KONE, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has renewed its ambition to drive innovation for a greener built environment sector in Singapore and beyond with an expanded program until 2026. Following the inception of one of its three global innovation hubs here in 2020, KONE will also continue to invest in, build and nurture an agile local talent base. This strategic move, in collaboration with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), is integral to KONE’s unwavering commitment to collaborative innovation and practical impact for the industry.
To stay ahead of the emerging trends and challenges in the local built environment, KONE’s latest innovation program strives to develop new products, prioritized with environmental sustainability in mind. By 2026, KONE intends to add new roles in Singapore such as strategic designers, while building wider innovation capacity and capability across a number of imperatives, including construction acceleration; and repurposing and renovating buildings.
From more immersive and predictive insights for customer decision-making to improved construction productivity and seamless problem-solving in field service, these innovation projects leveraging climate technologies, generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), industrial internet of things (IIoT) capabilities and more can potentially reshape the industry and drive change in the sector. While the projects will be led, designed and trialed in Singapore, KONE keeps a keen eye for the Asia Pacific region’s vast potential and will, both independently and with like-minded partners, scale up their impact for the market.
