HYGE, Inc. carries forward a crash-simulation design first developed in 1963, with its Kittanning operation now engineering and manufacturing reverse-accelerator systems for safety testing. Its equipment is used by automotive and aircraft manufacturers worldwide, while the company also keeps older installations in service through hands-on engineering support and certified training.
MGA Research CorporationFounded in 1977 by three transportation-safety researchers, MGA Research Corporation tests vehicles, components, batteries, aircraft and defense hardware while designing and manufacturing much of its own test equipment. Its Akron, New York, Fabrication Center supports a North American laboratory network, while the company’s 400-acre Wisconsin proving grounds and six U.S. crash lanes give automakers room for both standard compliance work and unusual rollover or crash research. MGA is privately owned, and its laboratories include ISO 17025-accredited facilities.AKRON, NY
Amick Rigging and RacingSince 1958, family-owned Amick Rigging and Racing has fabricated lifting and rigging equipment in Pittsburgh while also making motorsport safety restraints. Its distinctive reach runs from custom no-touch tools and chain sling assemblies—built and repaired in-house—to the wheel-restraint tether it engineered as NASCAR’s first in 1998. Five certified inspectors with more than 150 years of combined experience support its inspection, testing, repair, and training work.332618CARNEGIE, PA
J-TechFounded in 1993 as a small valve-rebuilding machine shop, Chester Springs’ J-Tech has grown into a family of specialized companies serving highway safety, liquid-bulk transportation and utility fleets. Its Highway Safety division builds, rents and services truck-mounted attenuators and other work-zone equipment, while J-Tech Rebuild remains the exclusive rebuilder of Betts Industries valves and J-Tech Logistics gives out-of-service utility vehicles a second life. The company’s distinctive thread is practical innovation across all three divisions, from safer roadway equipment to reclaimed fleet assets.CHESTER SPRINGS, PA
Tiger Performance Products, IncEstablished in 1995 after a fatal offshore powerboat-racing accident, Tiger Performance Products grew from a safety-focused response into a Buffalo-area company serving aviation and marine operators worldwide. Its patented Survival Breathing Air Systems led to specialized safety and communications equipment for commercial, law-enforcement and military users, with service and repairs available for the products it supplies.BUFFALO, NY