KONECRANES PUBLISHES ITS JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 2007 INTERIM REPORT ON 31 OCTOBER, 2007


KONECRANES PUBLISHES ITS JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 2007 INTERIM REPORT ON             
31 OCTOBER, 2007                                                                

Konecranes will publish its January - September 2007 Interim Report on Wednesday
31 October, 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 offices (address 
Eteläesplanadi 22 B, inner court, 2nd floor) at 12.00 p.m. Finnish time. Please 
confirm your attendance by Monday 29 October, 2007 to                           
tiina.huoponen@konecranes.com.                                                  

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

KONECRANES PLC                                                                  



Paul Lönnfors                                                                   
IR Manager                                                                      




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

                                                                                


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