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Founded by John Lansdown in 1970.1
Private company
System Simulation
System Simulation Ltd (SSL) is a software engineering company now specialising in text and multimedia information systems, based in Clerkenwell, central London, England, and founded in 1970 by George Mallen.2 It was founded by John Lansdown.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1970Founded1
- Industrysoftware engineering1
- HeadquartersLondon1
- Websitewww.ssl.co.uk
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System Simulation Ltd (SSL) is a software engineering company now specialising in text and multimedia information systems, based in Clerkenwell, central London, England, and founded in 1970 by George Mallen. Under the chairmanship of John Lansdown, following collaborative research work at the Royal College of Art, System Simulation carried out pioneering computer animation work, applying computer graphics techniques in TV and film creating many advertising sequences, the flight deck instrumentation readouts on the Nostromo spaceship for Ridley Scott's Alien, and the animation of Martin Lambie-2
Leadership
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- FounderJohn Lansdown1
- ChairJohn Lansdown 1977 to 19881
Timeline
- 1970Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.ssl.co.uk1
- WikipediaSystem Simulation
- WikidataQ7663685
Sources
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- 1WikidataSystem Simulation on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSystem Simulation on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSystem Simulation photo by Mx. Granger, CC0