Konecranes publishes its 2008 Financial Statements Bulletin on Febuary 4, 2009

Konecranes will publish its 2008 Financial Statements Bulletin on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 10.00 a.m. Finnish time. The report will be available on the company's website at www.konecranes.com after publishing.

An analyst and press conference will be held at the Konecranes offices (address Eteläesplanadi 22 B, inner court, 2^nd floor) at 1.00 p.m. Finnish time. The 2008 financial results will be presented by Konecranes' President and CEO Pekka Lundmark and CFO Teo Ottola.

A live webcast of the conference with the possibility to ask questions through web will begin at 1.00 p.m. at www.konecranes.com. 


Further information can be obtained from
Konecranes Plc
Sanna Päiväniemi, IR Manager, tel. +358 (0)20 427 2050


Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting solutions as well as services for lifting equipment and machine tools of all makes. In 2007, Group sales totaled EUR 1,750 million. The Group has 9,600 employees, at more than 470 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd  (symbol: KCR1V).




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