Mechtronix Systems
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Mechtronix Systems Inc., an MWC company, is a Canadian top leader in the global flight simulation and training market specializing in the design and manufacture of flight simulation training devices (FSTD) for commercial, general and business aviation. The company founded in 1987 is based out of Montreal
in Canada's aviation hub with a customer base in the Americas, Europe, the Middle-East and Asia. Mechtronix Systems products range from full flight simulators (FFS) to flight training devices (FTD). They have technical support centers strategically located around the globe to support worldwide customers that include major airlines, training centers and training organizations.
, five graduate students were assigned a project to build a flight simulator using microprocessor technology, launched by the country's National Research Council (NRC). The five students successfully completed their project, graduated and established their own company in 1987, namely Mechtronix Systems Inc. The first flight simulator using only microprocessor technology was built in England by Link-Miles in 1979 and delivered to the Finnish Air Force in 1981. ref: http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%203015.html
The company started as an engineering consultancy group specializing in all aspects of microprocessor industrial applications. When the aeronautical regulations later evolved to allow Mechtronix Systems technology to be offered on to the aviation training market, the graduate students launched in 1996 its family of flight training simulators ranging from software applications to full motion Full Flight Simulators (FFS). The launch was quickly followed by orders received worldwide for Level D Full Flight simulators and Flight Training Devices (FTD). Mechtronix Systems today has branches in Canada, Europe, USA, and Asia.
Commercial customers include: ATR Training Centre, CSA Czech Airlines, Copa Airlines
, Lufthansa Flight Training
, Malév Hungarian Airlines
, Northwest Airlines
and TACA Airlines.
General and business aviation customers include: Boeing Training & Flight Services, Cargair, Centre Québécois de Formation Aéronautique, Civil Aviation Flight University of China
, Flight Training Europe, Oxford Aviation Academy
, International Flight Training Center(IFTC), University of North Dakota
.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
in Canada's aviation hub with a customer base in the Americas, Europe, the Middle-East and Asia. Mechtronix Systems products range from full flight simulators (FFS) to flight training devices (FTD). They have technical support centers strategically located around the globe to support worldwide customers that include major airlines, training centers and training organizations.
History
In the middle of the microprocessor revolution, in an R&D lab at Montreal’s Concordia UniversityConcordia University
Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
, five graduate students were assigned a project to build a flight simulator using microprocessor technology, launched by the country's National Research Council (NRC). The five students successfully completed their project, graduated and established their own company in 1987, namely Mechtronix Systems Inc. The first flight simulator using only microprocessor technology was built in England by Link-Miles in 1979 and delivered to the Finnish Air Force in 1981. ref: http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%203015.html
The company started as an engineering consultancy group specializing in all aspects of microprocessor industrial applications. When the aeronautical regulations later evolved to allow Mechtronix Systems technology to be offered on to the aviation training market, the graduate students launched in 1996 its family of flight training simulators ranging from software applications to full motion Full Flight Simulators (FFS). The launch was quickly followed by orders received worldwide for Level D Full Flight simulators and Flight Training Devices (FTD). Mechtronix Systems today has branches in Canada, Europe, USA, and Asia.
Products & Services
Mechtronix Systems manufactures a complete line of training devices for general, business and commercial aviation. The product family includes Full Flight Simulators Level D, FNPTs (Flight and Navigation Procedures Trainers) and FTDs (Flight Training Devices). With research and development at the core of Mechtronix Systems culture, new products are repeatedly introduced to the market to meet unmet needs such as the FFT X™, an exact replica of the FFS without a motion base. Mechtronix Systems simulated aircraft range from small single-engine training airplanes, such as the Cessna 172 to commercial airplanes, such as the Boeing 737, Airbus 320, ATR 42/72.Awards
Mechtronix Systems has received numerous appraisals and awards for innovations introduced to the aviation training market through in-house research & development, exporting strategies and product quality.- Les Mercuriades - Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec
- Business of the Year (2007).
- Export Award (2007).
- Innovation Award (2006).
- Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
- Innovation & Production (2006)
- Commercialization of a new product (2006)
- Ernst & YoungErnst & YoungErnst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
- Entrepreneur of the Year- Fernando Petruzziello, B2B (2006)
- Frost & Sullivan
- Innovation Award (2006)
- National Bank of CanadaNational Bank of CanadaNational Bank of Canada is the 6th largest bank and 8th largest financial institution in Canada. The bank's headquarters are in Montreal, Quebec....
- Export Award (2005)
Customer list
Mechtronix Systems has a worldwide track record with airlines, training centers and flight schools in commercial aviation, general aviation and business aviation sectors.Commercial customers include: ATR Training Centre, CSA Czech Airlines, Copa Airlines
Copa Airlines
Compañía Panameña de Aviación, S.A., operating as Copa Airlines ', is an airline based in Panama City, Panama, and serves as Panama's flag carrier...
, Lufthansa Flight Training
Lufthansa Flight Training
Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH is a company owned by the airline Lufthansa, that trains Lufthansa pilots. The training locations are Bremen, Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich in Germany, Vienna in Austria, Zurich in Switzerland and a facility in Phoenix, Arizona, USA...
, Malév Hungarian Airlines
Malév Hungarian Airlines
Malév Hungarian Airlines is the flag carrier and principal airline of Hungary. It has its head office in the Lurdy House in Budapest, with its main operations at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. From there, the airline flies to 50 cities in 34 countries worldwide using a fleet of 22...
, Northwest Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Northwest Airlines, Inc. was a major United States airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines by a merger approved on October 29, 2008, making Delta the largest airline in the world...
and TACA Airlines.
General and business aviation customers include: Boeing Training & Flight Services, Cargair, Centre Québécois de Formation Aéronautique, Civil Aviation Flight University of China
Civil Aviation Flight University of China
Civil Aviation Flight University of China is the only full-time regular institution of higher education for civil aviation pilots, as well as technicians of other civil aviation specialties and high-quality applied professionals in engineering, management and arts required by national economy of...
, Flight Training Europe, Oxford Aviation Academy
Oxford Aviation Academy
Oxford Aviation Academy is an aviation training organisation. It includes the former Oxford Aviation Training - a commercial pilot training school based at Oxford Airport in the United Kingdom and Phoenix Goodyear Airport in the United States; the former SAS Flight Academy, the former GECAT and the...
, International Flight Training Center(IFTC), University of North Dakota
University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota is a public university in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. Established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of North Dakota, UND is the oldest and largest university in the state and enrolls over 14,000 students. ...
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