StrathControl – The New Company Name for MLS UK Ltd.

Glasgow, United Kingdom, February 01, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Glasgow based control engineering firm MLS UK Ltd., today announced its new company name StrathControl.

The new name, StrathControl, more accurately reflects the company’s renewed focus on control engineering products and services for the renewable energy industry and is designed to underline its origins as a Strathclyde University spin-off.

StrathControl’s core competency of control engineering technology will be used to enhance new products while continuing to service the needs of existing customers with the excellent level of quality the company is renowned for. New products include the "Intelligent Actuator" - a patented individual blade control solution; the wind and tidal control system design software package “WTTC Toolbox™ v3.0” and a Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) tool for testing control systems. Core services include wind and tidal turbine simulation and loads analysis; supervisory and dynamic controller design; implementation of control algorithms and turbine controller upgrades and retrofits.

Over the next several weeks, all future business activity will be transferred to the new name and “StrathControl” will be the cornerstone of the company’s international branding efforts. The company will continue to operate in its current structure and location with contacts and telephone numbers remaining unchanged.

About StrathControl –
Control system design for load reduction and performance enhancement.
StrathControl is a Glasgow-based control engineering firm providing control algorithms and control systems design to alleviate structural loads, minimize operation and maintenance costs and optimize energy capture on wind and tidal turbines.

The company was founded by Professor Bill Leithead in 2006 as a spin-off company of the University of Strathclyde. David Robb, Director of Engineering and Steve McCarthy, Business Development Manager complete the management team along with Professor Leithhead in his role as Chief Technical Officer and Director of StrathControl.

StrathControl continues to build on a strong base of university research discoveries and maintains R&D partnership projects with Strathclyde. Advanced control engineering products and services include:, the "Intelligent Actuator" - a patented individual blade control solution; the StrathControl “WTTC Toolbox™ v.3.0” control system design software and a Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) tool for testing control systems.