Ponsse delivered its 200[th] simulator to Sweden
The 200th PONSSE simulator was delivered to Södra Viken, a vocational education centre in Sweden. The simulator model is PONSSE Full, its ergonomics ensure a good training position and make learning meaningful.
Ponsse and Södra Viken has worked together over a long time. Södra Viken is a school that has over 70 years of experience in education in the forest industry. First PONSSE machine came to school in 2003.
“It is great to see that the forestry school I went to as a young student gets Ponsse´s simulator nr. 200. When sales, service, our premium-products and school cooperation works well, we see so many good things happening on the market and this is what’s happening in right now in Värmland”, says Carl-Henrik Hammar, Managing Director of Ponsse Sweden.
Long traditions in the forest industry
Södra Viken has worked for education in the forestry professions since 1947. Forestry education started on Södra Viken by the forest management board in Värmland. Since 2003 the school is run by Sunne municipality.
“We really appreciate Ponsse´s service mindedness and our excellent cooperation. To us this means, that like this we offer the modern and updated teaching year after year”, says Monica Olofson, rector of Södra Viken.
Economical and ecological training for professionals and students
With PONSSE simulators, training is economical, ecological, effective and safe both for students and more experienced operators. Using Ponsse simulator, current and future forest machine operators can easily learn all key stages in forest operations and get a good feel of how to operate machines in an authentic training environment. Simulator training is also ideal for maintenance employees. The advanced ergonomics of Ponsse simulators ensures a good posture and makes learning enjoyable.
Further information, Ponsse Ab and AS, Managing Director, Carl-Henrik Hammar, +4670 600 49 35, carl-henrik.hammar@ponsse.com
Södra Viken, Rector Monica Olofson, +46 565 15550, monica.olofson@sunne.se
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.