Ultraflex Control Systems, briefly named UCS, is an Italian family-owned company, part of the Ultraflex Group. 

UCS is based in Busalla, close to Genoa, and the products are Made in Italy.

It is a leading company in the Fenestration and Building Automation Industry and a manufacturer of Natural and Smoke Ventilation Systems; its focus today is the integration of Window Automation into BMS-Building Management Systems.

Its activity in the remote control for windows started about 50 years ago, in the 70s, as a division of Ultraflex. In 1988 UCS becomes an independent company, fully dedicated to the window controls and starts to design and manufacture electrical actuators, creating the conditions for a rapid expansion in the European Market first and therefore in the rest of the world.

In 1999 it is the first European Company to certify an actuator according to UL standards in order to address the American market.

The export share is consistently higher than 80% of the turnover, counting on a worldwide distribution network that contributes to the realization of hundreds of important, prestigious and cutting-edge projects.

Pioneer of the Smoke Ventilation in Italy, UCS represents Italy in European Technical Committees for the development of Technical Standard for Smoke Ventilation. The UCS range includes electrical actuators and panels tested in conformity to the European Standard EN 12101-2 and EN 12101-10 for Natural Smoke and Heat Exhaust Ventilation (NSHEV) Systems.

UCS started 10 years ago the development of the first “intelligent” actuator (programmable and addressable) to satisfy the needs of increasingly sophisticated architectural scenarios connected to the building automation. The experience gained by the company and the group in over 90 years of activity has led to invest human and economic resources in a large area for a laboratory equipped with advanced instrumentation and automatic controls, capable of operating more than 30 windows simultaneously and continuously. We constantly check the quality of components, finished products and the consistency of their performance. The modular structures also allow us to test new installations and develop new solutions for a constant development of our product range.

 “Our strength is our people.”

UCS President

 History

1935 – Activity start as a division of Ultraflex

1950 – Beginning of the activity in the Window Remote Control business

1970 – Development of own product line, Window Manual Controls

1980 – Introduction of electrical solutions

1988 – Ultraflex Control Systems srl become an independent company based in Sturla (Genoa – Italy), fully dedicated to the Building Industry

1995 – New facility in Casella (Genoa – Italy)

1997 – Quality Management System certified according to ISO 9001.

2003 – Expansion of the production plant in the current facility in Busalla (Genoa – Italy)

2005 – Certification of first actuators according to UL standards for the North American market

2008 – First test in fire conditions in conformity to the European Standard EN 12101-2

2011 – Certification of the complete range of actuators according to GOST standard for the Russian market.

2012 – Introduction of BMSline actuators: the first programmable and addressable window actuators for advanced buildings

2020 – Control Panel line certified as Smoke and Heat Control Systems according to the European Standard EN 12101-10