Founded 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.
ISO/IEC 17025
A2LA ISO/IEC 17025 Calibration Accreditation, Certificate No. 1196.05
TISAX Participant
Compliance program
ISO17025
Quality certification
Standards Testing Laboratories, Inc. (STL)Founded in Massillon in 1971 with a single roadwheel machine, Standards Testing Laboratories (STL) has grown into an independent laboratory that tests tires, wheels, and related automotive components while also designing and manufacturing testing equipment. Its three-division, 10-acre complex operates more than 100 test positions around the clock, and the company says it is the world’s largest independent dynamic testing facility for this field. STL remains family-owned and operated and holds ISO 17025:2017 and ISO 9001:2015 accreditations for many evaluations.MASSILLON, OH
HYGE, IncHYGE, 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.KITTANNING, PA
HumaneticsHumanetics is a global industrial technology group that designs and manufactures safety test equipment and sensor technologies, with roots in Samuel Alderson’s 1950s development of the anthropomorphic test device. It reports 1,000 employees and 26 facilities worldwide, and says its crash-test dummies have been used since the early 1960s to improve vehicle safety. Its work spans physical testing and virtual modeling for automotive, aerospace, biomedical, and other critical applications.HURON, OH
TMSIFounded in Akron in 1991, TMSI builds measurement and simulation equipment for tire and automotive testing, from force-and-moment systems to specialized safety and rubber-processing equipment. Its founder, Dr. Gerald R. Potts, brought more than 45 years of tire-industry experience to the company, which now supplies equipment and testing solutions to major tire and vehicle manufacturers and independent testing organizations worldwide. TMSI also supports installed machines through training, maintenance, repairs, and control-system retrofits.NORTH CANTON, OH