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My Innovation discoveries this month when doing research on the wiki

When researching the lift community's global wiki, I was able to make two outstanding discoveries when I looked at the pages for Monitor buttons & KONE KSS buttons.

Kone KSS

I have discovered that in North America the KONE KSS buttons are actually custom Innovation buttons made & delivered specifically to KONE. I am surprised at this because I thought KONE had their own button design, but I see that KONE is fully dependent on Innovation for lift buttons. While this is pretty disappointing that they are relying on Innovation for cheaper buttons designed to KONE's standard, I will admit, it's pretty cool that theoretically any KONE lift with any KSS-series buttons actually has Innovation buttons. Nevertheless, this does not actually make me like KONE KSS any better. In fact, the only KONE KSS button I truly like besides Designer & KSS 970 is the KSS 140 as it has a nice, characterful modern European look to any lift.

Monitor Fixtures

In addition to discovering KONE KSS, I have also discovered that Monitor fixtures are theoretically Innovation fixtures, due to Monitor having a close industry relationship with Innovation Industries & being acquired by Innovation Industries in 2014. So, technically speaking, Monitor fixtures 1990 & later are custom Innovation fixtures, as is KONE KSS buttons in North America. Again, like KSS, I am surprised at this because I thought Monitor designed TR, PC & HPS buttons, but I see that even a New York City staple favorite lift button distributor such as Monitor is relying on a Charlotte staple favorite lift button distributor such as Innovation Industries. While this is pretty disappointing & actually upsetting that they are relying on Innovation for their bland TR line of buttons designed to Monitor's standard, I will admit, it's even more upsetting that NYC is using these cheap, theoretical "Innovation" buttons instead of using the real, purebred Innovation buttons. It's scary! Nevertheless, this does not actually make me like Monitor TR any better. In fact, if I were to choose between Monitor TR & Monitor HPS, I would choose Monitor HPS in a heartbeat because it does not look as bland as Monitor TR does.
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