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kone

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1. Kone

   Kone Oyj (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkone]; officially stylized as KONE and trading as KONE Corporation) is an elevator engineering company employing over 60,000 personnel across 60 countries worldwide. It was founded in 1910 and is now headquartered in Espoo near Helsinki, Finland. In addition, Kone builds and services moving walkways (referred to by the company as autowalks), automatic doors and gates, escalators, and lifts. In the Finnish language, Kone means "machine". Since 1924, Kone has been controlled by the Herlin family. Harald Herlin purchased the company in 1924 and served as its chairman until 1941. Afterward, his son, Heikki H. Herlin, took over his father's post from 1941–1987. In 1954, Pekka Herlin joined Kone and succeeded his father as president in 1964. Since 2003, Antti Herlin, the son of Pekka Herlin, has been its chairman. As of December 2019, Antti Herlin controls 62% of the voting rights and 22% of the shares of the company, which is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

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1. Kone

   Kone Oyj, founded in 1910 and headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is an international engineering and service company employing some 32,500 personnel worldwide. The firm is the fourth largest manufacturer of elevators worldwide, a manufacturer of escalators, and also provides maintenance services and modernization solutions. In addition, Kone builds and services automatic doors and gates. The company provides local service for builders, developers, building owners, designers and architects in 800 locations in over 40 countries. Since 1924, Kone has been owned by one of Finland's wealthiest families, the Herlin family. After Harald Herlin purchased the company in 1924, he served as its Chairman until 1941. Afterwards, his son, Heikki H. Herlin, took over his father's post from 1941–1987. Control of the company was then handed down to his son, Pekka Herlin, which he retained from 1987–2003. The current Chairman of Kone's Board of Directors from 2003 onwards is Antti Herlin, the son of Pekka Herlin. In the Finnish language Kone means "machine" or "device".

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1. KONE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kone is ranked #19027 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Kone surname appeared 1,431 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kone.
   
   71.4% or 1,022 total occurrences were Black.
   22.1% or 317 total occurrences were White.
   2.1% or 31 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 29 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.8% or 26 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.4% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

How to pronounce kone?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kone in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of kone in a Sentence

1. Juha Kinnunen:

   Expectations are always high for Kone and this is the first time it has come up with a statement like that on China.

2. Markus Grolms:

   This also applies to Kone, in our basic agreement with management we have clearly established that any bidder must strike an agreement with us before a signing takes place. That's not negotiable.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kone
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=kone
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html