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 Main Media Financial Supervisory Authority This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Vacon Oyj via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1510638]