KONE India Unveils World’s Largest 16-Ton, 5-Stop Elevator

L to R: Ambarish Jondhale, RD-West, KONE India; Rajesh Bywar, Director, New Business and Major Projects, KONE India; Amit Gossain, Managing Director, KONE India; and Rajmal Nahar, President-Real Estate, RIL

KONE Elevators India, a fully owned subsidiary of KONE Corporation, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, announced its world’s largest passenger elevator recently. This 16-ton, 5-stop elevator with a floor area of 25.78 sq mt was carefully designed, built, and tested from the most optimum people flow analysis, with high-quality and safety aspects built in.

The elevator, designed as the centerpiece of the collaboration-focused design, gives visitors a glimpse into the expansive world of the Jio World Centre in Mumbai. It was incredible to witness a seamless and safe people flow with 188 world-class elevators and escalators installed by KONE at the Jio World Centre while at the expo, and each product is a masterpiece in its own right.

KONE India also took part in the IDAC Expo 2022 as the Green Pavilion’s Title Sponsor, where it showcased its ground-breaking innovations. Visitors saw some behind-the-scenes thinking as well as state-of-the-art tech-led innovations that KONE is spearheading in the mobility industry.

Visitors experience

Energy efficient solutions for greener buildings include the regenerative drive, standby solutions, and the revolutionary KONE UltraRope® high-rise hoisting technology, which can cut the energy consumption of, for example, a 500-meter elevator ride, by up to 15 percent
Advanced People Flow solutions for a smart building experience: Touchless signalization, Car Operating Panel & Landing Call Station, and QR Code-based elevator call features
KONE 24/7 Connected Services for intelligent predictive maintenance: connects elevators and escalators to the KONE cloud and uses artificial intelligence-based analytics to identify any potential issues before they become problems
Elevator integrated service robots for smart facility management: KONE is the first company in the elevator industry to make its digital platform and APIs available to customers. This collaboration opens up a world of possibilities, including touchless Elevator Call API, Service Robot API, Equipment Status API, Service Info API, and many more.
KONE DX Class Series: the world’s first Digitally Connected Elevator Series that creates a completely new kind of user experience by adding smart building solutions and services that make life easier and more convenient for users.

“What’s next? How can we make our elevators and escalators smarter, smoother, safer and more intuitive? These are the questions we constantly ask ourselves. And it’s this curiosity that leads us to innovate and offer sustainable products and break-through innovations that go to the next level in making the buildings safer, smarter, and more intelligent,” said Amit Gossain, Managing Director, KONE Elevators India.

Delighted to announce the pure engineering marvel by the company and taking pride in offering custom-built solutions for unique projects, he further added, “Besides our KONE India team, the KONE Global team of Major Projects experts collaborated with us to design and deliver this most challenging and complex project. We are always up for the challenge; be it in size, speed or in complexity, each project needs careful planning and top-notch project management skills. Together with our customers, not only we innovate and create solutions that users appreciate, but also create an experience that they can't find anywhere else.”

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