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1994 – A new beginning
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1994 – A new beginning

In 1994, after more than 40 years in business, Konecranes’ precursor SMV was a leading lift truck company. But the financial crisis hit the company…
Pressure perfect – The importance of hydraulic system maintenance
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Pressure perfect – The importance of hydraulic system maintenance

When you’re a lift truck operator, you’re feeling the pressure in more ways than one: the safety and productivity demands of the job, certainly. But…
1956 – A new era of containerization
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1956 – A new era of containerization

The shipping industry has been around for centuries, and during all those years goods were typically loaded onto ships in a variety of different…
1959 – SMV builds its first lift truck in Småland
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1959 – SMV builds its first lift truck in Småland

Småland in southern Sweden is characterized by its forests and tough stony landscape. In the 1940s, forestry and saw mills were thriving businesses.…
1917 - the very first lift truck is born
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1917 - the very first lift truck is born

Today we see it as a matter of course to use lift trucks and reach stackers to handle goods in industry, warehouses and ports. It wasn’t always this…
Towards an autonomous future for AGVs
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Towards an autonomous future for AGVs

Despite much anticipation, fleets of autonomous trucks have yet to make much of an impact on horizontal transport in container terminals. Konecranes…
Konecranes’ own operations to be carbon neutral by 2030
Konecranes' own operations to be carbon neutral by 2030
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Konecranes’ own operations to be carbon neutral by 2030

In 2022, Konecranes achieved the science-based target of reducing the emissions of its own operations (Scope 1 & 2) by 50 % from 2019. Since the…
MACHINAIDE collaboration fuels digital twin innovation for the smart factory
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MACHINAIDE collaboration fuels digital twin innovation for the smart factory

Konecranes collaborated with a consortium of partners from other industries to improve digital twin interoperability and develop new smart factory…
Designing products for a smaller environmental footprint
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Designing products for a smaller environmental footprint

Jere Peltomäki, Kati Palomaa, Aapo Räsänen, Paige Nguyen and Marja Myllysilta from Konecranes' Sustainability and Analytics team work with the…