Finland’s biggest rail constructor selects IFS Applications 9

Leading infrastucture company VR Track to deploy IFS Applications to support
mission-critical service and maintenance processes

IFS (http://www4.ifsworld.com/l/5332/2015-08-10/2qts7r), the global enterprise
applications company, announces that Finnish rail construction company VR Track
Oy (http://www.vrtrack.fi/en/vr-track/), part of the state-owned VR Group, has
chosen IFS Applications™ 9 (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/ifs
-applications/ifs-applications-9/) to support its service and maintenance
processes. The agreement includes licenses and services valued at approximately
one million euros.
VR Track is Finland's biggest rail constructor and one of the country’s largest
infrastructure sector construction companies and engineering firms. In addition
to Finland, the company also operates in Sweden.

VR Track needed a robust solution to empower its field service staff, provide
enhanced customer service, and ensure quick reporting capabilities for the
management team. Following a comprehensive evaluation process, VR Track selected
IFS Applications 9.

The IFS solution includes functionality covering field service and maintenance
management, B2B contracting, and powerful reporting capabilities through IFS
Lobby, the role-based and fully customizable cockpit released with IFS
Applications 9.

“We offer a wide variety of engineering, construction, and maintenance services,
many of which are essential to modern society,” said Katja Pekkanen, Vice
President of Maintenance, VR Track. “We needed a powerful business solution that
could help us streamline our business-critical field service and maintenance
processes while offering a flexible model for deployment. We are confident that
IFS Applications will help us reach new levels of process efficiency as we
continue to deliver excellent customer service.”

Tapani Pohjonen, IFS Finland managing director added, “We are proud to announce
this strategically important customer win. VR Track is a well-respected company
that provides services that are essential to the nation’s infrastructure. Our
solutions are used in some of the world’s most demanding industries to manage
the complete service and maintenance lifecycle, which is why I am convinced that
our solutions will help VR Track streamline its service and maintenance-oriented
business.”

For more information about how IFS helps customers in the construction and
infrastructure sectors, please visit: www.ifsworld.com/en/industries/engineering
-construction-infrastructure/construction-infrastructure-industrial-services.
Aira Sandgren,  Sales & Account Director, IFS Finland. Telephone: 358 10 21 79
300, press@ifsworld.com

Frédéric Guigues, Investor Relations. Telephone: 46 8 58 78 45 00,
frederic.guigues@ifsworld.com
About VR Track

VR Track is Finland's biggest rail constructor and one of the largest
infrastructure sector construction companies and engineering offices. The
company’s services cover the whole infrastructure of the project life cycle:
design, construction and maintenance. VR Track is also a major supplier of
railway materials. In addition to Finland, the company also operates in Sweden.
www.vrtrack.fi.

About IFS

IFS (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/)™ is a globally recognized leader in developing
and delivering enterprise software for enterprise resource planning (ERP),
enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise service management (ESM). IFS
brings customers in targeted sectors closer to their business, helps them be
more agile and enables them to profit from change. IFS is a public company
(XSTO: IFS) founded in 1983 and currently has over 2,700 employees. IFS supports
more than 2,400 customers worldwide from its network of local offices and
through a growing ecosystem of partners. For more information visit:
www.ifsworld.com.

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IFS discloses the information herein pursuant to the Financial Instruments Act
(1991:980) and/or the Securities Markets Act (2007:528). The information was
submitted for publication on December 10 2015, at 9 a.m. CET.