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KONECRANES APPOINTS JUHA PANKAKOSKI AS CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER

KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  September 10, 2014 at 12:00 pm


KONECRANES APPOINTS JUHA PANKAKOSKI AS CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER

Juha Pankakoski (47) has been appointed Chief Digital Officer of Konecranes
Plc. He will be responsible for all Information Systems and the overall Process
Architecture of Konecranes. He will also assume a wider responsibility for the
company's digitalization strategy. 

Mr. Pankakoski will be a member of the Konecranes Group Executive Board and
will report to Pekka Lundmark, President & CEO. Mr. Pankakoski will start in
his new position on January 1, 2015. 

Juha Pankakoski has worked at Konecranes since 2004 and is currently holding a
position of Vice President, Head of Business Unit Parts. He has previously held
several management positions in operations and business development at
Konecranes. Juha Pankakoski has a M.Sc.(Eng) degree and an eMBA. 

“Juha Pankakoski has a firm experience in global business and business process
development”, says President & CEO Pekka Lundmark. “He also has a solid
background both in IT and manufacturing and is therefore well suited to drive
the development of our information systems and our overall digitalization
agenda”, he concludes. 

Mr. Pankakoski succeeds Antti Koskelin who has announced that he is leaving
Konecranes as of December 31, 2014. "I would like to take this opportunity to thank Antti for his hard work on
behalf of Konecranes during the past 6 years. During this time he has developed
the information technology and system architecture to meet the standards of a
global company. I wish Antti all the best in his future endeavours,” says Pekka
Lundmark, President and CEO of Konecranes. 

As of January 1, 2015, the Group Executive Board will comprise the following
members: 

Pekka Lundmark, President and CEO (Chairman of Group Executive Board)
Fabio Fiorino, Executive Vice President, Business Area Service, Chief Customer
Officer 
Ryan Flynn, Executive Vice President, Business Area Equipment
Teo Ottola, Chief Financial Officer
Mikko Uhari, Executive Vice President, Strategy and Technology
Timo Leskinen, Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Juha Pankakoski, Chief Digital Officer


KONECRANES PLC

Miikka Kinnunen
Director, Investor Relations



FURTHER INFORMATION
Analysts and Investors:
Miikka Kinnunen, Director, Investor Relations, Konecranes Plc,
tel. +358 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 2013, Group sales totaled EUR 2,100 million. The Group has 11,900
employees, at 600 locations in 48 countries. Konecranes is listed on NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V). 



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