UCS – Ultraflex Control Systems is an Italian family-owned company, part of the Ultraflex Group. The Ultraflex Group is active in the Building, Marine, Industrial, Automotive and Renewable Energies fields, with 85 years of experience in manufacturing and worldwide distributing the highest quality and most innovative products. UCS is based in Busalla, close to Genoa, and the products are Made in Italy. Its activity in the remote control for windows started about 50 years ago, in the 70s, with the development of reliable and economical manual controls. In the 90s, the introduction of electrical actuators and related automatic meteorological control created the conditions for a rapid expansion of the European Market first and therefore of the rest of the world. The export share is stably over 80% of the turnover, counting on a worldwide distribution network that contributes to the realization of hundreds of important, prestigious and advanced projects from the USA to New Zealand. UCS 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 System. Pioneer of the Smoke Ventilation in Italy, UCS represents Italy in European Technical Committees for the development of Technical Standard for Smoke Ventilation.