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Kone elevators and Teng Tools - together to new h
eights The KONE group is still family owned and nowadays is listed on the Finnish stock exchange. During the last century they have worked closely with their customers and have created industry leading elevators, escalators, automatic building doors and innovative solutions for modernisation and maintenance. Elevators of all kinds The plant that manufactures cages 100 kilometers north of elevator is located in Hyvinkää, Finland, Helsinki. Each At KONE’s elevator factory in Hyvinkää, Finland, they produce each year more than 3,000 elevator cages for delivery worldwide. And we are talking about everything from extremely luxuriously equipped elevators to ordinary goods and transport elevators. All the work is done by 70 fi tters who each have their own fully equipped Teng Tools cabinet at their disposal. KONE is one of the world’s leading companies within the elevator and escalator industry with almost 34,000 employees in more than 50 countries and a turnover of roughly 5 billion euros. year more than 3,000 elevator cages are manufactured for different applications and shipped by land and sea all over the world. 40% of the elevators are standard cages while the majority consists of specially designed made of elevators including glass, elevators steel, granite and so on and equipped with all sorts of different equipment such as TV monitors, music systems, mirrors, lights etc. Get organised Some 70 fi tters produce and fi nish the different cages and they, the fi tters, have their own special specialisation and equipment. To get three better organised with in different fi elds and so need different tools their equipment and to streamline the production process, years ago the company initiated a dialogue with the local TOOLS reseller in Hyvinkää, who suggested the Teng Tools concept as a good solution to the tool problem. The fi tters were very satisfi ed with the Teng Tools proposal and as a result each fi tter was given a tool cabinet that contained all the tools and accessories that each fi tter requested. Only good testimonials And the superlatives from the users came immediately according to Peter Bäckblom, sales manager in Finland. - Mostly it is the quality, fl exibility and highlight. mobility that the customers Then you can add that the Teng Tools concept creates good order among the tools, machines and accessories. Some of the fi tters have also fi tted their cabinets with a side panel for all sorts of storage of screws, washers, bolts etc, says Peter. - The cabinets are personal and equipped a unique with numeric combination lock, which has made the fi tters feel great responsibility for their cabinets and the contents. Refi lling of the cabinets in the production area is done continuously, especially during the summer period, when the extra staff are in. 300 elevators to Mecca For the moment the pressure is on in the elevator factory as the economy for them really has turned – not least in the construction business where there is a lot to do. And this is something that makes KONE’s elevators even more sought after. Among many things they are involved in a very exciting project in Mecca close to Kaba where an enormous building is being constructed consisting of hotels, shopping malls and various entertainment facilities. In this building there will be more than 300 elevators with Kone as the supplier. And to keep up the pace it is good for all fi tters to keep track on their tools and machines – something that Teng Tools concept creates the best conditions for. ® 19