Einari Vidgén Foundation Awards Forestry Professionals
The foundation bearing the name of Einari Vidgrén, the founder of Ponsse Plc, rewards distinguished forestry professionals for the 21st time. The Foundation is looking for responsible harvesting professionals, whose work focuses on broad range of forest machinery and forestry skills and, as well as sustainable development.
Name a Forestry Professional to Be Awarded
Well-founded and carefully completed applications should be submitted via the evsaatio.fi application form. The application is open from 24 April to 15 May 2026.
The Foundation will announce the recipients in June.
The Einari Award, the main prize of the Einari Vidgrén Foundation, is awarded for long-term activities in the demanding harvesting industry and for professional entrepreneurship in the forest machine sector. The Foundation also seeks winners in four categories: the Lifetime Achievement Award, Global CTL, the Recognition Awards, and the Operator Awards. The student scholarships awarded each year are provided by the forest machine schools.
Further information: Juha Vidgren, +358 40 518 6286, juha.vidgren@ponsse.com
The goal of the Foundation, established in 2005 by Ponsse Plc’s founder and industrial counsellor Einari Vidgrén, is to increase appreciation for the work done in the field of mechanised harvesting and the responsible activities carried out in the forest industry in line with the principles of sustainable development. The Foundation seeks to increase awareness of mechanical harvesting entrepreneurship and its attractiveness as a form of employment, especially among young people.
