Vieremä, Finland, 2014-11-03 13:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Managing Director of Ponsse's Swedish subsidiary to change in summer 2015
The Managing Director of Ponsse's Swedish subsidiary Ponsse AB will change next summer. Eero Lukkarinen (49), M.Sc. (For.), who has acted as managing director of Ponsse AB since 2012, will transfer to Ponsse Group's exports and sales in Finland at the end of July 2015. The process for finding a new managing director will be launched immediately.
"Ponsse wants to be a major player in the Swedish forest machine market. We develop the products continuously to respond to the requirements of local harvesting and forest industry. The managing director of Ponsse AB is responsible for the development of sales and services in order to reach these objectives," says Jarmo Vidgrén, Sales and Marketing Director of Ponsse Plc.
Ponsse AB was established in 1994. The company’s headquarters are located in Surahammar, Västmanland County, Sweden. Ponsse AB is responsible for Ponsse’s sales and maintenance services in Sweden and Denmark. In addition to the company’s two service centres, the region’s maintenance service network comprises 37 local authorised service providers. Ponsse's reseller, AN Maskinteknik AB, has been responsible for sales and maintenance services in Norrbotten County since 1989.
Vieremä, 3 November 2014
PONSSE PLC
Jarmo Vidgrén
Sales and Marketing Director
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Jarmo Vidgrén, Sales and Marketing Director, tel. +358 40 519 1486, Ponsse Plc
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www.ponsse.com
Ponsse Plc specialises in the sales, production, maintenance and technology of cut-to-length method forest machines and is driven by genuine interest in its customers and their business operations. Ponsse develops and manufactures sustainable and innovative harvesting solutions based on customers’ needs.
The company was established by forest machine entrepreneur Einari Vidgrén in 1970, and it has been a leader in timber harvesting solutions based on the cut-to-length method ever since. Ponsse is headquartered in Vieremä, Finland. The company’s shares are quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic List.