2013-08-07 08:00:00 CEST

2013-08-07 08:00:02 CEST


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Ponsse Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Tommi Väänänen appointed Purchasing Director of Ponsse Plc


Vieremä, Finland, 2013-08-07 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

PONSSE PLC STOCK EXHANGE RELEASE, 7 AUGUST 2013

Tommi Väänänen appointed Purchasing Director of Ponsse Plc

Tommi Väänänen (40), B.Eng., has been appointed Purchasing Director of Ponsse
Plc as of 1 October 2013. 

The purchasing director is responsible for purchasing and logistics operations
within the Ponsse Group. Tommi Väänänen will report to CEO Juho Nummela, and he
will be based in Vieremä. Väänänen has also been invited to join the company's
Management Team. 

Tommi Väänänen transfers to this position from Metso Corporation, where he has
held various managerial positions related to production, procurement and
business operations in Metso Automation's Kajaani unit since 2006. 

Vieremä, 7 August 2013

PONSSE PLC

Juho Nummela
President and CEO

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

DISTRIBUTION
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd
Principal media
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.