MTS Systems Corporation, a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, today announced that business partner MTS Sistemas do Brasil Ltda. has opened a new Innovation Center in Sao Jose dos Campos to better support the Aerospace and Defense industries.

Sao Jose dos Campos is the Brazilian Aerospace and Defense hub located about 150 km from Sao Paulo. The new MTS Brazil Innovation Center is positioned in the Parque Tecnologico alongside facilities for several aerospace suppliers, universities, and industry leaders such as Embraer, Airbus and Boeing.

The Innovation Center features a demonstration laboratory, customer training center, transducer calibration room and an MTS Temposonics authorized repair center. Customers can visit the Innovation Center to see key test systems and components in use, including: MTS SilentFlo 515 Hydraulic Power Unit; MTS Landmark, Criterion and Exceed Test Systems; and the MTS AVX Video Extensometer. In the near future, the Innovation Center will be used to conduct specialized workshops on composites and plastics testing.

"This new Innovation Center is an example of our commitment to provide more local support to our Brazilian customers," says Dr. Jeffrey Graves, MTS President and CEO. "Together with our business partner, we are able to offer higher value services such as live product demonstrations, local calibration and repair options, and training classes in Portuguese. In addition, location within the Brazilian Aerospace and Defense hub provides MTS and our customers the unique opportunity to quickly interface with aerospace technology leaders in both private and public sectors to help accelerate industry growth."