KCI Konecranes is a world leading engineering group specializing in advanced overhead lifting solutions and maintenance services. KCI Konecranes' three Business Areas are Maintenance Services, Standard Lifting Equipment and Special Cranes. KCI Konecranes competes in all parts of the global industrial and harbor crane market and is a dominant player in the growing maintenance services market for all crane makes. KCI Konecranes products and services provide modern technology, improved safety, and costs savings through increased reliability and performance.

KCI Konecranes' competitiveness is based on leading technology and a worldwide service branch network. The KCI Konecranes Group is a global market leader in heavy duty process cranes and shipyard cranes. KCI Konecranes is also a global supplier of special harbor cranes for bulk materials and containers and one of the largest companies in industrial Electric Overhead Traveling (EOT) crane and component supply.

Konecranes' focus on research and development is market driven. We observe and analyze the demands in the material handling market. At the same time, we study the possibilities for new technology to improve our way of doing business in this industry. With this approach, we have been able to continuously launch new products that provide genuine benefits for our customers. The fact that KCI Konecranes is a fully integrated company - as manufacturer, distributor and maintenance provider for overhead material handling products - gives us a clear advantage in respect to our competitors. Every development project team consists of experts from engineering production, sales, purchasing and maintenance. Using our experience with more than 188,000 cranes of all makes under maintenance agreements worldwide, KCI Konecranes fuels its Research and Development function for further innovations improving the features in our product range.

Today we are number one in the crane industry with 4400 employees in 34 countries. KCI Konecranes invests in its people through extensive training and global career opportunities. In order to offer our personnel first-class development prospects, personnel issues are taken care of locally. We also organize international development programs, such as the KCI Konecranes Academy. With both local and international activities we want to create a work environment that encourages entrepreneurial thinking and rewards results.

KCI Konecranes' product range covers all overhead lifting solutions and components except for construction cranes, mobile cranes and truck mounted cranes. In North America, KCI Konecranes and Crane Pro Services (the service arm) has 65 locations to fulfill every crane need.