Finland’s Kone to buy German rival TK Elevator in blockbuster $34.4 billion deal

A TK Elevator (TKE) elevator on display at the Microsoft Corp. booth at the Hannover Messe 2026 trade fair in Hannover, Germany, on Monday, April 20, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Finland's Kone has agreed to buy German rival TK Elevator in a deal valued at 29.4 billion euros ($34.4 billion), marking one of Europe's biggest takeover agreements in recent years. …