Ponsse Oyj - Company Announcement

Epec Oy's forest machine information system and software product development unit in Kajaani to transfer to Ponsse Plc

Vieremä, Finland, 2011-04-06 09:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

PONSSE PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 6 APRIL 2011 AT 10:00 AM

Epec Oy's forest machine information system and software product development
unit in Kajaani to transfer to Ponsse Plc 

The Boards of Directors of Ponsse Plc and Epec Oy have decided that Epec Oy's
forest machine information system and software product development unit located
in Kajaani will transfer back to Ponsse Plc. Epec Oy's operations will be
centralised in Seinäjoki. 

Epec Oy is Ponsse's wholly owned subsidiary. It designs and manufactures
control systems for mobile work machines, electronics and software for
demanding conditions. Epec has designed and manufactured PONSSE information
system products since 2004. 

The transfer strengthens the companies' ability to focus on their areas of core
competence. The transfer enables even stronger development of information
system products for PONSSE forest machines and Epec Oy's increased focus on the
needs of other work machine clients and therefore the company's growth. Epec Oy
will continue the manufacturing of PONSSE information system products. 

The possible impacts of the arrangement on the personnel will be very limited.
The planned transfer date is 1 May 2011. 

Vieremä, 6 April 2011

PONSSE PLC

Juho Nummela
President and CEO

FURTHER INFORMATION:
Juho Nummela, President and CEO, Ponsse Plc, tel. +358 400 495 690

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Ponsse Plc is a company specialising in the sales, manufacture, servicing and
technology of cut-to-length method forest machines and is driven by genuine
interest in its customers and their business. 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.