KONECRANES' ANALYST AND PRESS CONFERENCE ON 27 APRIL, 2007 POSTPONED TO START AT 1.00 P.M.

KONECRANES' ANALYST AND PRESS CONFERENCE ON 27 APRIL, 2007 POSTPONED TO START AT
1.00 P.M.                                                                       

Konecranes will publish its January-March 2007 Interim Report on Friday 27      
April, 2007 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 new offices      
(address Etelä-Esplanadi 22 B, inner court, 2nd floor) at 1.00 p.m. Finnish     
time. A live webcast of the conference with the possibility to ask questions    
will begin at 1.00 p.m. at www.konecranes.com.                                  

Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses(TM) serving a broad 
range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards,  
ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting         
solutions and services for lifting equipment of every make. In 2006, Group sales
totalled EUR 1,483 million. The Group has 7,500 employees, at more than 370     
locations in 41 countries. Konecranes is listed on the OMX Helsinki Stock       
Exchange (KCR1V).                                                               

KONECRANES PLC                                                                  


Paul Lönnfors                                                                   
IR Manager                                                                      




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Mr Paul Lönnfors, IR Manager, tel. +358 20 427 2050                             




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