KONECRANES TO SUPPLY ADVANCED LIFTTRUCKS AND REACH STACKERS TO RAUMA STEVEDORING IN FINLAND
KONECRANES TO SUPPLY ADVANCED LIFTTRUCKS AND REACH STACKERS TO RAUMA STEVEDORING IN FINLAND
Konecranes has in February 2008 received an order for two reach stackers and four forklift trucks from terminal operator Oy Rauma Stevedoring Ltd in Finland. Rauma Stevedoring is an old customer of Konecranes and already has 32 Konecranes lifttrucks of different models and with varying capacities in its fleet. The ordered equipment will be delivered during 2008. The value of the order is not disclosed. Rauma Stevedoring was acquired in late 2007 by Babcock & Brown Infrastructures from Finnish forest products group UPM Kymmene. This has made Rauma Stevedoring a key player, enabling the Port of Rauma to offer all its services to the complete range of customers in the Finnish forest industry. Increasing container traffic has made the Port of Rauma today the fourth largest container port in Finland. In 2006 traffic increased 40 percent to 170,000 TEUs, and in 2007 the growth was 5 percent. Besides container traffic, also paper shipping is continuously increasing in the port, and today the port of Rauma is the largest paper exporting harbor in Finland. Paper is exported both break bulk and containerized. “Rauma Stevedoring's decision to choose Konecranes equipment confirms that large customers with extremely demanding, round the clock operations appreciate more than just the good performance and high quality of our machines,” says Patrik Starck, Sales Manager, Lifttrucks, Konecranes. ”It also shows that our well-developed service network meets the requirements of professional terminal operators and ensures high uptime for their trucks.” “This type of project demonstrates that Konecranes is a forerunner in offering inventive solutions for demanding applications,” says Mikael Andersson, Product Manager at Konecranes Lifttrucks in Markaryd, Sweden. The ordered Konecranes reach stackers are for container handling. They have a lifting capacity of 45 metric tons and can stack five containers high. The forklift trucks are specially equipped for handling paper rolls, and can handle a maximum of 6 rolls at a time. As paper rolls are very delicate and easily damaged, Konecranes has in close cooperation with the customer developed a computer-based system to improve the handling of paper rolls. When the lifttruck is moving paper rolls, the system ensures that the rolls are lowered evenly to the ground, to prevent them from getting damaged. This technology means considerable savings for customers. Further information: Press Patrik Starck, Sales Manager, Lifttrucks E-mail: patrik.starck@konecranes.com or phone +358 20 427 6012 Financial Media and Analysts Paul Lönnfors, Investor Relations Manager E-mail: paul.lonnfors@konecranes.com or phone +358 20 427 2050 This press release and a downloadable picture are available at our website www.konecranes.com Caption: ”Konecranes supplies reach stackers and lifttrucks to Rauma Stevedoring in Finland.” 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 2007, Group sales totaled EUR 1,750 million. The Group has 8,400 employees, in more than 470 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on the OMX Helsinki Stock Exchange (symbol: KCR1V).
