2010-02-24 07:32:20 CET

2010-02-24 07:33:21 CET


REGULATED INFORMATION

Konecranes Oyj - Company Announcement

KONECRANES CHANGES SEGMENT REPORTING


Konecranes is introducing new reporting segments. From the beginning of 2010,   
Konecranes will report two Business Areas: Service and Equipment. Previously the
number of reporting segments was three: Service, Standard Lifting and Heavy     
Lifting. More information than before will be provided for each segment, and the
allocation of Group costs into the segments has been redefined to improve       
transparency.                                                                   

Konecranes changed its structure from the beginning of 2010 so that Business    
Areas Standard Lifting and Heavy Lifting were merged into one Business Area:    
Equipment. Business Area Equipment is internally further divided into five      
Business Units: Industrial Cranes, Components, Port Cranes, Lifttrucks and      
Nuclear Cranes. The reason for the change is the development in both customers' 
buying behaviour and Konecranes' technology and supply platforms, which made the
previous way of dividing the equipment offering into Standard Lifting and Heavy 
Lifting not optimal. There are no changes in the structure of Business Area     
Service.                                                                        
Business Area Service is headed by Hannu Rusanen, Executive Vice President, and 
Business Area Equipment by Mikko Uhari, Executive Vice President.               

External segment reporting will also be changed to match with the operational   
structure of the group. From 2010, Konecranes will be reporting two segments,   
Service and Equipment. While the number of segments will be reduced from three  
to two, Konecranes will disclose more information than before about the segments
on a quarterly basis. The new information includes EBITDA, depreciation and     
impairments, capital employed, ROCE and capital expenditure. To further improve 
the transparency of segment profitability, the allocation of Group costs into   
the business areas has been redefined. Previously, centralized Market           
Operations, procurement, R&D and IT costs were reported as unallocated group    
costs. From 2010 these costs will be fully allocated to the business areas. The 
reporting of centralized legal, marketing & communications, finance, HR and     
general management costs will remain unchanged and these will continue to be    
shown as unallocated group costs. Additionally, the reporting of elimination of 
internal margins (consolidation items) in inventories will change as a result of
fewer segments and internal margins within the business areas being incorporated
in the operating profit of the respective business area. In 2009, the reported  
unallocated group costs and consolidation items totaled EUR 56.5 million whereas
the corresponding restated figure is EUR 18.9 million.                          

The comparison figures - incorporating the change in reporting segments and     
redefined allocations of group costs and internal margins - are presented below.

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| 1-3/2009      |              |              |                |               |
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| MEUR          | Service      | Equipment    | Unallocated    |  Total        |
|               |              |              | items /        |               |
|               |              |              | Eliminations   |               |
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| Orders        | 125.6        | 263.9        | -19.8          | 369.7         |
| received      |              |              |                |               |
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| Order book    | 109.1        | 701.9        | -19.0          | 792.0         |
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| Net sales     | 169.7        | 304.6        | -32.2          | 442.1         |
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| EBITDA        | 18.0         | 30.9         | -5.3           | 43.6          |
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| EBITDA, %     | 10.6 %       | 10.1 %       |                | 9.9 %         |
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| Depreciation  | -2.3         | -4.1         | -0.4           | -6.8          |
| and           |              |              |                |               |
| impairments   |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 15.7         | 26.8         | -5.7           | 36.8          |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 9.3 %        | 8.8 %        |                | 8.3 %         |
| profit        |              |              |                |               |
| (EBIT), %     |              |              |                |               |
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| Restructuring | 0.0          | 0.0          |                | 0.0           |
| costs         |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 15.7         | 26.8         | -5.7           | 36.8          |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
| excluding     |              |              |                |               |
| restructuring |              |              |                |               |
| costs         |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 9.3 %        | 8.8 %        |                | 8.3 %         |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
| excluding     |              |              |                |               |
| restructuring |              |              |                |               |
| costs, %      |              |              |                |               |
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| Capital       | 151.2        | 289.5        | 99.1           | 539.7         |
| employed      |              |              |                |               |
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| Capital       | 1.7          | 3.6          | 0.7            | 6.0           |
| expenditure   |              |              |                |               |
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| Personnel at  | 5,494        | 4,317        | 55             | 9,866         |
| the end of    |              |              |                |               |
| period        |              |              |                |               |
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| 4-6/2009      |              |              |                |               |
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| MEUR          | Service      | Equipment    | Unallocated    |  Total        |
|               |              |              | items /        |               |
|               |              |              | Eliminations   |               |
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| Orders        | 126.4        | 202.6        | -19.5          | 309.6         |
| received      |              |              |                |               |
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| Order book    | 93.9         | 599.0        | -12.2          | 680.6         |
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| Net sales     | 169.5        | 293.0        | -30.9          | 431.6         |
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| EBITDA        | 17.2         | 23.2         | -5.1           | 35.3          |
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| EBITDA, %     | 10.2 %       | 7.9 %        |                | 8.2 %         |
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| Depreciation  | -2.3         | -3.9         | -0.3           | -6.5          |
| and           |              |              |                |               |
| impairments   |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 14.9         | 19.2         | -5.3           | 28.8          |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 8.8 %        | 6.6 %        |                | 6.7 %         |
| profit        |              |              |                |               |
| (EBIT), %     |              |              |                |               |
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| Restructuring | -0.6         | -1.3         |                | -1.9          |
| costs         |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 15.5         | 20.5         | -5.3           | 30.7          |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
| excluding     |              |              |                |               |
| restructuring |              |              |                |               |
| costs         |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 9.2 %        | 7.0 %        |                | 7.1 %         |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
| excluding     |              |              |                |               |
| restructuring |              |              |                |               |
| costs, %      |              |              |                |               |
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| Capital       | 156.4        | 274.9        | 92.9           | 524.1         |
| employed      |              |              |                |               |
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| Capital       | 1.2          | 2.4          | 0.1            | 3.7           |
| expenditure   |              |              |                |               |
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| Personnel at  | 5,210        | 4,429        | 52             | 9,691         |
| the end of    |              |              |                |               |
| period        |              |              |                |               |
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| 7-9/2009      |              |              |                |               |
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| MEUR          | Service      | Equipment    | Unallocated    |  Total        |
|               |              |              | items /        |               |
|               |              |              | Eliminations   |               |
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| Orders        | 124.5        | 205.9        | -22.0          | 308.5         |
| received      |              |              |                |               |
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| Order book    | 88.1         | 565.6        | -15.3          | 638.4         |
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| Net sales     | 157.6        | 233.5        | -22.4          | 368.7         |
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| EBITDA        | 16.0         | 5.2          | -3.6           | 17.6          |
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| EBITDA, %     | 10.1 %       | 2.2 %        |                | 4.8 %         |
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| Depreciation  | -2.6         | -4.5         | -0.3           | -7.4          |
| and           |              |              |                |               |
| impairments   |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 13.4         | 0.7          | -3.9           | 10.2          |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 8.5 %        | 0.3 %        |                | 2.8 %         |
| profit        |              |              |                |               |
| (EBIT), %     |              |              |                |               |
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| Restructuring | -0.5         | -13.4        |                | -13.9         |
| costs         |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 13.9         | 14.0         | -3.9           | 24.0          |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
| excluding     |              |              |                |               |
| restructuring |              |              |                |               |
| costs         |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 8.8 %        | 6.0 %        |                | 6.5 %         |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
| excluding     |              |              |                |               |
| restructuring |              |              |                |               |
| costs, %      |              |              |                |               |
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| Capital       | 143.7        | 264.4        | 59.7           | 467.7         |
| employed      |              |              |                |               |
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| Capital       | 2.0          | 2.1          | 0.1            | 4.2           |
| expenditure   |              |              |                |               |
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| Personnel at  | 5,033        | 4,334        | 52             | 9,419         |
| the end of    |              |              |                |               |
| period        |              |              |                |               |
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| 10-12/2009    |              |              |                |               |
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| MEUR          | Service      | Equipment    | Unallocated    |  Total        |
|               |              |              | items /        |               |
|               |              |              | Eliminations   |               |
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| Orders        | 121.8        | 262.2        | -22.9          | 361.1         |
| received      |              |              |                |               |
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| Order book    | 75.9         | 547.8        | -16.8          | 607.0         |
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| Net sales     | 170.5        | 284.0        | -25.6          | 428.9         |
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| EBITDA        | 17.3         | 20.2         | -3.6           | 34.0          |
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| EBITDA, %     | 10.2 %       | 7.1 %        |                | 7.9 %         |
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| Depreciation  | -3.1         | -8.4         | -0.3           | -11.8         |
| and           |              |              |                |               |
| impairments   |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 14.3         | 11.8         | -3.9           | 22.2          |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 8.4 %        | 4.1 %        |                | 5.2 %         |
| profit        |              |              |                |               |
| (EBIT), %     |              |              |                |               |
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| Restructuring | -1.5         | -3.6         |                | -5.1          |
| costs         |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 15.8         | 15.4         | -3.9           | 27.3          |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
| excluding     |              |              |                |               |
| restructuring |              |              |                |               |
| costs         |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 9.3 %        | 5.4 %        |                | 6.4 %         |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
| excluding     |              |              |                |               |
| restructuring |              |              |                |               |
| costs, %      |              |              |                |               |
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| Capital       | 130.7        | 208.7        | 133.2          | 472.6         |
| employed      |              |              |                |               |
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| Capital       | 2.8          | 8.9          | 0.1            | 11.8          |
| expenditure   |              |              |                |               |
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| Personnel at  | 4,991        | 4,742        | 49             | 9,782         |
| the end of    |              |              |                |               |
| period        |              |              |                |               |
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| 1-12/2009     |              |              |                |               |
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| MEUR          | Service      | Equipment    | Unallocated    |  Total        |
|               |              |              | items /        |               |
|               |              |              | Eliminations   |               |
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| Orders        | 498.4        | 934.6        | -84.1          | 1 348.9       |
| received      |              |              |                |               |
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| Order book    | 75.9         | 547.8        | -16.8          | 607.0         |
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| Net sales     | 667.2        | 1 115.1      | -111.1         | 1 671.3       |
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| EBITDA        | 68.6         | 79.5         | -17.6          | 130.4         |
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| EBITDA, %     | 10.3 %       | 7.1 %        |                | 7.8 %         |
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| Depreciation  | -10.3        | -21.0        | -1.3           | -32.5         |
| and           |              |              |                |               |
| impairments   |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 58.3         | 58.5         | -18.9          | 97.9          |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 8.7 %        | 5.2 %        |                | 5.9 %         |
| profit        |              |              |                |               |
| (EBIT), %     |              |              |                |               |
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| Restructuring | -2.7         | -18.2        | 0.0            | -20.9         |
| costs         |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 61.0         | 76.7         | -18.9          | 118.8         |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
| excluding     |              |              |                |               |
| restructuring |              |              |                |               |
| costs         |              |              |                |               |
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| Operating     | 9.1 %        | 6.9 %        |                | 7.1 %         |
| profit (EBIT) |              |              |                |               |
| excluding     |              |              |                |               |
| restructuring |              |              |                |               |
| costs, %      |              |              |                |               |
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| Capital       | 130.7        | 208.7        | 133.2          | 472.6         |
| employed      |              |              |                |               |
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| ROCE, %       | 43.8 %       | 22.9 %       |                | 19.3 %        |
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| Capital       | 7.7          | 17.0         | 1.0            | 25.7          |
| expenditure   |              |              |                |               |
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| Personnel at  | 4,991        | 4,742        | 49             | 9,782         |
| the end of    |              |              |                |               |
| period        |              |              |                |               |
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Additional information:                                                         

Investors and analysts:                                                         
Teo Ottola, CFO, Konecranes Plc                                                 
Email: teo.ottola@konecranes.com, or tel. +358 20 427 2040, after 3.00 p.m.     

Miikka Kinnunen, Director, Investor Relations, Konecranes Plc                   
Email: miikka.kinnunen@konecranes.com, or tel. +358 20 427 2050                 

Press                                                                           
Mikael Wegmüller, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Konecranes Plc  
Email: mikael.wegmuller@konecranes.com, or 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 2009, Group sales totaled EUR 1,671 million. The Group has 9,800      
employees, at 545 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on the NASDAQ 
OMX Helsinki Ltd (symbol: KCR1V).