Miikka Kinnunen appointed Director, Investor Relations for Konecranes Group

Miikka Kinnunen, (32), M.Sc. (Econ), has been appointed Director, Investor Relations for Konecranes Group effective as of December 1, 2009.

Miikka Kinnunen has a broad experience in the field of international investor relations. He joins Konecranes from Carnegie Investment Bank AB, where he worked from 2001 onwards as financial analyst and in other positions. Mr Kinnunen will report to Teo Ottola, CFO, Konecranes Group.

Konecranes’ current IR Manager Sanna Päiväniemi has decided to leave Konecranes to join another company.

Further information can be obtained from
Mr.Teo Ottola, CFO, Konecranes Plc
e-mail: [email protected] or tel. +358 20 427 2040

This press release is available on our website www.konecranes.com

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 2008, Group sales totaled EUR 2,103 million. The Group has 9,700 employees, at 485 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (symbol: KCR1V).