Ponsse’s strong presence continues in Norway
Norway has long been an important market for Ponsse, and the company continues to develop in customer service, aftermarket operations and local support across the country.

At the FinnMetko exhibition in Finland this September, Ponsse highlighted the importance of the Nordic markets and its long-term commitment to the region. According to Area Vice President Jaakko Laurila, Norway holds an important position within Ponsse's Nordic operations and remains an important area for customer support and service development.

This was further demonstrated by the strong Norwegian presence at FinnMetko, where a group of more than 30 Norwegian customers joined the event to explore the latest innovations, meet industry colleagues, and strengthen their partnership with Ponsse.

“Norway has a long forestry tradition and strong expertise across the industry. We are committed to supporting our customers with high-quality service and local expertise,” says Jaakko Laurila.

Several ongoing initiatives across Norway

In recent years, demand for technical support, training and spare parts availability has increased as forestry machines have become more advanced and uptime has become increasingly important for contractors' profitability. To meet these needs, Ponsse is carrying out several initiatives across Norway.

One of the most significant initiatives is the ongoing renovation of the company's facility in Kongsvinger, where the majority of Ponsse employees in Norway are based. The project aims especially to prepare the facilities for better spare parts supply and logistics across Norway while improving the working environment for both customers and staff.

At the same time, Ponsse plans to establish its own aftermarket operations in Western Norway later this year. The objective is to strengthen local support and improve accessibility for customers in some of the country's most active harvesting regions.

"Our ambition is to further improve the level of service in all active harvesting regions of Norway. Being close to our customers is an important part of that work," Laurila says.

Alongside these developments, Ponsse has also strengthened its Norwegian organization with several new employees.

 ​​​​​Jim Erik Sørlie has recently joined the company as Spare Parts Manager, responsible for developing and managing the spare parts operation.
 

 
Tom Sundby has taken the lead in Service department and will bring his great professional experience to develop high quality customer service in Norway. Long distances and difficult conditions also cause many challenges for local service partners and logistics, and our goal is to strongly develop the operations of our service partner network in different parts of Norway. Skilled service partners play an important role in Ponsse's operations.
 

 

Kongsvinger Market days- event in November 6-7

The next major event for Ponsse in Norway will be its Open House Market- event in Kongsvinger on 6-7 November.

During the two-day event,customers, contractors, and business partners will have the opportunity to see both new and used machines, learn about the latest developments, and meet representatives from Ponsse and its partner companies. There are many special offers and new ideas available to our customers to improve the efficiency and profitability of harvesting. Local Ponsse service dealer, OP Maskin, will host the event with Ponsse Norway.


Gustav Söstling, Service manager at OP Maskin

The programme will include food and refreshments, new machines and equipment presentations, networking opportunities, and registration for the evening activities.

"We hope the Kongsvinger event will become a natural meeting place for the Norwegian forestry sector annually in future. It is an excellent opportunity to meet customers, contractors, and partners and discuss the topics that are important for the industry's future," says Jaakko Laurila.

Ponsse Norway’s local Sales team by Cato Rudberg, Svein Arild Kolstad and Even Teserud are at place telling of the latest product news together with the Service & training team. Also group of Ponsse specialists from Finland will participate in the event and bring newest know how available in the timber harvesting today. Welcome to visit the event and share the link with colleagues and friends. See the program and register here:

https://www.ponssenorge.no/markedsdager-6-7-november-2026
 

Ponsse in brief

Ponsse Plc is a company specialising in the sales, manufacture, servicing and technology of cut-to-length method forest machines. The company was established in Finland 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.

As part of Ponsse’s Nordic operations, Ponsse Norway serves customers across the country through its team in Kongsvinger and a network of local service partners. Together, they provide sales, service, training and spare parts support close to where customers operate.

For more information, please contact

Cato Rudberg
Sales Manager, Ponsse Norway
Tel. +4794835480