Wayland the Smith

Nice eye! I believe there is some relevance to that as the parallel is uncanny. Peter Weyland was a blacksmith of our times.

hox - 'Coincidence?'

Yes, it is. The name comes from Leyland.

"One of the things I enjoyed most about Alien was its subtle satirical content. Science fiction films offer golden opportunities to throw in little scraps of information that suggest enormous changes in the world. There's a certain potency in those kinds of remarks. Weylan Yutani for instance is almost a joke, but not quite. I wanted to imply that poor old England is back on its feet and has united with the Japanese, who have taken over the building of spaceships the same way they have now with cars and supertankers. In coming up with a strange company name I thought of British Leyland and Toyota, but we couldn't use "Leyland-Toyota" in the film. Changing one letter gave me "Weylan," and "Yutani" was a Japanese neighbor of mine."
—Ron Cobb, "The Authorized Portfolio of Crew Insignias from The United States Commercial Spaceship Nostromo Designs and Realizations" by John Mollo and Ron Cobb

http://alienanthology.wikia.com/wiki/Weyland-Yutani

Nice Ati :)

The name Weyland has a strong connection with the 'superman of his day'. When did the letter 'd' get added, and by whom?

hox - By Cameron. Visit the link added by me in my previous comment, you'll find everything there.

Lawrence of Arabia - :) It's a nice day. Scott is the boss. :)