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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www.ponsse.com
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.