The Vaisala Group has signed a contract with the Polish National Meteorological Services to supply fifty Automatic Weather Stations. Deliveries under the contract, which is valued at MEUR 1.2, will take place in 2002. The weather station project in Poland is financed by the World Bank.

The Vaisala MAWS301 Automatic Weather Stations (AWSs) will measure wind, pressure, temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation and precipitation. The Weather Stations of this delivery will be equipped with an extended optical sensor suite that will also measure present weather, visibility and cloud height. The delivery includes a data collection and storage software, that collects, manages and stores the measurement data from the AWS network.

"We appreciate this contract with the Polish Meteorological Institute. During the last two years Poland has significantly invested in surface weather equipment. We have won all projects in our own product categories. These new MAWS301 Automatic Weather Stations are an important part of the nationwide meteorological network that Poland is building. We are also delivering  a national lightning detection network to Poland", comments Pekka Ketonen, CEO and President of Vaisala.

The Vaisala Group is a successful international technology company that develops and manufactures electronic measurement systems and equipment for meteorology, environmental sciences, traffic safety and industry. Vaisala employs over 1,100 skilled professionals and achieved net sales of EUR 179.5 million in 2000. Vaisala serves customers throughout the world. In 2000, exports accounted for 96% of net sales. Vaisala's A-series shares are quoted on the Helsinki Exchanges (HEX).