On 18.9.2007 Vaisala announced that the company will increase its
focus on service and solutions offering. Changes in the organization
and segment reporting, effective from 1.1.2008, were also announced.
From the first interim report for 2008, Vaisala Group's business will
be reported in four segments, which are Vaisala Instruments, Vaisala
Measurement Systems, Vaisala Solutions and Vaisala Services.
Vaisala Instruments
Vaisala Instruments business area develops and markets measurement
instruments for selected industrial and meteorological applications.
In industry, measurements are used to increase the efficiency of
production processes, reduce energy consumption and improve product
quality and safety. Meteorological instruments are part of Vaisala's
weather observations offering, and they are used as stand-alone or as
parts of more comprehensive weather observation solutions.
Vaisala Measurement Systems
Vaisala Measurement Systems business area is responsible for the
development and offering of Vaisala's weather observations systems.
Vaisala Measurement Systems' offering was reinforced when single
products and systems were moved to its offering from the Vaisala
Solutions. Thunderstorm data services were similarly moved to Vaisala
Services. The core customers of Vaisala Measurement Systems are
meteorological and hydrological institutes, aviation authorities,
defense forces, road and rail organizations, system integrators, as
well as businesses with weather-critical operations, such as
insurance and energy companies.
Vaisala Solutions
Vaisala Solutions business area offers comprehensive tailored
solutions for environmental measurement, in response to growing
customer demand. Measurement solutions consist of project- and
technology partnerships, in which Vaisala plays the key role. The
focus of the Vaisala Solutions' offering is on aviation, traffic as
well as meteorological and hydrological applications, where accurate
and real-time environmental information is critical for success. This
is why individual products and systems were moved to Vaisala
Measurement Systems. Additionally, the traffic weather data and
information services were moved to Vaisala Services.
Vaisala Services
Vaisala's service business is concentrated in the Vaisala Services
business area, which started operations at the beginning of 2008.
Vaisala Services offers better and more comprehensive services to
Vaisala customers. The Product Services business segment is
responsible for the lifecycle services for Vaisala products and
solutions. The Observation Services business segment offers customers
alternatives for the production and management of environmental data.
The geographical segments of the Group remain unchanged. They are
North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, as well as Africa and
South and Central America.
Vaisala will publish its interim report for January-March on May 8,
2008
2007 net sales and operating profit based on the new segments
Net sales Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2007
Vaisala Measurement
Systems 22.0 21.9 20.0 31.5 95.4
Vaisala Instruments 17.9 18.1 18.9 21.6 76.6
Vaisala Solutions 5.9 6.1 8.8 13.8 34.6
Vaisala Services 7.2 7.2 7.5 11.1 33.0
Other operations 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Eliminations -2.8 -2.8 -3.7 -6.2 -15.5
Group 50.3 50.5 51.5 71.8 224.1
Operating profit Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2007
VMS 2.2 3.8 1.5 4.8 12.3
VIN 5.0 5.5 4.7 5.4 20.5
VSO -1.0 0.0 -1.0 1.3 -0.6
VSE 1.0 0.3 1.2 3.2 5.7
Other operations -0.8 -1.0 -1.9 1.1 -2.6
Eliminations 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Group 6.5 8.7 4.5 15.7 35.3
For more information, please contact
Jouni Lintunen, CFO
tel. +358 9 8949 2215 or +358 40 579 0181