Ponsse celebra­tes a sig­ni­ficant miles­tone today as the 22,000th forest mac­hine manu­fac­tu­red at the company’s Vie­remä fac­tory is deli­ve­red to Irish cus­to­mer G&G Tim­ber Har­ves­ting. The miles­tone mac­hine is a Ponsse Elk forwar­der, valued for its agi­lity, pro­duc­ti­vity and sui­ta­bi­lity for a wide variety of fore­stry work.

“This is a sig­ni­ficant miles­tone in our coo­pe­ra­tion with G&G Tim­ber Har­ves­ting. Along with the Ponsse Elk, a Ponsse Scor­pion Giant har­ves­ter, which is one of our flags­hip models is also being deli­ve­red in the same ship­ment to comple­ment their fleet. We thank the G&G Tim­ber Har­ves­ting team for their trust and wish them safe ope­ra­tions in Ireland’s forests,” says Ville Man­sik­ka­mäki, Vice Pre­si­dent, Europe, Ponsse.

G&G Tim­ber Har­ves­ting – A family‑rooted fore­stry busi­ness

G&G Tim­ber Har­ves­ting, establis­hed in 2009 by brot­hers Greg and Gar­rett Cuddy in Cam­ross, County Laois, ope­ra­tes at the foot of the Slieve Bloom moun­tains. The com­pany has since grown to include anot­her brot­her, David, Greg’s son Greg Jr, and their cousin Pakie. With six of the seven Cuddy brot­hers wor­king in fore­stry, the busi­ness repre­sents a strong mul­ti­ge­ne­ra­tio­nal com­mit­ment to the industry.

Their first expe­rience with Ponsse came in 2020 with the purc­hase of two pre‑owned mac­hi­nes; a Gazelle and a Bea­ver. Over time, their fleet expan­ded to include two har­ves­ters and two forwar­ders, repre­sen­ting dif­fe­rent brands of mac­hi­nes. In Sep­tem­ber 2025, the com­pany upgra­ded one of their forwar­ders to a Ponsse Buf­falo with Active Cabin, which quickly impres­sed them with its ope­ra­tor com­fort, power and pro­duc­ti­vity. This encou­ra­ged them to con­ti­nue moder­nizing their fleet with a Scor­pion Giant har­ves­ter and the miles­tone Elk forwar­der.

During a demo arran­ged by Ponsse Ire­land, Greg Cuddy high­ligh­ted the Scor­pion Giant’s power­ful crane, industry‑leading cabin visi­bi­lity, cut­ting head per­for­mance and even its “cool design”. The Elk was selec­ted for its reliable per­for­mance across diverse ter­rain and the addi­tio­nal com­fort pro­vi­ded by the Active Cabin solu­tion.

Wor­king across diverse and deman­ding envi­ron­ments

G&G Tim­ber Har­ves­tin­gin met­sä­ko­neilla työs­ken­nel­lään hyvin vaih­te­le­vissa G&G Tim­ber Har­ves­ting ope­ra­tes in a wide range of con­di­tions, inclu­ding steep slo­pes, flat bogs and sen­si­tive habi­tats, ser­ving both pri­vate clients and the state‑owned fore­stry sec­tor. Accor­ding to the com­pany, their recent invest­ment in Ponsse mac­hi­nes is dri­ven by:

• Trust in the Ponsse brand
• Con­fi­dence in the ser­vice and sup­port pro­vi­ded by Ponsse Ire­land
• Strong align­ment with Ponsse’s busi­ness part­ners­hip approach
• Att­rac­tive financing options sup­por­ting cost‑effective owners­hip.

Ponsse looks forward to sup­por­ting G&G Tim­ber Har­ves­ting in the years ahead and con­ti­nuing a long and mutually bene­ficial part­ners­hip.

A fes­tive day for the cus­to­mer and the fac­tory emplo­yees

During the day, the team of G&G Tim­ber Har­ves­ting got to visit Einar’s home in Mäkelä and go to a fac­tory tour. A warm and fes­tive mac­hine han­do­ver event plea­santly surpri­sed the G&G Tim­ber team.

“Wit­hout the qua­lity work and the sup­port of the fac­tory, these mac­hi­nes would be much more dif­ficult to sell,” than­ked Ponsse Ire­land’s Country Mana­ger Brian Pren­der­gast to Vie­re­mä’s pro­duc­tion wor­kers.