KONE, a global leader in elevators and escalators, has been selected as the vertical transportation provider to deliver the world’s fastest and highest double-decker elevators to the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which is expected to be the world’s tallest tower when it is completed in 2018.

SCHINDLER Olayan Elevator Company, the Saudi-based entity of the leading global mobility provider Schindler Group, has won the second phase of the huge Wahat Makkah in Saudi Arabia, following its success on Phase One of the project. The contract was awarded by the Wahat Makkah Development Company for an additional 100 Schindler 3300AP elevators.