MTS Systems Corporation

Infobox_Company
company_name = MTS Systems Corporation
company_
company_type = Public Nasdaq|MTSC
company_slogan =
foundation = Eden Prairie, Minnesota 1966
location = Eden Prairie, Minnesota
key_people = Laura Hamilton, President & CEO
num_employees = 1,510
industry = Scientific & Technical Instruments
products = Testing hardware, Sensing hardware
revenue = profit$396.8 million USD (FY2006)
homepage = [http://www.mts.com/ www.mts.com]

MTS Systems Corporation (Nasdaq|MTSC) is a testing and sensing solutions company located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis.

MTS is the leading provider of mechanical test systems, material testing, fatigue testing and tensile testing services as well as motion simulation system and calibration services. Examples of MTS products include hydraulic actuators, [http://www.lfst.com/html/rolling_roadat14x22.html rolling road simulators] , shaker tables, and medical testing equipment.

MTS Systems Corp. was fined $400,000 after pleading guilty on March 12, 2008 for submitting false US export license applications on proposed shipments to India. The company admitted to two misdemeanor counts of "false certification or writing" by omitting information linked to nuclear power plant test equipment. [ [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080314/pl_afp/usindiamilitaryweaponsit "US firm, CEO admit weapon, nuclear-linked export violations ", Yahoo! News, March 13, 2008] ]

Notable Projects

*MTS stands for Materials Testing Systems
*First of its kind tuned mass damper for Citigroup Center [ [http://www.duke.edu/~hpgavin/ce131/citicorp1.htm "The Fifty Nine Story Crisis", The New Yorker, May 29, 1995] ] in New York City and John Hancock Tower [ [http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/4.43.html "Tune Mass Dampers Steady Sway of Skyscrapers in the Wind", The Risks Digest, Volume 4: Issue 43] ] in Boston.
*Hydraulic mechanisms for the Incredible Hulk Coaster, the Cat in the Hat Ride, and Jurassic Park dinosaurs at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida.

External links

* [http://www.mts.com/ MTS Systems Corporation web site]
* [http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MTSC Yahoo! MTS Systems Company Profile]
* [http://www.mts.com/en/about/news/index.asp in the news]

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