Vaisala Solutions

The Vaisala Solutions business area offers customer-focused solutions for weather observation to meteorological and hydrological institutes, aviation and road authorities and defense forces worldwide. Its strong market position and solid expertise, combined with an extensive installed base, enables the business area to offer tailored solutions to meet all customer requirements.

Since the beginning of 2008 Vaisala Solutions has focused more specifically on solutions-driven projects. Products and the systems business have been centralized in Vaisala Measurement Systems and services in the Vaisala Services business area. At the end of the year, the Vaisala Solutions business area employed 70 people in Finland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and China.

Vaisala solutions ceased to exist from the beginning of 2009 and its operations were transferred to the new WEather Critical Operations business area and products and Technology unit.

Year 2008

Vaisala Solutions’ net sales to customers outside the Group increased in comparable figures by 24.1 percent on the comparison year and totaled 43.1 (34.6) million euros. The operating result was negative at -0.5 (-0.6) million euros. Had the currency exchange rates remained at the previous year’s level, net sales would have been up by 27.3 percent.

The total value of orders received was EUR 41.8 million and the order book stood at EUR 27.9 million at the end of the financial year.

The demand for comprehensive solutions and the volume of orders received both developed favorably. As a result, net sales and the order book increased on the previous year.  Sales and profitability targets were met. In particular, the markets for aviation-related weather observation systems performed positively.

During 2008 Vaisala responded to market trends by allocating substantial resources to develop its process expertise for the solutions business.