{"id":13832,"date":"2024-12-02T01:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T01:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=13832"},"modified":"2024-11-22T16:33:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:33:35","slug":"konecranes-u-s-global-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/konecranes-u-s-global-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Konecranes\u2019 U.S., Global Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes<\/a> has received Finland\u2019s prestigious Internationalization Award of the President of the Republic, recognition of its decades-long successful growth and expansion from Hyvink\u00e4\u00e4, Finland to a presence in over 50 countries globally, including the Americas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The annual award, which was established in 1967, focuses on criteria including competitiveness, geographic scope of business operations and profitability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The evaluation also covers the responsibility of operations, impact on the development of Finnish competence and employment, investments in Finland, and raising awareness of Finnish innovation. The award proposal was made to the President by the members of the Team Finland network, Business Finland, ELY centers, Finnvera and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes<\/a> President and CEO Anders Svensson led a small group of senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes<\/a> employees in receiving the award today from the President of the Republic of Finland, Alexander Stubb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are truly honored to receive this recognition, which happens to fall in the same year when we celebrate 30 years as an independent company. The critical factor for this longevity \u2013 our roots in Finland go back over 100 years \u2013 has been our ability to successfully internationalize. Today we operate globally with an employee base of around 16,700 people,\u201d CEO Svensson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we have expanded, we\u2019ve prioritized establishing deep relationships with our customers. This is essential when you consider the often mission critical nature of their operations, the long lifespan of our material handling solutions and the urgent need to work together to reduce carbon emissions. Given our global manufacturing footprint and network of thousands of employees, we also recognize that we must represent the multicultural communities where we operate. Diversity, equity and inclusion are vital to our ability to consistently deliver a world-class customer and employee experience.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13833\" style=\"width: 938px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13833\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-16.29.09.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"928\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-16.29.09.png 928w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-16.29.09-768x515.png 768w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-16.29.09-400x268.png 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-16.29.09-343x230.png 343w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-16.29.09-440x295.png 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-16.29.09-574x385.png 574w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-16.29.09-485x325.png 485w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-16.29.09-567x380.png 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Konecranes has received Finland\u2019s prestigious Internationalization Award of the President of the Republic.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen you look at the growing political uncertainty globally \u2013 which has led to increasing protectionism, among other things \u2013 we think that the close connections with our customers and the communities where we have a presence will continue to serve us well. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes<\/a> can leverage the benefits of being a global company to deliver material handling excellence at a local level. There are few companies in our field that can do the same,\u201d Svensson concluded.<\/p>\n<p>A strong focus on customers and commitment to business growth and continuous improvement make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes<\/a> a material handling industry leader. This is underpinned by investments in digitalization and technology, plus our work to make material flows more efficient with solutions that decarbonize the economy and advance circularity and safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Konecranes has received Finland\u2019s prestigious Internationalization Award of the President of the Republic, recognition of its decades-long successful growth and expansion from Hyvink\u00e4\u00e4, Finland to a presence in over 50 countries globally, including the Americas. The annual award, which was established in 1967, focuses on criteria including competitiveness, geographic scope of business operations and profitability&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/konecranes-u-s-global-award\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[7422,6,977,157,106,5,820,62],"class_list":["post-13832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-featured","category-news","tag-anders-svensson","tag-hoists","tag-konecranes","tag-logistics","tag-material-handling","tag-overhead-cranes","tag-overhead-cranes-and-hoists","tag-supply-chain"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Konecranes\u2019 U.S., Global Award - Find A Distributor Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/konecranes-u-s-global-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Konecranes\u2019 U.S., Global Award - Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Konecranes has received Finland\u2019s prestigious Internationalization Award of the President of the Republic, recognition of its decades-long successful growth and expansion from Hyvink\u00e4\u00e4, Finland to a presence in over 50 countries globally, including the Americas. 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