KONE DX Class complements smart buildings in Egypt with innovative technology

• Raslan: “Thanks to DX-Class, KONE now provides smarter solutions, prominently participating in mega projects like NAC, New Alamein & Suez Canal governorates.”
• Othman: “DX-Class is available in 10 MEA region markets, grasping 4 Red Dot Design awards in 2020. KONE is crowned with ISO 25745 as the World’s first elevator company to achieve the highest energy efficiency.” 

KONE Egypt, an affiliate to KONE - the global leader in the elevator & escalator industry, complements the nation’s smart cities and buildings with KONE DX-Class’s unprecedented innovative technology. Dedicated to People Flow in the MEA region, KONE’s state-of-the-art solution pledges promising sales and thrives with the company’s business portfolio in Egypt.

Tamer Raslan, the Managing Director of KONE Egypt & North Africa, stated: “With sound accomplishments witnessed across global markets demonstrated with total sales of EUR 9.93 Bn in 2020, KONE DX-Class resumes its track record of successes in Egypt. Leveraging the expertise of our 9 global cutting-edge R&D centers, we at KONE take People Flow to a whole new level of ingeniousness, entrenching Egypt Vision 2030.” Raslan added: “Thanks to KONE DX-Class, we can now provide smarter and more innovative solutions, growing larger and stronger in the Egyptian market by prominently participating in mega national and investment projects taking place at the New Administrative Capital (NAC), New Alamein and the Suez Canal governorates.”

Ghada Othman, the Marketing & Strategy Director at KONE Middle East, Africa & Turkey, commented: “Furnished with avant-garde technologies, sustainable components and breathtaking designs, KONE DX-Class grasped 4 Red Dot Design awards in 2020. KONE’s endeavors as well have been crowned with ISO 25745 A-Class as the World’s first elevator company to achieve the highest energy efficiency. Building upon such marvelous successes, KONE DX-Class series is currently available across 10 MEA region markets; with Egypt, UAE, KSA, and Qatar as focus markets for regional growth.”

Othman elaborated: “Unveiling the outstanding features of KONE DX-Class series, customers can now easily and remotely activate digital services; including KONE 24/7 Connected Services, the region’s first smart predictive maintenance solution that predicts problems and solves them before they occur. In addition, our world-shattering solution secures APIs for third-party services, creating further exciting experience for our cherished clients. Enhancing sanitization and hygienic practices amid the pandemic, KONE DX-Class elevators are equipped with smart materials that inhibit stains, scratches and fingerprints to ensure a luxurious and clean environment at all times. As KONE DX Class provides way more than just connecting floors, an advanced dynamic display, sound and lighting options have been added to transform the ambience and interior, using sustainable materials to meet green buildings’ criteria like BREEAM and LEED.”

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About KONE:

At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. Since 1910, and as a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. KONE’s equipment moves over 1 billion users each day. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.

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