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Since its founding in 1977, MGA’s goal has been focused on providing superior products and services to our valued customers.
In 1979, one of the founders, Jim Greene, left to pursue other interests.
In 1980, a significant decision was made to move the company from leased office space to a location which had both office and laboratory areas.
In 1984, the current corporate headquarters in Akron, New York, was purchased.
MGA Research Corporation is proud to be a part of these unprecedented accomplishments in American space travel, having been performing testing for the Space and Defense Industry since as early as 1986 and continue testing products that are currently in space or will be in the future.
In 1987, Chrysler Corporation bought the automaker American Motors Company (AMC). Soon after, Chrysler closed the former AMC Proving Grounds and put the facility up for sale.
By the end of 1988, limited crash tests were being conducted and an accelerator sled was added.
MGA purchased the American Motors Proving Grounds facility from Chrysler in Oct 1988
A stronger presence was developed in the Detroit area through the opening of a test laboratory in Madison Heights, Michigan in August 1992.
In 2014, our third full scale crash facility, all located on the 400 acre grounds, was commissioned.
In July 2017, the Wisconsin operations suffered a flood to the original crash site and main crash operation.
During the 2017 timeframe, vehicle crash testing was also expanded to our Alabama location.
Recent expansions include the addition of space testing to three other branches; Manassas, VA, Lincoln, AL, and Irving, TX. MGA’s Texas branch began testing for the space industry in 2017 by performing pyroshock simulation testing for NASA’s Johnson Space Center which continues today.
Within 2 months construction had started, and in June 2018 this fully indoor facility was re-dedicated as our Vehicle Safety Center.
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