EATON Industries

MTL has developed a successful strategy by focusing on the needs in the layer between the control room and the field instrumentation. MTL Instruments (MTL) is a supplier that uses its expertise in specialist fields such as surge protection, intrinsic safety, and fieldbus technology and industrial networks, respectively, to market a unique series of hardware components that can be applied by system integrators, suppliers of automation systems and end users. In 2002, the company entered the world of open system components with the business unit MTL Open System Technology (MOST), and in 2005 MTL added process visualization components to the portfolio through the acquisition of the operator terminal supplier GeCma. In the past year, MTL has added even more hardware components to its portfolio through the acquisition of three firms that specialize heavily in some of the very fast-growing segments of the automation market: Elpro International, Ocean Technical Systems and RTK Instruments. With the introduction of TOFINO, MTL has also found its way into the world of cyber security in process automation. Tofino is an easily applicable firewall aimed at the automation layer. MTL's products are used in many applications, both inside and outside hazardous areas, on offshore oil and gas platforms, in power stations and petrochemical installations as well as in pharmaceutical, telecommunications and other production locations. With 36 dedicated sales centers in 13 countries and 137 representations in 64 countries, MTL's proven expertise is always readily available to you.