latest technology to meet the requirements of the Chinese market. The most advanced technology combined with environmental protection, space efficiency, construction and running cost saving are the distinctive advantages that enable KONE to lead the industry.
KONE gives a performance edge to its customers with innovative services and solutions. Simultaneously, KONE'S products and services are cost-competitive and its processes characterized by globally aligned operational excellence.
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Working at KONE

KONE is a global, forward thinking company. We seek talented people who are ready and willing to learn. At KONE, we take care of our employees and actively encourage their career development. An international business environment in over 60 countries provides excellent career and learning opportunities.

Clear vision

KONE will be recognized as the company that sets the standards in our industry. We are proud of our R&D specialists whose product innovations continue to change the way the world thinks about elevators and escalators. Acquisitions around the world increase company size and bring in new talent as well as new and challenging market areas. At the same time we are fine-tuning our methods to be even more efficient.

At KONE, we are focused on long-term decision-making. However, we follow the markets closely and are capable of acting flexibly and quickly. Our vision and quick response time have kept us at the head of development.

Continuous learning

We may be recognized for our breakthrough product innovations, but to achieve our business targets we must also be innovative in managing our business and people. At the moment we stress the importance of customer focus in addition to technical expertise.

Assignments that call for the application of a worker's competence are motivating. We can offer many challenges both locally and internationally. At KONE, we support personnel development in many ways. In Performance Development Process discussions, an employee's personal targets are identified and integrated with company targets. Managers coach and encourage their people towards agreed targets.

KONE'S international operational environment offers excellent possibilities for job rotation and career advancement. Local and international learning programs are available to support competence development. Parts of these programs are executed in cooperation with leading universities. Several web-learning tools are also being used. Our working environment is supportive and positive.

KONE'S strengths

The latest job satisfaction research indicates that KONE employees are strongly committed to company targets. The average KONE employee can look forward to a long career. All employees are respected and listened to regardless of gender, age or ethnic background. Personnel have a strong sense of togetherness. People at KONE are proud of their place of employment; they believe that the company will continue to be successful in the future.

Work Opportunities

The Opportunities are wide and Immeasurable!

Competent people are our biggest source of innovation and the drivers of our success. We are interested in people who are looking for challenges and are willing to strengthen and develop their skills in a multicultural work environment.

Careers

According to our recent job satisfaction survey, KONE people are proud of their employer and very committed to the company and its targets.

To reach those targets we need new talent to join our team. We are interested in people who seek motivating assignments and are willing to develop their skills in a multinational working environment. An organization of 30,000 people can offer versatile career and development opportunities.