Mr. Jari Alahuhtala will become the new Managing Director (MD) of Komatsu Forest Oy and Mr. Timo Korhonen will become the new Sales and Marketing Director of Komatsu Forest Oy. The new organization will be in place April 1st, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
Jari Alahuhtala celebrates 30 years in the company and has during that time been After Sales Manager for Komatsu Forest Oy and Komatsu Forest AB, MD for Komatsu Forest Oy and most recently MD for Komatsu Forest BKCIS, Russia. Now the time has come for local experienced representatives to continue the forest machine sales in Russia and for Alahuhtala to return to Finland.
Timo Korhonen, who has been the MD for Komatsu Forest Oy since 2010, will now take the position as Sales and Marketing Director. Korhonen has been in the company for 19 years and started off as a salesman in 1999 and then as the Used Machine Manager, Marketing Manager and most recently MD for Komatsu Forest Oy. During Korhonen’s almost 8 years as MD Komatsu Forest Oy has among others expanded its facilities with Pirkkala, Jyväskylä and Rovaniemi Service and Spare Part Centers as well as expanded the dealership network in eastern, northern and western Finland to ensure closer proximity to the customers. In 2017 a new logistical solution was taken into effect for shorter lead time for spare parts.
Komatsu Forest is one of the world's largest manufacturers of forest machines.
