The renewed Ponsse Col­lec­tion Workwear col­lec­tion has been desig­ned to meet the speci­fic needs of a forest mac­hine ope­ra­tor on work­si­tes. The brand new col­lec­tion brings in high-qua­lity and com­for­table mate­rials, an impro­ved fit and more func­tio­nal details to make work smoot­her in all con­di­tions. The result was a refi­ned col­lec­tion where prac­tica­lity, safety and brand-orien­ted design go hand in hand wit­hout com­pro­mi­ses.

The aim of the Workwear collection’s renewal is to deve­lop Pons­se’s own workwear line, desig­ned for the forest mac­hine ope­ra­tor, that meets the user needs and is gua­ran­teed Ponsse qua­lity. Ponsse Collection’s Mana­ger Laura Kou­va­lai­nen, res­pon­sible for the Ponsse Col­lec­tion busi­ness and range, desc­ri­bes the background of the renewal: “Based on the feed­back we have recei­ved from Pons­se’s cus­to­mers, there has been a need for a compre­hen­sive renewal of the workwear col­lec­tion. We wan­ted to res­pond to this feed­back and moder­nize our workwear col­lec­tion. At Ponsse, we are a fore­run­ner with the new Workwear col­lec­tion, as there have been no such res­pon­sible and fully sui­table clot­hes for forest mac­hine dri­vers. The col­lec­tion is now a clear and cohe­rent entity for cus­to­mers.”

Our new workwear has been deve­lo­ped in close coo­pe­ra­tion with Fin­land’s lea­ding pro­duct media com­pany Inno­flame and Touch­point, specia­li­sing in res­pon­sible workwear solu­tions. Col­la­bo­ra­tive deve­lop­ment is reflec­ted in the details, ergo­no­mics and user-friend­li­ness of the workwear.

“Pons­se’s workwear col­lec­tion is desig­ned and manu­fac­tu­red in close coo­pe­ra­tion with Ponsse — preci­sely to meet their needs. The col­lec­tion com­bi­nes prac­tica­lity, pro­tec­ti­vity, and the strong visual iden­tity of the Ponsse brand. For us, it is impor­tant that the workwear works, feels good and withs­tands heavy use” desc­ri­bes Jari Nie­mi­nen, Inno­fla­me’s Account Mana­ger for Ponsse.

From the very begin­ning, the design process has been car­ried out with real users of the workwear. The design began when a workwear desig­ner visi­ted a work­site to learn about the mac­hine operator’s wor­king con­di­tions, ergo­no­mics and eve­ry­day chal­len­ges. User tes­ting has also been a crucial part of the process, and new clot­hes were tes­ted under the right wor­king con­di­tions, and based on feed­back, conc­rete chan­ges were made.

New workwear was tes­ted while ope­ra­ting
PONSSE Forest mac­hi­nes at real work­si­tes in Fin­land.

The col­lec­tion is manu­fac­tu­red by the Fin­nish com­pany, Touch­point, one of the lea­ding manu­fac­tu­rers of res­pon­sible workwear in the Nor­dic count­ries. Touch­point’s ope­ra­tions are based on circu­lar eco­nomy, res­pon­sible mate­rial choices and trans­pa­rent pro­duc­tion chains. The new workwear col­lec­tion has been care­fully manu­fac­tu­red in the Bal­tics. Touchpoint’s CEO Noora Salo­noja desc­ri­bes: “Res­pon­si­bi­lity is not a sepa­rate part of our ope­ra­tions — it is the foun­da­tion of our entire busi­ness. We choose mate­rials and pro­duc­tion met­hods so that they are resis­tant to both use and cri­tical exa­mi­na­tion. In Pons­se’s Workwear col­lec­tion this is reflec­ted, for example, in the use of recycled polyes­ter and new bio-based, flexible polyes­ter, as well as in mini­mizing mate­rial waste at all sta­ges of design.”

The pro­ject is visible in many ways in the novel Workwear col­lec­tion. New workwear is mainly made from recycled mate­rials, wit­hout com­pro­mi­sing dura­bi­lity or tech­nical pro­per­ties. The colour scheme of the clot­hes is clear, brin­ging three colour options: black, yel­low and orange. The details fol­low the cha­rac­te­ris­tics of the Ponsse Col­lec­tion and finish the new Workwear col­lec­tion. Moreo­ver, the workwear is clearly tai­lo­red, fol­lowing Pons­se’s own size chart. Each work jac­ket is also cus­to­mi­sable for the cus­to­mer, in which case the cus­to­mer can order work clot­hes with, for example, their com­pa­ny’s logo and operator’s name.

Some pro­ducts meet the requi­re­ments of EN20471 class 1 or 2 for visible pro­tec­tive clot­hing.

The renewal of the workwear col­lec­tion is alig­ned with the broa­der Ponsse Col­lec­tion brand renewal, with the aim to strengt­hen the brand image and int­ro­duce high-qua­lity pro­ducts to an even wider audience. The new workwear col­lec­tion will be inc­rea­singly visible on work­si­tes around the world and will be furt­her deve­lo­ped based on cus­to­mer feed­back. Our vision is to build the best forest mac­hine operator’s Workwear col­lec­tion on the mar­ket, which com­bi­nes fee­ling, need and func­tio­na­lity in a way that sup­ports the emplo­yee throug­hout each work­day.

View the Ponsse Col­lec­tion Workwear at Ponsseshop.com.