EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN 2008, DEMAND DECREASED TOWARDS END OF THE YEAR
KONECRANES PLC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BULLETIN February 4, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.Finnish timeEXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN 2008, DEMAND DECREASED TOWARDS END OF THE YEAR Figures in brackets, unless otherwise stated, refer to the same period a yearearlier FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS- Order intake was EUR 409.6 million (471.0), 13 percent lower than a yearbefore. Change at comparable currency rates was -11 percent.- Order intake increased by 4.5 percent in Service but decreased by 8.3 percentin Standard Lifting and by 29.6 percent in Heavy Lifting.- Order book at year-end was EUR 836.3 million (