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User Generated >> Kone SWOT Analysis:
Strengths
[*]Costumer designed products
 [*]Market share leadership
 [*]Strong management team
 [*]Strong brand equity
 [*]Reputation management
 [*]Fourth largest manufactures of elevators, door and gates, and escalators
 [*]Herlin family owned since 1924
 [*]One of the largest manufactures of elevator products.
 [*]There brand of elevators is known for lasting a long time without and problems and are extremely efficient.
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Weaknesses
  • Low R&D
  • No online presence
  • There is not much research you can do besides make it go faster and efficiently for elevators and escalators.
  • The website just describes the elevators and escalators and does not give an idea of how much it would cost.
Opportunities
  • Asset leverage
  • Emerging markets and expansion abroad
  • Takeovers
  • The asset to debt ratio is high.
  • They are expanding into areas such as Southeast Asia where the economy is on the upturn.
  • They have been able to purchase large companies in various countries.
Threats
  • Economic slowdown
  • External changes (government, politics, taxes, etc)
  • Exchange rate fluctuations
  • With upturn in Southeast Asia the market could bust like in the rest of the world.
  • The governments might regulate higher standards with safety for people and higher taxes on imported goods.
  • Countries might devalue their currency so they are able to pay less for the elevators.

History: Version 2 (Newest), Version 1 (Oldest)



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