Ponsse Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Eero Lukkarinen appointed Managing Director of Ponsse’s Swedish subsidiary

Vieremä, Finland, 2012-02-15 12:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

PONSSE PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 15 FEBRUARY 2012, 2:00 P.M.

Eero Lukkarinen appointed Managing Director of Ponsse's Swedish subsidiary

M.Sc. (Forestry Econ.) Eero Lukkarinen (46) has been appointed Managing
Director of Ponsse Plc's Swedish subsidiary, Ponsse AB, as of 12 March 2012. 

Lukkarinen's previous experiences include a position as the Executive Manager
of the Forest Management Association of North Karelia (from 2003 to 2009).
During 1999-2003, he worked for Ponsse as an Exports Manager and as the
Managing Director of Ponsse AB. Before returning to Ponsse, Lukkarinen worked
as the Marketing Director of Kesla Oyj (since 2009). 

Lukkarinen reports to Jarmo Vidgrén, Sales and Marketing Director of Ponsse
Plc. He will be based in Surahammar, Sweden. The former Managing Director of
Ponsse AB, Jerry Wannberg, left Ponsse for personal reasons on 7 February 2012. 

Ponsse AB was established in 1994. The company's headquarters are located in
Surahammar, 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 29 local authorised
service providers. Sales and maintenance services in the region of Norrbotten
County are managed by Ponsse's reseller, AN Maskinteknik AB. 



Vieremä, 15 February 2012



PONSSE PLC

Juho Nummela
President and CEO



FURTHER INFORMATION

Jarmo Vidgrén, Sales and Marketing Director, tel. +358 40 519 1486

Juho Nummela, President and CEO, tel. +358 400 495 690



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