Kone acquires the industrial engineering company Partek 2007 – Kone announces they will no longer make hydraulic elevators. 2009 – Kone acquires Fairway Elevator Company in Philadelphia to enter the modernization market in that area. 2011 – Kone builds a new headquarters in the United States with the name of The Kone Centre in Moline, Illinois, the present headquarters is also located there. 2011 – Kone acquires Long Elevator Company headquartered in Springfield, IL serving St. Louis, Peoria, Chicago, and NW Indiana. 2013 – Kone acquired its Israeli distributor Isralift. 2014 – Kone acquired the elevator and escalator business of Marryat & Scott (Kenya) Ltd. and Marryats East Africa Limited, its authorized distributors in East and Central Africa. 2017 – Kone acquired the UK elevator company 21st Century Lifts. The business operations were merged with Kone's UK operations a short time later. Cartel fine The European Union (EU) gave a fine of 992 million euros ($1.3bn; £666.8m) on four lift and escalator manufacturers for price-fixing between 1995 and 2004. Germany's ThyssenKrupp, US-owned Otis Elevator Company, Kone of Finland, and Swiss firm Schindler were fined for taking part in a market-rigging cartel. Awards and rankings In 2013, Kone has been awarded "GOOD DESIGN" awards for its design offering, functional elevator signalization series, and new elevator car design. This is the third time Kone has received this acknowledgment. Forbes list of the world's most innovative companies In 2014, Kone was ranked 42nd in the world by the business magazine Forbes. This was the fourth consecutive year Kone was recognized in this ranking. Out of all European companies listed in 2014, Kone was ranked sixth and Kone was the only elevator and escalator company featured on Forbes' list. In 2018, Kone was 59th on Forbes' list. 2014 Newsweek Green Rankings In 2014, Kone was ranked the world's 12th greenest company by the American magazine Newsweek. Released by Newsweek and its research partner Corporate Knights Capital, the evaluates the world's largest publicly traded companies using eight metrics that collectively provide a transparent measurement of overall corporate environmental performance. In the list, Kone is the only top 50 company representing the elevator and escalator industry. Products and Trademarks Kone UltraRope In June 2013, the company launched a new high-rise elevator technology, called Kone UltraRope, which enables future elevator travel heights of up to one kilometer due to its low weight. The product is light due