Press releases and product launches 2006

Nov 23, 2006
New Carbon Dioxide Module The new Vaisala CARBOCAP® Carbon Dioxide Module GMM111 designed for light industrial OEM applications.

Oct 31, 2006
Interim Report 1.1.-30.9.2006 (9 months)

Oct 26, 2006
Helsinki Testbed wins Productive idea of the year contest Helsinki Testbed, a joint effort of Vaisala and the Finnish Meteorological Institute, has won the community category of this year's Productive idea contest.

Oct 12, 2006
New release of Vaisala DigiCORA® Sounding System - Introducing BUFR messages The Vaisala DigiCORA® Sounding System with the new Vaisala Sounding Processing Subsystem is a sound foundation for observing weather in the upper atmosphere.

Oct 11, 2006
Vaisala News issue 172 out now

Oct 9, 2006
Honourable mention for Vaisala Humidity Calculator at Tekniikka 2006 The Vaisala Humidity Calculator, a free web based software tool that allows you to calculate several humidity parameters from one known humidity value, was granted a honourable mention in the "new product" competition at the Tekniikka 2006 exhibition.

Sep 29, 2006
Radar experts meet in Barcelona Sigmet was one of the main exhibitors at ERAD's 4th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, held in Barcelona September 18-22, 2006.

Sep 22, 2006
Lightning safety and large stadiums (PDF) Many stadium managers do little to anticipate or control the threat of lightning when large crowds gather.

Sep 1, 2006
Helsinki Testbed's fifth campaign studies convection and storms The new campaign looks at convective phenomena, such as storms and lightning. The campaigns produce information for research on small scale weather phenomena.

Aug 7, 2006
Q2 Interim Report

Aug 2, 2006
Vaisala participated in a WMO Climate Risk Conference The theme of the meeting was Living with Climate Variability and Change: Understanding the Uncertainties and Managing the Risks.

Jun 28, 2006
New Dewpoint Transmitters for High Temperature Applications The new Vaisala DRYCAP® Dewpoint and Temperature Transmitters DMT345 and DMT346 measure dewpoint and mixing ratio directly in high temperature drying processes. Therefore, there is no need for sampling systems and trace heating in pipelines.

Jun 28, 2006
New Oxygen Transmitter The new Vaisala SPECTRACAP® Oxygen Transmitter OMT355 measures oxygen concentration optically by measuring the absorption of light from a tunable diode laser.

Jun 22, 2006
Vaisala News issue 171 out now

Jun 15, 2006
Sunshine or rain - Check the summer weather You can check the current weather at Helsinki swimming stadium and Hietaranta beach as well as at Luukki and Kytäjä golf courses.

May 22, 2006
Vaisala participates 7th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling The 7th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling will be held in Boulder, Colorado from June 11th-17th, 2006.

May 11, 2006
Lightning experts to gather in Tucson, Arizona in 2008

Mar 31, 2006
New Vaisala LAP-XM® software Vaisala has released a much-improved version of the Vaisala LAP-XM® software for the Vaisala LAP® family of wind profilers. Vaisala LAP-XM® software version 2.3.0.0 includes many new features and improvements of immediate operational interest to LAP® customers everywhere.

Mar 30, 2006
Vaisala Wind Profiler news Mr. George Frederick, Wind Profiler Business Unit Manager, and Mr. Gary Zeigler, Wind Profiler Operations Manager, will be retiring from Vaisala at the end of summer 2005. George and Gary will both continue to work for Vaisala in a consulting capacity.

Mar 9, 2006
Online Annual Report for 2005 available A new feature in the 2005 Annual Report is CEO Pekka Ketonen’s webcast interview about events in 2005 and his views on Vaisala Group’s future

Feb 14, 2006
Vaisala Group's financial statements for 2005 Year 2005 was the best in Vaisala's history, both by net sales and profit after tax. Reasons for the good result include strategic changes, the effects of which started showing in 2005, as well as events occurred during the review period.

Feb 9, 2006
Vaisala celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2006 Since its founding in 1936, Vaisala has been an internationally recognized company known for its premium-class offering. Originating from one man’s talent, vision and persistence, Vaisala has evolved to become a world leader in many fields of environmental and industrial measurement.

Jan 26, 2006
Sigmet joined the Vaisala Group

Jan 3, 2006
Helsinki Testbed's 3rd campaign focuses on the stable boundary layer The Finnish Meteorological Institute, Vaisala, and partners have launched the 3rd campaign of the Helsinki Testbed project, which utilizes a particularly dense weather observation network for periodic measurement campaigns.