Ponsse Oyj - Company Announcement

Ponsse signs partnership agreement with SKS Group Oy

PONSSE OYJ PRESS RELEASE 29 JUNE 2007 AT 9.00                                   

Ponsse signs partnership agreement with SKS Group Oy                           

Ponsse Oyj has signed a partnership agreement with SKS Group. The purpose of the
agreement is to improve competitiveness and possibility to answer future        
challenges even more efficiently.                                               

The production of SKS Connecto Oy, a subsidiary of SKS Group, and know-how of   
approximately 30 employees of the company will be transferred to Vieremä. The   
company will be located in new premises in the Ponsse partnership company park. 
The close location aims at gaining flexibility in production and decreasing the 
need for storage. The partnership agreement promotes active cooperation in, for 
example, product development and ensures the utilisation of best technologies in
the production of PONSSE forest machines.                                       

“We place emphasis on developing our supplier network and building a partnership
network that will guarantee the high quality and competitiveness of our         
products. We are looking for partners who meet our high quality requirements and
are able to respond to the needs of our customer controlled production. The     
agreement does not affect the number of personnel in Ponsse's factory in        
Vieremä," says Arto Tiitinen, President and CEO of Ponsse Oyj.                  

SKS Group serves industry in the solutions of machinery manufacturing and device
production from the importing of components to the delivery of systems. The     
group's turnover in 2006 was 120.2 million euros and the number of personnel was
about 600. The special fields of SKS Connecto Oy are customer-specific          
high-quality solutions and contract manufacturing, including engineering and    
assembly services and the manufacture of cable and wiring systems. The company  
is the market leader in its field in Finland. SKS Connecto's turnover in 2006   
was 17.2 million euros and the number of employees is about 130.                


Vieremä, 29 June 2007                                                           

PONSSE OYJ                                                                      

Arto Tiitinen                                                                   
President and CEO                                                               

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:                                        
Arto Tiitinen, tel. +358 20 768 4621 or +358 400 566 875                        

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