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Konecranes appoints Pekka Lettijeff as Chief Procurement Officer

Konecranes appoints Pekka Lettijeff as Chief Procurement Officer

Pekka Lettijeff has been appointed Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at
Konecranes Plc. His areas of responsibility will include all direct and
indirect purchasing across the Konecranes Group. Mr Lettijeff will be a member
of the Konecranes Group Executive Board and will report to Pekka Lundmark,
President & CEO. Mr Lettijeff will start in his new position on 1 February
2008. 

Mr Lettijeff has worked at Nokia Networks since 2001 and is currently the Head
of Global Purchasing at Nokia Siemens Networks. Mr Lettijeff has previously
acted as VP Global Supply and Purchasing at Astra Zeneca, and several executive
positions in General Motors Worldwide Purchasing and Saab Automobile in USA,
Germany and Sweden. Mr Lettijeff is 46 years old. 

“Pekka Lettijeff posesses a unique combination of procurement experience in
telecom network infrastructure, automotive and medical industries,” says Pekka
Lundmark. “He is therefore especially well suited for developing the Konecranes
procurement to the next ambition level”, he concludes. 

Further information: 
Pekka Lundmark, President and CEO, tel. +358 20 427 2000
Pekka Lettijeff, Chief Procurement Officer, tel. +358 40 841 2309

This press release together with a downloadable picture of Mr Lettijeff and his
CV is available at 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 2006, Group sales totaled EUR 1483 million. The Group has 8,000
employees, at more than 370 locations in 41 countries. Konecranes is listed on
the OMX Helsinki Stock Exchange (symbol: KCR1V). 

www.konecranes.com

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