KONECRANES PLC'S ANNUAL REPORT 2009 PUBLISHED TODAY

KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  February 26, 2010 at 10.00 

KONECRANES PLC'S ANNUAL REPORT 2009 PUBLISHED TODAY                             

Konecranes Plc's year 2009 annual report has been published attached to this    
stock exchange release and on the company website at www.konecranes.com. The    
annual report including the Financial Statements and the Board of Directors'    
report has been published in Finnish, Swedish and English.                      

The printed annual report will be available during week 9. Annual reports can be
ordered at www.konecranes.com > Investors > Reports and result presentations >  
Order Annual Report or by calling to +358 (0)20 427 2960.                       

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 2009, Group sales totaled EUR 1,671 million. The Group has 9,800      
employees, in 545 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on NASDAQ OMX 
Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V).                                                       

KONECRANES PLC                                                                  


Miikka Kinnunen                                                                 
Director, Investor Relations                                                    



FUTHER INFORMATION                                                              
Miikka Kinnunen, Director, Investor Relations, tel. +358 (0)20 427 2050