Vaisala Group

Vaisala develops, manufactures and markets products and services for environmental and industrial measurement. Vaisala's markets are global. The mission is to provide basis for better quality of life, environmental protection, safety, and productivity.

The major customer groups are meteorological and hydrological institutes, aviation organizations, defense forces, road and rail organizations, weather related private sector, system integrators and industry worldwide. Vaisala's competitiveness in environmental measurement is based on premium value products. The company is the global market leader in many of its core businesses.

Vaisala had more than 1 000 employees and achieved net sales of EUR 224.1 million in 2007. Vaisala serves customers around the world. Operations outside Finland accounted for 96% of net sales in 2007.

Parent company Vaisala Oyj, domicile in Vantaa, Finland, is listed on the Nordic Exchange Helsinki. The Vaisala Group has offices and operations in Finland, Northern America, France, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Sweden, United Arab Emirates Malaysia, Japan and Australia.

Key figures

2007

2006

Net Sales
Operating profit
Result before taxes
Return on equity (ROE)
R&D expenditure
Orders received
Order book
Average personnel
Earnings/share (EPS)
Cash flow from business operations/share
Dividend/share (* = proposal by the Board)

M€
M€
M€
%
M€
M€
M€



224.1
35.3
37.0
14.9
23.5
228.5
82.3
1 113
1.42
1.98
0.85*

220.8
39.6
38.2
16.4
20.6
243.6
77.6
1069
1.46
1.96
0.85

Latest reports

Financial Statements 2007(PDF 78 KB)


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