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Kone buying TK Elevator in lift megamerger

Axios · · 100 words · By Dan Primack

The Finnish company Kone has agreed to acquire Germany's TK Elevator from Advent International and Cinven for €29.4 billion. This acquisition will establish Kone as the world's largest lift manufacturer by sales.

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“Kone, a Finnish elevator and escalator maker, has agreed to buy Germany's TK Elevator for €29.4 billion from Advent International and Cinven.”
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Multiple independent web sources, including CNBC and official company announcements (KONE Corporation), confirm that Kone agreed to buy TK Elevator from Advent and Cinven for €29.4 billion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A moving walkway – also known as an autowalk, moving pavement, moving sidewalk, travolator, or travelator – is a slow-moving conveyor mechanism that transports people across a horizontal or inclined p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_walkway
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ThyssenKrupp AG (, German: [ˌtʏsn̩ˈkʁʊp]) is a German industrial engineering and steel production company. It resulted from the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and has its operational headquarters…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThyssenKrupp
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web search NEUTRAL — ESPOO, Finland and DUESSELDORF, Germany, April 29, 2026 - KONE Corporation and TKE today announced that KONE and a consortium led by Advent and Cinven have entered into an agreement to combine KONE an…
https://www.tkelevator.com/global-en/newsroom/press-releases…
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“This creates the world's largest lift maker by sales.”
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Multiple news sources explicitly state that this acquisition creates the world's largest lift maker by sales.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kone Oyj (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkone]; officially known as KONE and trading as KONE Corporation) is a Finnish multinational elevator engineering company employing over 60,000 personnel across 60 co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kone
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of companies that manufacture elevators.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elevator_manufacturers
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The TK Elevator Test Tower (TK-Elevator-Testturm) is an elevator test tower in Rottweil, Germany. It is owned by TK Elevator, who have their elevator research campus nearby. It stands 246 m (807 ft) t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TK_Elevator_Test_Tower
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“Kone will pay €5 billion in cash and around €15 billion of newly issued stock, with the headline price also including assumed debt.”
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While the total deal value is confirmed in other claims, the specific breakdown of €5 billion cash and €15 billion stock is not present in the provided evidence. The evidence for this claim contains irrelevant information about Blue Cross Blue Shield and other unrelated stocks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kone Oyj (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkone]; officially known as KONE and trading as KONE Corporation) is a Finnish multinational elevator engineering company employing over 60,000 personnel across 60 co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kone
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of companies that manufacture elevators.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elevator_manufacturers
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The TK Elevator Test Tower (TK-Elevator-Testturm) is an elevator test tower in Rottweil, Germany. It is owned by TK Elevator, who have their elevator research campus nearby. It stands 246 m (807 ft) t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TK_Elevator_Test_Tower
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“Advent and Cinven carved TK Elevator out of Thyssenkrupp for €17.2 billion in 2020”
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Multiple independent sources (Mergr M&A, official press releases, and deal summaries) confirm that Advent International and Cinven (along with RAG-Stiftung) acquired TK Elevator from Thyssenkrupp in February 2020 for approximately €17.2 billion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ThyssenKrupp AG (, German: [ˌtʏsn̩ˈkʁʊp]) is a German industrial engineering and steel production company. It resulted from the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and has its operational headquarters…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThyssenKrupp
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web search NEUTRAL — Acquirer: Advent International, Cinven Group, RAG-Stiftung, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Target: Thyssenkrupp (Elevator Technology). Estimated value: €17.2 bn. Announcement date: 27/02/2020.
https://www.mergersight.com/post/the-17-2-billion-private-eq…
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web search NEUTRAL — ...27, 2020 – International private equity firms Advent International (“Advent”) and Cinven together with the RAG-Stiftung (“the foundation”) (“the consortium”), today announced that they have signed …
https://www.rag-stiftung.de/en/press/press-releases/advent-i…
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