And expectations for sales of forestry equipment in Brazil in 2023 are positive, in the view of Ponsse Brasil’s Commercial and Marketing executive manager, Rodrigo Marangoni. “2023 has everything to be a promising year for sales of forest machines in Brazil”, he says. Marangoni takes into account the figures collected by the Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá) that point to investments by forestry companies totaling R$ 60.4 billion by 2028; and the organization of Expoforest, the largest dynamic forest fair in the world.

Ponsse, a Finnish manufacturer of forestry machines, started 2023 with the delivery of several harvesters to a customer in Paraná and celebrates the closing of a contract, together with its representative Sotreq, for the sale of other machines, including harvester heads and forwarders, to Mato Grosso do Sul.

“The harvesters delivered in January are already operating on Paraná soil and make up our fleet of hundreds of Ponsse machines in Brazil that operate in several states such as Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Santa Catarina and others. Other machines, including forwarders and heads of harvesters, announced in February, should arrive in the country in the second half of this year. Some of these new machines delivered in 2023 are the first in the country to have OPTI 5G technology, the brand’s most advanced system that manages the equipment”, told Rodrigo.

At Expoforest, Ponsse will have an area of ​​50,000 m², together with national representatives Timber and Sotreq. The manufacturer will bring global launches to Brazil such as the Mammoth forwarder, the brand’s largest in terms of load capacity, and the PONSSE EV1 electric forwarder concept.