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

MTS is a 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, 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. ^[1]

Notable Projects

• MTS stands for Materials Testing Systems
• First of its kind tuned mass damper for Citigroup Center^[2] in New York City and John Hancock Tower^[3] 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

• MTS Systems Corporation web site
• Yahoo! MTS Systems Company Profile
• in the news

References

1. ^ "US firm, CEO admit weapon, nuclear-linked export violations ", Yahoo! News, March 13, 2008
2. ^ "The Fifty Nine Story Crisis", The New Yorker, May 29, 1995
3. ^ "Tune Mass Dampers Steady Sway of Skyscrapers in the Wind", The Risks Digest, Volume 4: Issue 43