Apr 14, 2006. /Lesprom Network/. Finnish Ponsse and Volvo agreed cooperation in Latin America to offer full line solutions for the customers and distributors. Under this cooperation Ponsse and Volvo will find the best application for eucalyptus and pine harvesting needs. Together companies can now offer comprehensive alternatives so that distributors can serve the industry in best possible way. "We started our collaborative product development between us and it has resulted in the development of a purpose-built professional excavator-based harvesting applications, integrating Ponsse's competence in the forest industry - over thirty-five years - and Volvo's remarkably extensive experience in excavator-based machines. Together we can offer a clever solution from the forest to the mill: harvesting, short-distance haul, road transport and timber processing in production plants. We also offer to our customers advanced information system solutions and related applications that enhance the entire logistics chain for efficient wood procuremen"t”, says Arto Tiitinen, president and CEO of Ponsse Oyj. In Brazil alone, the paper and pulp industry uses wood harvested from cultivated plantations over 100 million cubic meters per year, and the volume of harvesting will double in the near future. Eucalyptus trees grow fast, the rotation time is approximately seven years. The world's leading forest companies have strongly invested, and will continue to strongly invest, in the paper and pulp industry in Latin America. The investments will increase the demand for eucalyptus, consequently increasing the demand for forest machines. As a result, we decided to also initiate the product development and production operations of debarking harvesting heads at Ponsse Latin America Ltd. Ponsse Oyj is one of the three leading manufacturers of forest machines. Ponsse manufactures forest machines and timber harvesting-related information technology as well as producing services relating to their effective use. Ponsse Oyj's shares are quoted on the main list of the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Export and foreign operations account for approximately 65% of the company's turnover.