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KCI Konecranes strengthens executive management team; appoints Pierre Boyer President, region EMEA

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KCI KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE       22 June, 2006 01.00 p.m.   1


KCI KONECRANES STRENGTHENS EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM; APPOINTS PIERRE BOYER
PRESIDENT, REGION EMEA

KCI Konecranes Plc has today appointed Mr. Pierre Boyer President, Europe. Middle
East & Africa (EMEA). The appointment creates a new position in KCI Konecranes
Executive Management Team. Mr Boyer will report to Pekka Lundmark, President &
CEO. KCI Konecranes European Country Managers will report to Mr. Boyer.

Pierre Boyer will take up the new post on 1 September 2006.

A French citizen, Pierre Boyer has held positions of increasing responsibility in
marketing and general management within Carrier Corporation, a division of the
U.S.-based United Technologies Corp. In recent years he has successfully managed
several of Carrier's commercial refrigeration operations in the Nordic,
Netherlands and EMEA areas. Before that, he led the commercial expansion of
Carrier's truck refrigeration business in EMEA.  Prior to joining Carrier, he was
responsible for marketing and various industrial functions at PPM, the mobile
crane division of Groupe Legris Industries. Mr Boyer is 46 years old and is a
graduate from HEC, the leading business school in France.

"We can see exciting growth opportunities in the EMEA region, and we will now be
in a better position to take advantage of these with a President EMEA leading the
way" said Pekka Lundmark, President and CEO of KCI Konecranes. "Pierre Boyer,
being half-French and half-British, and having significant professional
experience also in Germany, is well suited for this multicultural job", he
concludes.

KCI Konecranes is a world leading crane technology and service-company.
Maintenance services are provided for cranes of every make. The product range
includes light crane systems, heavy-duty cranes for process industries and
shipyards, special harbour cranes for bulk materials and containers as well as
reach stackers and lift trucks. In 2005, Group sales totalled EUR 971 million.
The Group has 7,000 employees in 38 countries. KCI Konecranes is listed on the
Helsinki Stock Exchange (symbol: KCI1V).

KCI KONECRANES PLC


Franciska Janzon
IR Manager



FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Pekka Lundmark, President and CEO, tel. +358-20 427 2000
Mr. Pierre Boyer, President, EMEA, tel. +358 45 137 7950



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