Vacon - Company Announcement

Invitation to Vacon's Capital Markets Day 2011

Vacon Plc, Stock Exchange Release, April 29, 2011 at 10.00 am

Analysts and investors are invited to attend Vacon's Capital Markets Day in
Vantaa on Wednesday, 25 May, 2011, starting at 9 am Finnish time.

Venue: Vacon's Vantaa office, Äyritie 8 C, 01510 Vantaa, Finland

The purpose of the Capital Markets Day is to present Vacon's strategy and
operations as well as AC drives market, and the added value Vacon AC drives
brings to the customer. Speakers include Vacon's CEO and management.

Registration opens at 8:30 am, and presentations will be held from 9:00 to
approximately 11:30. Lunch will be served after the presentations. After lunch,
we have arranged a visit to our customer's site. The visit to the customer site
will last approximately until 2:30 pm.

Attendance: If you wish to attend Vacon's Capital Markets Day, please contact
Maija Suutarinen by 6 May, 2011 at the latest. Tel. +358 40 8371 278, email:
 maija.suutarinen@vacon.com

Vacon Plc

Further information:

  * Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Sebastian Linko,
    tel. +358 40 837 1634, email sebastian.linko@vacon.com

Vacon in brief:

Vacon is driven by a passion to design, manufacture and sell only the best AC
drives on the planet - and nothing else. AC drives can be used to control
electric motors or to help generate power from renewable sources. Vacon has R&D
and production units in Finland, the United States, China and Italy, and sales
offices in 27 countries. In 2010, Vacon had revenues of EUR 338 million and
globally employed 1,300 people. Vacon's shares (VAC1V) are listed and publicly
traded on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

Driven by Drives, www.vacon.com

Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
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