KONE to equip a new urban center in Helsinki, Finland

KONE Corporation, press release, January 23, 2017

KONE Corporation, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has won an order to deliver 127 elevators and escalators to Tripla, a new urban center under development in Helsinki, Finland.

Developed by Construction company YIT and covering three city blocks, Tripla is a multi-use complex that includes a shopping center, a parking garage, 400 residential apartments, a hotel and a total of 50,000 square meters of office space. The new development will also serve as the new public transportation hub in the city. In 2025, 130,000 passengers and 900 trains are expected to pass through the Pasila railway station at Tripla each day.

To help improve how people move, live, work and visit Tripla, KONE is delivering 58 KONE MonoSpace® 700 elevators, 9 KONE MonoSpace® 500 elevators, 7 KONE Transys(TM) elevators, 1 KONE Motala(TM) 2000 elevator, 14 KONE TravelMaster(TM) 140 escalators, 32 KONE TravelMaster(TM) 110 escalators, and 7 KONE TravelMaster(TM) 115 autowalks.

"We are pleased to work with KONE on this demanding project. Their people flow solutions and project management capabilities perfectly matches our needs and ambition to turn Tripla a landmark project in Finland" says Tapio Salo, Senior Vice President and Tripla Senior Project Director, YIT.

"It is an honor to be selected by YIT to provide sophisticated people flow planning and deliver our solutions to this new, exciting urban hub, in Helsinki" says Thomas Hinnerskov, Executive Vice President for KONE Central and North Europe.

Tripla is expected to be completed in 2022. The shopping mall, the railway station and the parking garage are due for completion in 2019.

The Tripla concept is designed by the Dutch Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.). The key designers of the development were Soini & Horto Ltd. and Brunow & Maunula Ltd.