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KONECRANES PUBLISHES ITS JANUARY - JUNE 2008 INTERIM REPORT ON JULY 30, 2008

KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  JULY 15, 2008 1.30 P.M.                 

KONECRANES PUBLISHES ITS JANUARY - JUNE 2008 INTERIM REPORT ON JULY 30, 2008    

Konecranes will publish its January - June 2008 Interim Report on Wednesday,    
July 30, 2008 at 10.00 a.m. Finnish time. The report will be available on the   
company's website at www.konecranes.com immediately after publishing.           

An analyst and press conference will be held at the Konecranes offices (address 
Eteläesplanadi 22 B, inner court, 2nd floor) at 12.00 noon. Finnish time. Please
confirm your attendance by Wednesday, July 23, 2008 to                          
katja.hurskainen@konecranes.com.                                                

A live webcast of the conference with the possibility to ask questions will     
begin at 12.00 noon at www.konecranes.com.                                      

About Konecranes                                                                
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 8,800      
employees, in more than 470 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on  
the OMX Helsinki Stock Exchange (symbol: KCR1V).                                

KONECRANES PLC                                                                  


Paul Lönnfors                                                                   
IR Manager                                                                      




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Konecranes Plc                                                                  
Paul Lönnfors, IR Manager, tel. +358 (0)20 427 2050                             




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