Chennai, November 09, 2021: KONE Elevator India, a fully owned subsidiary of KONE Corporation, is proud to announce that it has been certified as a Great Place to Work, for the second time consecutively, by the acclaimed Great Place to Work institute®. This recognition celebrates the best workplaces in the country that have provided a High-Trust, High-Performance Culture™ for their employees.
This certification is an acknowledgement of KONE Elevator India’s commitment to fostering a great work culture and inspiring the highest standards of quality and efficiency from the team. The company takes pride in their commitment of putting employees first each time and create a workplace that nurtures collaboration, diversity, performance, growth and belongingness.
Amit Gossain, Managing Director, KONE Elevator India, said, “It is a proud moment for us to be recognised as a great employer for the second time in a row, and this reinforces our commitment to our people and their growth aspirations. KONE has been dedicated to People Flow for over 110 years now and with this rich history, we are an industry leading company with innovative, safe and sustainable solutions to deliver the best experience. We do this by working together as a diverse and efficient team of over 5500 professionals in India. We have always endeavoured to build a workplace that allows people to not just pursue their passion but also find joy in their work and experience, and thus build a collaborative culture, camaraderie, respect, a sense of pride that will eventually inspire them to work together towards the same goal.”
MP Saravanan, Director - HR & CSR, KONE Elevator India said, “At KONE Elevator India, we see diversity and our employees' wellbeing and professional development as business strengths. We believe that our people are key to our success, and we have invested in creating an environment conducive for professional and personal growth. We build strong teams that are passionate about everything they do. We are happy that both, during one of the most trying period, and while recovering from it, our employees were happy, engaged and believed that KONE was a great place to work. We would like to thank our employees for making this recognition possible”.
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting, and insights they need to make strategic people decisions. In India, the institute partners with more than 1100 organizations annually across over 22 industries to help them build High-Trust, High-Performance Cultures™ designed to deliver sustained business results.
KONE Elevator India maintains a safe and healthy working environment and fosters a collaborative culture, where people are motivated to develop their competencies and deliver the best results. The organisation has several learning opportunities covering a wide range of professional skills to ensure the development of current and future leaders. Diversity and inclusion are inherent parts of the way KONE Elevator India works, and the organisation continues advancing it through progressive policies, practices & benefits, professional development and well-being programs, across every level and role.
About KONE
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. 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. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. In 2020, KONE had annual sales of EUR 9.9 billion, and at the end of the year over 60,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland. For more information, please visit www.kone.com
About KONE India
KONE’s presence in India dates back to 1984 and today it is the leading elevator company in India. Based in Chennai, KONE India serves customers all over the country through its 50+ branches and provides sustainable People Flow™ solutions for India’s rapidly growing cities. It employs 5000+ people in the country.
KONE’s production unit in Chennai produces elevators for the Indian market as well as for Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Chennai also has three training centers where KONE’s installation engineers and field mechanics are trained to meet KONE India’s strong reputation for high quality and uncompromised safety, as well as the expectations of Indian customers, when installing and maintaining elevators and escalators. KONE’s global technology and engineering center in Chennai, which is one of the eight global R&D center, is a testing and research hub, which supports the latest technology and development of future KONE solutions. For more information, please visit www.kone.in
For further information, please contact:
KONE Elevator India: Ritika Chandhok | ritika.chandhok@kone.com | +91 9999100092