Invitation to a briefing and teleconference

| Source: Vacon. Vacon. 

Vacon, Stock Exchange Release, April 19, 2011 at 1.00 pm

Vacon will publish its Interim Report January - March 2011 on Wednesday, 27
April, 2011 at 9.30 a.m. Finnish time.

A briefing for the financial analysts, investors and media will be held on the
same day at Scandic Simonkenttä, address Simonkatu 9, 00100 Helsinki, at 11:30
a.m. Finnish time (EET) or 10:30 CET. The briefing will be held in Finnish.
Please inform Maija Suutarinen of your participation at
maija.suutarinen@vacon.com no later than 21 April, 2011.

A dial-in conference in English for investors and investment analysts will be
held at 3.00 pm (EET) on 27 April 2011. President and CEO Vesa Laisi and Eriikka
Söderström, CFO and Vice President, Finance and Control, will participate in the
conference. Please call +44 (0)20 7136 2053 and request to be connected to the
Vacon call (Confirmation code 6742315). A recording of the conference will be
available for seven days at +44 (0)20 7111 1244 and access code 6742315#.

  * Webcast URL: http://www.media-server.com/m/em/xcdd6e9s/r/1

The presentation material will be available before the start of the briefing at
the Vacon's website www.vacon.com > Investors > Publications and releases.

Further information:

  * Viestintä- ja sijoittajasuhdejohtaja Sebastian Linko, Vacon Oyj, puh.
    040 8371 634, sähköposti 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

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