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KONECRANES PUBLISHES ITS 2008 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BULLETIN ON FEBRUARY 4, 2009

KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE January 28, 2009 at 11.45 a.m.            

KONECRANES PUBLISHES ITS 2008 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BULLETIN ON FEBRUARY 4, 2009 

Konecranes will publish its 2008 Financial Statements Bulletin on Wednesday,    
February 4, 2009 at 10.00 a.m. Finnish time. The report will be available on the
company's website at www.konecranes.com after publishing.                       

An analyst and press conference will be held at the Konecranes offices (address 
Eteläesplanadi 22 B, inner court, 2nd floor) at 1.00 p.m. Finnish time. The 2008
financial results will be presented by Konecranes' President and CEO Pekka      
Lundmark and CFO Teo Lundmark.                                                  
A live webcast of the conference with the possibility to ask questions through  
web will begin at 1.00 p.m. at 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 2007, Group sales totaled EUR 1,750 million. The Group has 9,600      
employees, at more than 470 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on  
the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd  (symbol: KCR1V).                                   

KONECRANES PLC                                                                  


Sanna Päiväniemi                                                                
IR Manager                                                                      




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Konecranes Plc                                                                  
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