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KONE Headquarters & offices · Espoo, Finland
KONE · Espoo, Finland
An elevator maker's own 72-metre seaside tower, with panoramic lifts running the full height of its glass south façade.
The tower in Espoo, the 1815 manor in Helsinki that is still the official head office, the programs for employees and 116 years of moves. Every fact from KONE's own website, releases and its architects.
- 72 mKONE Building, completed 2001
- 1815manor that has been the head office since 1967
- 78%employee engagement index, 2025
- 64,978personnel, 2025
Sources: KONE press release (Sept 7, 2007) · Sarc + Sigge project pages · Gebwell project page · kone.com Sustainability/People · KONE key figures (kone.com Investors)
Companies / Finland / Elevators & Escalators / KONE
THE CORPORATE OFFICES · KONE BUILDING · 2001
A seaside tower where the lift shaft works as a heat valve
The KONE Building is a small tower by the sea in Keilaniemi. Its main vertical connection is a row of south-facing panoramic lifts that run up a lift shaft the full height of the building; the shaft also acts as a heat valve for the offices behind the glazed south façade. A two-storey entrance vestibule and a 16th-floor outdoor terrace behind glass walls are the building's “breathing spaces”, and long spans leave only three pillars on each office floor.
- 10,000 m² gross (≈ 107,639 sq ft)
- 72 m tall
- Panoramic lifts up the south façade
- 16th-floor outdoor terrace
- Only three pillars per floor
- Design: Antti-Matti Siikala
The KONE Building on the Keilaniemi shore
The KONE Building is a 72 m seaside tower in Keilaniemi, Espoo, designed by Antti-Matti Siikala of Sarc + Sigge and completed in 2001.
Munkkiniemi Manor, the head office since 1967
The 1815 manor at Kartanontie 1 in Helsinki has served as KONE's head office since 1967 and was renovated by Sarc + Sigge in 2015.
Around Keilaniemi
After the KONE Building was completed in 2001, KONE moved its corporate offices from Munkkiniemi to the growing business district in Espoo.
Facts: Sarc + Sigge project page “KONE Building” · KONE press release, Sept 7, 2007 (architect, height).
Two addresses: the tower and the manor
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| KONE Building (corporate offices) | Keilasatama 3, 02150 Espoo, Finland |
| Munkkiniemi Manor (head office) | Kartanontie 1, 00330 Helsinki, Finland |
Source: kone.com Contact us (Keilasatama 3) · KONE product documents and Annual Report 2002 address lines (Head office Kartanontie 1) · See them on the map ↓
Source: Sarc + Sigge project pages “KONE Building” and “Munkkiniemi Manor” · KONE press releases, Sept 7 and Nov 30, 2007
Benefits and programs (global)
KONE began running summer camps for employees' children in 1947 and still runs them today.
“Elevate Your Health” covers physical, emotional, financial and social well-being.
The aim is some form of flexibility for every employee: remote and hybrid work, flexible hours, job sharing, compressed weeks or part-time.
An employee resource group dedicated to mental health, plus volunteer Well-being Champions in selected countries.
70% on the job, 20% social learning, 10% formal training, including VR-enabled and gamified courses and AI-based training simulators.
Regular mentoring, career guidance and 360-degree feedback are standard for employees.
Performance-based pay and recognition awards on top of base pay, allowances and benefits.
At least two development discussions a year between employee and manager, covering well-being and career.
Source: kone.com Careers “What we offer” · kone.com History (1947) · kone.com Sustainability/People · kone.fi “Mitä tarjoamme”. KONE does not publish leave lengths or other benefit amounts on its public site.
Why people stay: what KONE itself says
Unchanged from 2024; 92% of employees answered the Pulse survey.
Almost every employee completed at least one KONE training course during the year.
All open positions go to internal application, and employees can apply for any of them.
Four generations of the Herlin family have owned KONE since 1924.
Up from 21% in 2021; the target is 35% by 2030.
Down from 7.5 in 2007, with a goal of 0.6 by 2030.
Source: kone.com Sustainability/People (2025 figures) · kone.fi “Mitä tarjoamme” · kone.com History
Who works here
personnel, 2025
countries
global R&D centers and manufacturing units
of leadership roles held by women (2025)
Source: KONE key figures, kone.com Investors (personnel) · kone.com Careers “Offices” · kone.com Sustainability/People
Office history: from a converted stable to a seaside tower
- 1910 A machine shop in a converted stable, Helsinki
The Tarmo machine repair shop, set up in Helsinki in 1908, was incorporated as KONE on October 27, 1910. It refurbished and sold used Strömberg motors from a converted stable and imported elevators from Sweden.
Source: kone.com History
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1924 Independent under Harald Herlin
When the parent company Strömberg faced bankruptcy, Harald Herlin bought the KONE subsidiary, and KONE became an independent company with him as chairman and principal owner.
Source: kone.com History
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1927 Factory in a former margarine plant
Business grew in the 1920s, and KONE consolidated its factory operations in a former margarine plant in Helsinki. Production jumped to 200 elevators that year.
Source: kone.com History
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1943 Production moves out to Hyvinkää
Wartime bombing of Helsinki and demand for cranes pushed KONE to move crane production from its cramped city factory to Hyvinkää, 55 km away. A new elevator factory followed there in 1967.
Source: kone.com History
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1967 Munkkiniemi Manor becomes the head office
KONE took over the 1815 manor at Kartanontie 1 in Helsinki's Munkkiniemi in the 1960s and renovated it for office use as the company's headquarters; it has served as KONE's head office since 1967.
Source: Sarc + Sigge project page “Munkkiniemi Manor” · Gebwell project page (since 1967)
Munkkiniemi Manor, Kartanontie 1, before 1957 · Eric Sundström / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 2001 The KONE Building in Keilaniemi, Espoo
After the KONE Building was completed in 2001, KONE moved its corporate offices from Munkkiniemi to the growing business district in Espoo. The 72 m tower houses KONE's global functions.
Source: KONE press release, Sept 7, 2007 · Sarc + Sigge project page
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2007 Sold, and leased back
KONE sold the KONE Building for €35 million to Hansainvest and stayed in it as a tenant under a long-term lease.
Source: KONE press release, Nov 30, 2007
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2015 The manor renovated for its 200th year
Sarc + Sigge renovated Munkkiniemi Manor: the main rooms were conserved, new workspaces were made in the attic and basement, and the wings got green roofs. KONE still calls the manor its official headquarters.
Source: Sarc + Sigge project page · Gebwell project page · kone.com story “A life devoted to building communities” (2025)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2026 A combination with TKE, headquartered in Finland
KONE agreed to combine with TK Elevator. The combined group would have more than 100,000 employees in over 100 countries and would be headquartered in Finland.
Source: KONE inside information release, Apr 29, 2026
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
From the 1815 manor in Munkkiniemi to the KONE Building on the Keilaniemi shore, about 4 km apart. KONE kept the manor as its official head office when the corporate offices moved to Espoo in 2001.
- 1 · 1967Munkkiniemi Manor, Helsinki — Kartanontie 1 — head office since 1967
- 2 · 2001KONE Building, Espoo — Keilasatama 3 — corporate offices today
Addresses: kone.com Contact us · KONE document address lines (Kartanontie 1) · KONE press release 2007. Earlier Helsinki sites are not mapped: KONE does not publish their street addresses.
What KONE does
KONE makes, installs, services and modernizes elevators, escalators and automatic building doors. It says it moves two billion people every day. Service is now its largest business, and in April 2026 KONE agreed to combine with TK Elevator (TKE).
Three businesses: New Building Solutions, Service and Modernization.
Source: Financial Statement Bulletin of KONE Corporation for January–December 2025 (Feb 6, 2026) · Inside information release “KONE and TKE to combine” (Apr 29, 2026)
Growth: revenue vs. people
€9.1B → €11.2B
57,359 → 64,978
Sales (MEUR) and personnel: KONE key figures, kone.com Investors → Financials. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
President and CEO since January 1, 2024.
Appointed President and CEO in April 2014; built on KONE's service roots.
Appointed president at the beginning of 2005; streamlined the organization around people flow.
Pekka Herlin's son; named deputy chairman and CEO in autumn 1996. Jean-Pierre Chauvarie was named President in 1998.
Replaced his father as president in 1964 and led the ASEA (1968) and Westinghouse (1974) elevator acquisitions.
Became managing director in 1932, aged 31.
KONE grew out of the Tarmo machine shop (Helsinki, 1908) and was incorporated in 1910 as a Strömberg subsidiary; Harald Herlin bought it in 1924.
Source: kone.com History
KONE: questions people ask
Where is KONE's headquarters?
KONE's corporate offices are in the KONE Building at Keilasatama 3, Espoo, Finland. The company's official head office is Munkkiniemi Manor at Kartanontie 1 in Helsinki, which KONE has used since 1967.
Source: kone.com Contact us · kone.com story on John Simon (2025) · Gebwell project page
Who designed the KONE Building?
Architect Antti-Matti Siikala. His practice, now Sarc + Sigge, lists the building as a 2001 project for KONE and Sampo.
Source: KONE press release, Sept 7, 2007 · Sarc + Sigge project page
How big is the KONE Building?
About 10,000 m² gross (≈ 107,639 sq ft), in a tower that reaches 72 metres.
Source: Sarc + Sigge project page · KONE press release, 2007
Does KONE own its headquarters building?
No. KONE sold the KONE Building in 2007 for €35 million to Hansainvest and stayed on as a tenant under a long-term lease. KONE owns Munkkiniemi Manor.
Source: KONE press release, Nov 30, 2007 · Sarc + Sigge project page
What is special about the KONE Building's lifts?
Panoramic lifts on the south side run up a lift shaft that spans the full height of the building, and the shaft doubles as a heat valve for the offices behind the glass façade.
Source: Sarc + Sigge project page
How many people work at KONE?
64,978 personnel in 2025, in close to 70 countries, according to KONE's key figures. KONE describes this as “over 60,000 employees”.
Source: KONE key figures (kone.com Investors) · kone.com
What benefits does KONE offer?
KONE describes base pay, allowances and benefits plus performance-based pay and recognition awards, a global well-being program called Elevate Your Health, mentoring and 360-degree feedback, and summer camps for employees' children, a tradition since 1947.
Source: kone.com Careers “What we offer” · kone.com History
Does KONE allow remote or hybrid work?
KONE says it aims to give every employee some form of flexibility, including remote and hybrid work, flexible working time, job sharing, compressed work weeks and part-time work.
Source: kone.com Sustainability/People
Who is KONE's CEO?
Philippe Delorme, President and CEO since January 1, 2024. He succeeded Henrik Ehrnrooth, CEO from 2014.
Source: kone.com History
Will KONE's headquarters stay in Finland after the TKE deal?
KONE's April 2026 announcement says the combined KONE–TKE group would be headquartered in Finland.
Source: KONE inside information release, Apr 29, 2026
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