Konecranes China was recently awarded the “Automobile Manufacturing Industry Top 50 Excellent Equipment Supplier” prize. Konecranes was the only lifting equipment supplier awarded at the ceremony that took place on April 19, 2013.

Since the 21st century, China has been the world’s leading country in both automobile manufacturing and sales. The Chinese automobile industry has gained a lot of attention around the world. In relation to this, Vogel Industry Media, one of the biggest industrial media in China, arranged the China Automobile Industry Ceremony and the release ceremony for the “China Automobile Industry Transformation and Upgrading Blue Book”.

The ceremony celebrated innovative technology, awarded leading companies and individuals in the fast developing automobile industry, and discussed automobile industry transformation and upgrading methods.

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 2012, Group sales totaled EUR 2,170 million. The Group has 12,100 employees, at 626 locations in 48 countries. Konecranes is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V).