Main events in 2008

Vaisala refined its strategy and focuses on key market segments
Environmental awareness is increasing at an exponential rate, creating demand for energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. As one of the global leaders in weather and industrial measurement, Vaisala is ideally positioned to respond to these requirements: to grow within the existing market segments and enter new growth segments.

Continuing the strategy redefinition started in 2007, Vaisala developed its strategy further in 2008 to be aligned with the growth and market potential. Concurrently, the company renewed its organization and adopted a market segment based reporting model. The new business areas are; Meteorology, Weather Critical Operations and Controlled Environment. The new organization and segment-based reporting became effective as of January 1, 2009. Read more.

Changes in Vaisala Group's management
Martti Husu was appointed Executive Vice President of the Meteorology Business Area and Jouni Rantanen was appointed Executive Vice President of the Products and Technology unit. Both are members of the Business Management Group. The appointments took effect on January 1, 2009. Kimmo Korpela was appointed Senior Vice President, Group Business Development and a member of the Strategic Management Group starting January 7, 2009

Matti Ervasti, Director, Marketing and Sales and Tapio Engström, Director, Business Development resigned from Vaisala.

Vaisala strengthens its presence in India
Vaisala widened its office network by establishing a liaison office in New Delhi, India. Read more.

Vaisala builds new office facilities in Vantaa, Finland
At the same time with the growing business of Vaisala, the need to have more office space in the company's headquarters in Vantaa has increased. To accommodate some 200 employees and to take into use more modern facilities, Vaisala will start a construction project next year. Read more.

The implementation of the new enterprise resource planning system started
Vaisala is renewing its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system globally. The new system supports the company strategy and business processes, and will replace several current systems. The new ERP includes customer relationship and human resources management, services, finance, projects and supply chain management functionalities. The program was initiated in 2007 and is scheduled to be fully implemented by the end of 2010.

The new system will be implemented in phases. The first release of the phase one, the HR module was taken into use in December 2008. Three next modules will be released in 2009 after which the new ERP system will be operational at Vaisala headquarters in Finland. Year 2010 is reserved for global roll-outs in the other Vaisala locations.

Vaisala brand renewed
Vaisala launched a new corporate look and feel in 2008. The renewed brand identified curiosity as the driving force behind Vaisala's success.

Curiosity towards scientific and technical challenges and solving customer problems has always been the "Vaisala way". Read more.

Vaisala selected to elite Cleantech Index (CTIUS)
Vaisala was selected by the Cleantech Group™, LLC to join its prestigious Cleantech Index (CTIUS) of public clean technology companies. CTIUS is a stock market index intended to reflect the surging global demand for cleantech products and services. Read more.