AFRY has acquired
AFRY Smart Forestry offering developed by
"We are delighted to have Simosol join AFRY. Simosol possesses unique and exciting technologies that enable clients to manage their forest assets efficiently and strategically plan for sustainable and profitable forestry. Together, we are best positioned to serve major players in the market," says Saara Söderberg, VP of
Simosol has been a part of AFRY Smart Forestry offering via AFRY's existing partner network. With the acquisition, Simosol's software solutions and competence will form the basis to further develop this offering with digital solutions to support forest inventory, mapping and collection of operational data for monitoring of forest assets and supporting their tactical management.
"Simosol has created a software platform that supports decision making for precision forestry. The solution enables supply-chain wide optimization of forestry operations from forest asset management to wood supply," said Jussi Rasinmäki, CEO of Simosol. And continues: "We at Simosol are enthusiastic about joining AFRY and we look forward to building further the precision forestry services."
Today AFRY has also announced the acquisition of
Together with MosaicMill and Simosol's competence and technologies, AFRY can provide clients with a global Smart Forestry centre of excellence and be the forerunner for unique digital solutions and services for sustainable forest management.
"With high-quality inventory data and a world-class simulation and optimisation platform, AFRY will be able to serve major players in the market and integrate with forest management systems of all kinds, whilst strengthening our own offering for the whole forest management value chain," continues Saara Söderberg.
Simosol's net sales in 2020 were approximately
For more information, please contact:
Saara Söderberg
Vice President,
Tel. +358 40 5336658
saara.soderberg@afry.com
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