Acquisitions and divestments

Ac​​quisitions

Vaisala strives for global market and product leadership in selected businesses. This goal is achieved mainly by organic growth supplemented by acquisitions.

2024

Vaisala accelerates Xweather growth by acquiring Maxar Intelligence’s WeatherDesk business related assets. To expand its leadership in AI-led weather forecasting and enhance its offering to the insurance, finance, and energy segment. Stock exchange release, December 9, 2024 Stock exchange release, December 10, 2024

Vaisala expands its offering for renewable energy customers by acquiring the UK-based software, weather monitoring systems and services company Nevis Technology Limited. Vaisala News, October 31, 2024

Vaisala expands its subscription-based business by acquiring Speedwell Climate Ltd, a leader in climate and environmental risk transfer. Press release, September 11, 2024

2018

Finnish K-Patents Group, a pioneer in in-line liquid measurements for industrial applications - Press release December 12.

French Leosphere SAS specializing in developing, manufacturing and servicing turnkey wind lidar instruments - Stock Exchange Release October 4.

2017

Finnish IT company Vionice specialized in computer vision and artificial intelligence - Press release, October 26

2016

Technology and air quality monitoring products from Envitems Oy - Press release, August 30

2013

3TIER Inc., a US-based renewable energy assessment and forecasting services company -  Stock exchange release, December ​17​

Second Wind Systems Inc, USA -  remote sensing technology and data services for the wind energy industry - Press release, August 14​

2010

Veriteq Instruments Inc., Canada - continuous monitoring systems and data loggers for life science market - Stock exchange release, March 29

2009

Quixote ​Transportation Technologies, Inc. (QTT), USA - road weather and information technology company - ​Stock exchange release, December 29

2008

Aviation Systems Maintenance, Inc (ASMI), USA  - an airport service company - Stock exchange release, December 30​

2005

Sigmet Corporation, USA - weather radar signal processor and application software company - Stock exchange release, December 23

CLH​ Inc., USA - automated weather observing systems and related services for the US airports - Stock exchange release, July 5​

2002

Global Atmospherics Corporation, USA, March 28​​

2001

Meteorological Systems Unit of Radian International LLC of USA, June 26​

Divestm​​ents

2013

Three non-weather road transportation product lines to M.H.Corbin, Inc., USA. In Vaisala the product lines belonged to Weather business area - Stock exchange release March 6

2012

Vaisala sold its wind profiler bus​​iness to Scintec AG, Germany - Press release, Jan 23

2010

Vaisala divested its ​​oxygen measurement technology and business to SICK Maihak GmbH. The oxygen products belonged to Controlled Environment (currently Industrial Measurements) business area's offering. - ​Press release, Sep 30