AVP's Weyland Industries bears no connection to the Weyland Corp seen in Prometheus, and has essentially been rendered non-canon by the latter film. Predator, Charles Bishop Weyland is shown to be the founder of Weyland Industries, and heads an expedition to Antarctica that uncovers the relationship between the Predators and the Xenomorphs. The same scene also features several agents from the Yutani Corporation congratulating Weyland on his achievements.
The video game Predator: Concrete Jungle depicts an unnamed company run by a man identified only as Weyland buying out business rival Borgia Industries in 2030, thereby obtaining the rights to their advanced weaponry, which was in reality stolen Yautja technology.
Nonetheless, prominent references to Weyland-Yutani include: Other origin stories for the company have been given in other media, although these have now been rendered largely defunct by the production of Prometheus. Many of the companies wholly or partly owned by Weyland-Yutani continued to operate under their own brand, such as the Kelland Mining Company. According to some, Weyland-Yutani owned "pretty much everything" by the 2150s.
The company would go on to buy out numerous other businesses, investing in almost every sector, and had a controlling stake in a vast number of diverse corporations. Following the merger, Weyland-Yutani opened with the largest share value ever recorded on the Systems Exchange. This was however inaccurate, as it had actually been the Yutani Corporation which had bought out Weyland Corp in a fierce bidding war, beating out other bidders like the Chinese Combine. 2.4.11 Firearm sights, suppressors, stocks and modificationsĪccording to an entry in the Weyland-Yutani Report, the Weyland-Yutani Corporation was formed when Weyland Corp absorbed the Yutani Corporation in a hostile takeover in 2099.2.4.10 Flamethrowers (mechanical incendiary devices).According to Weyland-Yutani employee Karl Bishop Weyland, one of the company's primary goals behind capturing the Xenomorphs and creating weapons out of their biology is to ensure humanity remains the elite species in the universe, and not just because of profits. The company has consistently driven its employees and agents to obtain a living sample of the species they designate Xenomorph XX121, often without regard for the lives of anyone involved in said attempts, so that the creatures may be exploited as biological weapons or otherwise for financial gain. In various portrayals within the Alien universe, Weyland-Yutani has its hands in all aspects of space colonization and research. As such, it is a modern example of the longstanding trope of the evil mega-corporation in science fiction. Weyland-Yutani is consistently portrayed as exhibiting the worst aspects of corporate profiteering, willing to sacrifice decency and life in the endless pursuit of monetary profits. They hold their main offices in Tokyo, London, San Francisco, the Sea of Tranquillity on Luna and on Thedus. The company also has a seat on the review board of the Interstellar Commerce Commission (which it owns, although the organization itself is ostensibly independent ). Weyland-Yutani also has numerous non-manufacturing interests the company has extensive assets in interplanetary shipping and transport, and is one of the corporations that operates human colonies outside the solar system, through the Extrasolar Colonization Administration. Weyland-Yutani is primarily a technology supplier, manufacturing synthetics, spaceships and computers for a wide range of industrial and commercial clients, making them a household name. The Weyland-Yutani Corporation, often shortened to Weyland-Yutani and commonly referred to as Wey-Yu or simply " The Company", is a large British/ Japanese multinational conglomerate. It was founded in 2099 by the merger of Weyland Corp and the Yutani Corporation.