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TAPIO MERTANEN APPOINTED SERVICE DIRECTOR AT PONSSE

PONSSE PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 30 MARCH 2010                                 

TAPIO MERTANEN APPOINTED SERVICE DIRECTOR AT PONSSE                   


Tapio Mertanen (44) has been appointed Service Director at Ponsse. Tapio        
Mertanen has graduated from a Technical College as a technician and also holds a
degree (MTD) in materials management. In his new position, Mertanen is          
responsible for Ponsse's service operations and their global development.       
Mertanen was also invited to join the company's Management Team.                

Tapio Mertanen began his employment with Ponsse Plc in 1994. He assumes his new 
position after having last worked as the Global Distribution Development        
Director. Mertanen has extensive experience on various service business         
positions in the company. His earlier positions with Ponsse include those of a  
Service Director, After Sales Manager and Spare Parts Manager.                  

Mertanen starts in his new position on 3 May 2010, when the current Service     
Director, Juhani Mäkynen, joins a new employer. Mertanen reports to Sales and   
Marketing Director Jarmo Vidgrén.                                               


Vieremä, 30 March 2010                                                          

PONSSE PLC                                                                      

Juho Nummela                                                                    
President and CEO          


FURTHER INFORMATION                                                             
Jarmo Vidgrén, Sales and Marketing Director Ponsse Plc, tel. +358 40 519 1486   


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Ponsse Plc specialises in the sales, production, maintenance and technology of  
cut-to-length forest machines. Its operations are guided by a genuine interest  
in its customers and their business operations. The company develops and        
manufactures innovative harvesting solutions that follow the principles of      
sustainable development and are based on customer needs.                        
The company was established by forest machine entrepreneur Einari Vidgrén in    
1970, and it has been a pioneer of 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. The Group        
operates in approximately 40 countries.