Highlights – A Year in Observations
Q1 Highlights
SP-12 Solar Weather Station
Launched SP-12 Solar Weather Station, which provides all of the instrumentation required by solar project developers and operators.
C-band radar to Colorado State University (CSU)
Donated a C-band radar to Colorado State University (CSU), affording researchers and students with the opportunity to further explore extreme weather.
Q2 Highlights
Support to U.S. National Weather Service’s (NWS)
Support to U.S. National Weather Service’s (NWS) severe and extreme weather forecasts and research through a 5-year, multimillion-dollar contract with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Helsinki Smart & Clean project
Initiated a unique air quality network as part of the Helsinki Smart & Clean project. It is the first air quality monitoring system of such accuracy in the world to cover an entire city.
Expanded business
Expanded business into a new area, vaporized hydrogen peroxide, used in bio-decontamination and sterilization.
Q3 Highlights
Supplier of the Year awards
Announced the winners of its first ever Supplier of the Year awards in six different categories.
Indian operations expanded
Indian operations expanded to respond to the increasing demand in the local wind and solar sectors.
Opened a hub in Nairobi, Kenya
Opened a hub in Nairobi, Kenya, responding to the growing demand for weather observation systems in the Eastern and Southern African market.
11 AUTOSONDE sounding stations to Alaska
U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) signed a deal for 11 AUTOSONDE sounding stations to Alaska.
Q4 Highlights
An air quality observation network
Announced an air quality observation network to be built in Nanjing, China.
IT company Vionice
Acquired the Finnish IT company Vionice, specialized in computer vision and artificial intelligence.
A new office in Mexico City
Opened a new office in Mexico City, which serves both Weather and Environment, and Industrial Measurement businesses in Latin America.
A new modern office building and versatile laboratory facilities
Announced a new modern office building and versatile laboratory facilities to be built at Vaisala’s Head Office in Finland, housing 300 employees.
100 years of Finland’s independence
Celebrating 100 years of Finland’s independence, Vaisala took part in the TechLand exhibition in the Museum on Technology in Helsinki, Finland.
What did Vaisala do last year?
Read stories about how Vaisala is helping to built the New Children’s Hospital being built in Helsinki, offered helping hand to the hurricane-affected St. Maarten and how Vaisala is building a dense air quality observation network in the megacity of Nanjing and the Yangtze River Delta in 2017–2019.
Read more what we have accomplished on 2017.