- The Finnish company will promote the positioning of Madrid as an international benchmark center for smart urban solutions, mobility and sustainability
KONE, a world leader in the elevator, escalator and automatic building door industry, has joined the association “Madrid World Capital of Construction, Engineering and Architecture (MWCC)”, whose objective is to strengthen the position of Madrid and its leadership in the internationalization of Spanish companies as benchmarks in the construction, engineering and architecture sectors.
The initiative aims to stimulate and promote these sectors by consolidating the Spanish presence in the market. In this way, MWCC and KONE will be actively involved in positioning Madrid as an international benchmark in urban solutions, mobility and sustainability, promoting a greater urban balance in the capital with the aim of achieving more sustainable homes and cities.
“We are very happy to be able to belong to the MWCC and contribute to the development of the construction and architecture sector in Spain, as well as helping to position Madrid as an international benchmark for smart and sustainable cities,” says Filipe Nóbrega, general director of Iberian KONE. “In this way, we are taking another step to improve urban mobility and boost efficiency and quality of life in our cities,” he concludes.
For the president of MWCC, David Garcia Núñez, “KONE’s accession is one more step in the evolution of the association as a true benchmark for public-private collaboration in the field of urban solutions. Personally, I consider that we are exceptionally developing a collaboration framework that is an international benchmark”.
This accession is part of KONE’s smart and sustainable cities strategy. The Finnish company is committed to the development of smarter and more sustainable urban environments through comprehensive solutions that improve the quality of life of people and their movements, as well as the efficiency of operations and professional services in collaboration with authorities, customers and partners .
The Association has among its members numerous leading organizations in technology, insurers, certifiers, financial and energy entities, construction companies, consultants, universities, training entities, public companies and national, regional and local entities, thus constituting a true example of public-public collaboration. private. With its entry into the MWCC, KONE continues to work on its sustainability strategy to advance the path towards more sustainable urban environments.
