Controlled Environment

Controlled Environment consists of Cleanrooms and Chambers, Building Automation and Targeted Industrial Applications segments. This business area includes customers who operate in tightly controlled and demanding areas where the measurement of precise environmental conditions is required to increase operational quality, productivity and energy savings.

Vaisala serves building automation markets in a variety of indoor heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refridgerating (HVAC&R) measurement needs, providing the best solutions for diverse and demanding environments. Energy optimization and indoor air quality are the driving forces in this market segment. The main customers are OEMs, integrators, contractors, and facility HVAC management.

Vaisala's Cleanrooms and Chambers segment help optimize the efficiency and productivity of operations in tightly controlled environments. The customers operate in demanding research and production environments where it is crucial to monitor and control air contamination levels and precise environmental conditions in order to minimize downtime and maximize yield. Customers represent versatile industries, such as life science, food, microelectronics, and automotive.

The targeted industrial applications market includes customers in selected demanding applications in industrial processes and equipment manufacturing.These applications include compressed air and drying, industrial ovens and heat treatment processes, process inlet air monitoring, insulation of high voltage equipment, lubrication and hydraulic systems.
Targeted Industrial Applications segment serves industries from power and pharmaceutical to marine and plastics. The common denominator is accurate, stable and reliable measurements of humidity, dewpoint and pressure to ensure process quality, maintain critical assets and optimize energy consumption.

Year 2009

Due to the unstable situation of the global economy, industrial markets declined which  affected the net sales of the business area. Despite of the declined net sales, Controlled Environment was able to maintain its market shares in 2009.