Head of Konecranes Equipment Business Area to change

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Hannu Rusanen (b. 1957), currently Executive Vice President and Head of Business Area Equipment, has announced that he is leaving Konecranes to pursue other interests. The recruitment process for the new Head of Business Area Equipment has started. Mr. Rusanen is committed to staying with Konecranes until his successor has started in the company.

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank Hannu for his tireless efforts on behalf of Konecranes during the past 10 years. During this time he has held several key positions in regional management, the service business and most recently in the equipment business, all of which have been instrumental to our development. I wish Hannu all the best in his future endeavors,” says Pekka Lundmark, President and CEO of Konecranes.


KONECRANES PLC


Miikka Kinnunen
Director, Investor Relations


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Analysts and Investors:
Miikka Kinnunen, Director, Investor Relations, Konecranes Plc, tel. +358 (0)20 427 2050

Press:
Mikael Wegmüller, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Konecranes Plc, tel. +358 20 427 2008


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 2012, Group sales totaled EUR 2,170 million. The Group has 11,900 employees at 626 locations in 48 countries. Konecranes is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V).


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