SATISFACTORY ORDER INTAKE, SECOND QUARTER OPERATING PROFIT LOWER THAN LAST YEAR
KONECRANES PLC INTERIM REPORT July 24, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Figures in brackets, unless otherwise stated, refer to the same period a year earlier SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS - Order intake EUR 503.0 million (553.7), -9.2 percent; Service +5.3 percent and Equipment -14.1 percent.- Order book EUR 1,079.4 million (1,122.8) at end-June, 3.9 percent lower than a year ago, 0.4 percent lower than at end-March 2013.- Sales EUR 519.9 million (562.5), -7.6 percent; Service -1.1 percent and Equipment -12.7 percent.- Operating profit EUR 17.2 million (35.1), 3.3 percent of sales (6.2), was