Monday, 06 September, 2010
KONE CorporationKONE acquires Reliant Elevator Company in Oregon
Thursday, 03 June, 2010
KONE has acquired Reliant Elevator Company, the largest independent elevator service company in the State of Oregon, USA. Reliant Elevator Company focuses on elevator maintenance, repairs and modernization. The company has 1,400 elevators in its maintenance base and currently employs 18 people.
– We are thrilled to be adding these new customers and employees in this important market, says Vance Tang, KONE Area Director for North America.
Specialist in elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, and their maintenance and modernisation, KONE celebrates its centennial anniversary this year. The company’s annual net sales las year were 4.7 billion euro and it employed approximately 34,000 employees.
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