Bergene Holm and five other Norwegian wood-products manufacturers select IFS Applications

Bergene Holm and five other Norwegian wood-products manufacturers select
IFS Applications

A group of six Norwegian wood-products manufacturers, including Bergene
Holm, has selected IFS Applications for Wood Manufacturing to streamline
operations. In connection with the contract, IFS and Skog-Data have
entered into a partnership agreement, in which IFS delivers licences and
implementation services while Skog-Data is responsible for operation and
support. The contract has a value of NOK 17 million and IFS expects to
deliver the project in 2012.

IFS will deliver a complete ERP solution to six Norwegian wood-products
manufacturers: Bergene Holm, Begna Bruk, Eidskog-Stangeskovene,
Kjeldstad Holding, Inntre, and Romerike Trelast. The solution includes
IFS Applications components for financials, distribution, document
management, manufacturing, and mobile clients for warehouse operations.

Together with Skog-Data, IFS delivers a complete solution, including
software, services, support, and operation of the system. IFS aims to
offer the best industry solutions on the market in targeted segments.
Through its partnership with Skog-Data, IFS ensures that deep industry
knowledge and experience from customers' operations are incorporated in
the solution. According to the agreement, Skog-Data will operate the
solution as well as deliver first-line support.

The six companies' operations vary in size and complexity, and the new
solution therefore had to prove its flexibility and scalability. Being
fully component-based, IFS Applications can easily be adapted to
operations of varying size and with different structures.

For Bergene Holm, IFS's long-term focus on new technology and industry
functionality was a crucial factor when selecting the new solution.

“IFS has a proven track record within our industry, including successful
deliveries to Moelven Industrier for many years. IFS's consultants have
shown world-class industry competence and this, together with their
being located close to our operations, has been important in our choice.
IFS Applications is a fully-integrated industry solution based on modern
technology and we expect our new system to further increase our
efficiency and improve our communication with the building-material
chains,” says Øyvind Eriksen, CFO Bergene Holm.

“The cooperation with Skog-Data exemplifies how IFS strengthens its
industrial competence through partners. The industry solution from IFS
combined with the industry knowledge from Skog-Data will be at the
center of an international initiative towards the wood-manufacturing
industry. IFS has delivered business solutions to manufacturers of wood
products for many years. As part of our ambition to do product
development in close connection with customers, Moeleven and IFS have
developed a standard solution for the wood-materials industry. We are
pleased that a steadily growing number of companies choose this solution
and see this as a proof of our industry excellence for such operations,”
says Glenn Arnesen, CEO IFS Scandinavia.

Contact Information
Anne Vandbakk
Telefon: 46 8 58 78 45 00
Corporate Communications Director
anne.vandbakk@ifsworld.com (anne.vandbakk@ifsworld.com)

Frédéric Guigues
Telefon: 46 8 58 78 45 00
Investor Relations
frederic.guigues@ifsworld.com (frederic.guigues@ifsworld.com)