Vaisala's Traffic Weather Solution Captures Five-year Deal with Ireland's National Roads Authority
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Vaisala Corporation Press release October 21, 2013
Vaisala has signed a EUR 3.65 million deal with the National Roads Authority
(NRA) of Ireland. Under the new five-year contract, Vaisala continues to deliver
the most comprehensive winter maintenance decision making tools, solutions and
services to NRA to help them provide the best possible winter service to the
road users in Ireland.
"This large service contract is a testament to the success of our goal to
develop a state of the art road weather information management system in
collaboration with our customers. National Roads Authority is a progressive
agency who, by selecting the Vaisala's road weather services and tools, will
guarantee the most effective winter road maintenance for the tax payers in
Ireland." States Antero Jarvinen, Director of Vaisala Roads.
The turn-key contract includes maintenance of over 80 weather stations across
Ireland as well as a provision for expanding the network with new weather
stations and thermal mapping. A key element in the contract is the Vaisala
RoadDSS(TM) Manager software which will help the authorities make accurate and
on-time maintenance decisions by combining all relevant weather data into one
interface.
Safety through Partnership
The new contract is a continuation to a long-standing partnership. Since 1991,
Vaisala has supplied road weather stations, thermal mapping, weather station
maintenance, and technical support services to NRA. National Roads Authority is
responsible for improving quality of life and national economic competitiveness
by developing, maintaining and operating the national road network in a safe,
cost effective and sustainable manner.
"We are excited to continue our successful relationship with Vaisala for the
provision of road weather information services and strategic winter service
decision support. This contract allows us to further develop the partnership and
to continue providing the best possible solutions to the national road
maintenance organisations and local authorities in Ireland. We are able to
deliver on our mission statement when operating national roads throughout the
winter period, and minimising the impact of adverse winter weather on the
national road user." Comments Stephen Smyth, Engineering Inspector, NRA Network
Management.
Vaisala is the leading provider of road weather information products and
services with over 30 years' global experience. The company provides customers
with the most comprehensive weather management portfolio including observation
systems and sensors; visualization and decision support tools; and traffic
weather consulting services.
More information:
Kai Konola, EVP, Weather, tel. +358 40 5024 900
kai.konola(at)vaisala.com
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Vaisala is a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement. Building
on 75 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 1400 professionals
worldwide and is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki stock exchange.
www.vaisala.com www.twitter.com/VaisalaGroup
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