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Vaisala's strategy and long-term financial targets

Vaisala Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
May 17, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.

Vaisala's strategy and long-term financial targets

Vaisala's Board of Directors has confirmed strategy for 2017-2021. Vaisala
continues to drive profitable growth through implementation of strategic
priorities. Consequently, Vaisala has decided to rename its business areas to
better describe their current and future business focus. Controlled Environment
Business Area is renamed to Industrial Measurements Business Area and Weather
Business Area is renamed to Weather and Environment Business Area.

Industrial Measurements Business Area continues to further accelerate growth
through product leadership strategy. Business Area's strategic priorities are to
achieve strong foothold in power transmission and life science markets, to
continuously create new winning products by discovering customers' needs, and to
seek new business opportunities in industrial applications.

Weather and Environment Business Area drives profitability and growth through
expansion of industry-leading products and digital solutions. Business Area's
strategic priorities are: to systematically improve competitiveness by renewal
of product offering; to grow through meteorological infrastructure improvement
projects in developing countries; to expand digital solutions, which support
decision-making in weather critical operations; as well as to build new business
in environmental measurements with air quality as a spearhead.

Vaisala Operations continues to develop excellence in high mix low volume supply
chain through further development of Vaisala Production System. Foundation of
the Production System is creation of a culture, which engages everyone to
systematic improvement. Operations has also strategic development priorities to
increase productivity, to develop core production technologies, as well as
sourcing and product life cycle management processes.

Vaisala's long-term financial targets
Vaisala's objective is profitable growth with an average annual growth of 5%,
and to achieve 15% operating profit margin (EBIT). In selected growth
businesses, such as digital solutions, life science and power transmission, the
target is to exceed 10% annual growth.

Vaisala does not consider the long-term financial targets as market guidance for
any given year.

Vaisala's Capital Markets Day
Vaisala will host Capital Markets Day 2017 at Vaisala's head office on June
13, 2017. At the event, Vaisala's top management will provide an update on the
company's strategic direction, development projects and near-term business
priorities. Further information about the Capital Markets Day is available at
www.vaisala.com/investors.


For more information, please contact
Kjell Forsén, President and CEO
Tel. +358 9 8949 2202

Kaarina Muurinen, CFO
Tel. +358 40 577 5066

Distribution
Nasdaq Helsinki
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Vaisala is a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement. Building
on 80 years of experience, Vaisala contributes to a better quality of life by
providing a comprehensive range of innovative observation and measurement
products and services for chosen weather-related and industrial markets.
Headquartered in Finland, Vaisala employs approximately 1,600 professionals
worldwide and is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock exchange.
www.vaisala.com      www.twitter.com/VaisalaGroup

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