Clément Puybaret appointed Managing Director of Ponsse S.A.S.

Clément Puybaret appointed Managing Director of Ponsse S.A.S.

Clément Puybaret (30), Forest Engineer, has been appointed Managing Director of Ponsse S.A.S., a subsidiary of Ponsse Plc as of 15 August 2011. The current Managing Director of Ponsse S.A.S. and Southern Europe Regional Director, Tapio Ingervo, is leaving the company to pursue his career with another employer but will continue as the member of the Ponsse S.A.S. board until the end of the year. In the future, the person responsible for Southern European areas (Spain, Portugal) will be Jussi Hentunen, Product Manager of Used Machines.

Puybaret has been employed by Ponsse S.A.S. since 2006, and will transfer to the position of Managing Director from his current position of salesperson and trainer.

Puybaret will report to Jarmo Vidgrén, Sales and Marketing Director of Ponsse Plc, and his office will be located in Gondreville, France.

Vieremä, 14 June 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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NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd 
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www.ponsse.com

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.