THE COMPANY BEFORE WEYLAND-YUTANI
> Weyland Corp, Weyland Corporation and Weyland Industries are the names of the same company: the technology enterprise Sir Peter Weyland founded on October 11, 2012. For eighty-seven years it operated alone. In 2099 it combined with the Yutani Corporation of Japan, and the joint company has traded as Weyland-Yutani Corporation ever since.
> Almost everything the Corporation is known for began under the Weyland name: the atmosphere processors that made terraforming possible, hypersleep, faster-than-light travel, the David series of synthetics and the P-5000 Power Loader. Weyland Corp also acquired CERN in 2029 and organized itself into the seven operating divisions that still structure the business.
> Peter Weyland's doctrine — "If we can, we must" — set the company's culture. His 2023 address at Wembley Stadium, ending with "We are the gods now," remains the most quoted statement in the Corporation's history.
WEYLAND CORP MILESTONES
- 2012Weyland Corp founded
Sir Peter Weyland incorporates Weyland Corporation on October 11, 2012.
- 2015First commercial space mission
An orbital manufacturing platform produces alloys impossible to make under Earth’s gravity — profitable from day one.
- 2016Atmospheric breakthrough
Weyland technology reverses polar ice cap degradation. Peter Weyland is knighted by the British Crown.
- 2017Nobel Peace Prize
Sir Peter Weyland receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 2023The TED speech
Weyland addresses TED at Wembley Stadium: "We are the gods now."
- 2025David 1 prototype
The first Weyland synthetic humanoid is completed.
- 2028Hypersleep discovered
Weyland biomedical researchers achieve fully reversible metabolic suspension.
- 2029Atmosphere processor and CERN
The first atmosphere processor able to terraform another world is patented, and Weyland acquires CERN.
- 2032Faster-than-light travel
Weyland Corp achieves FTL travel, opening interstellar colonization.
- 2042David 4 — commercial synthetics
Synthetics go on general sale, the start of a new industry.
- 2056P-5000 Power Loader
The P-5000 is patented and becomes the standard industrial exoskeleton.
- 2071Seven verticals
Weyland Corp organizes into the seven divisions that still structure the Corporation.
- 2099The merger
Weyland Corp combines with Japan’s Yutani Corporation to form Weyland-Yutani.
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WHY WEYLAND MERGED WITH YUTANI
> By the 2090s Weyland Corp led the world in terraforming, synthetics and interstellar transport, while the Yutani Corporation dominated cybernetics, electronics and the Asia-Pacific markets. The 2099 merger combined the two into a conglomerate valued above $200 trillion, with charter authority over more than 300 colonized worlds.
> The Weyland name came first on the masthead. The Yutani side brought the Tokyo research center that still leads the Corporation's electronics and cybernetics work.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Weyland Industries?+
Weyland Industries is another name for Weyland Corp, the company Sir Peter Weyland founded on October 11, 2012. The names Weyland Industries, Weyland Corporation and Weyland Corp all refer to the same company, which became Weyland-Yutani after its 2099 merger with the Yutani Corporation.
Is Weyland Corp the same as Weyland-Yutani?+
Weyland Corp is the predecessor. From 2012 to 2099 it operated alone; in 2099 it merged with Japan’s Yutani Corporation and the combined company has traded as Weyland-Yutani Corporation ever since.
Who founded Weyland Corp?+
Sir Peter Weyland, born October 1, 1990. He filed his twelfth patent at fourteen, was knighted in 2016 and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017.
When did Weyland merge with Yutani?+
In 2099. The combination brought Weyland’s terraforming, synthetics and FTL technology together with Yutani’s cybernetics and electronics expertise and its Asia-Pacific markets.
Is it Weyland or Wayland?+
Weyland — W-E-Y-L-A-N-D. “Wayland Corp” and “Wayland-Yutani” are common misspellings of the same company.
Is Weyland Industries a real company?+
No. Weyland Corp, Weyland Industries and Weyland-Yutani are fictional companies from the Alien film franchise. Peter Weyland was introduced in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (2012), played by Guy Pearce, and the film’s marketing included a viral “TED 2023” talk and a Weyland Industries corporate website. This site is a fan-made, in-universe corporate experience.