KONE Providing 51 Elevators and More to New Development in Hangzhou

KONE has been tapped to provide a range of People Flow^® solutions, including 51 MiniSpace^TM and 12 MonoSpace^® elevators, to Zhejiang University Alumni Headquarters Economic Park in Hangzhou, East China, KONE announced on November 21. The elevators will serve a new 36-story central “smart building” and a neighboring pair of 46-story towers. In addition, the contract includes the Destination Control System and turnstile linkage, KONE 24/7 Connected Services and the E-Link^TM remote-monitoring system. The KONE equipment has the potential to help move more than 15,000 people throughout the Economic Park each day, making it a “crucial component of one of the region’s most vibrant, innovation-driven education hubs,” KONE Executive Vice President of Greater China Joe Bao said. Part of a major project in the Hangzhou Greater Bay Area of Zhejiang Province, the Economic Park is being built at the center of Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City in the Yuhang District.