EAST LIBERTY, OH – The Ohio General Assembly today approved a $25 million investment in HB 2 to help make improvements at the Transportation Research Center Inc., including renovation of its 25,000-square-foot Impact Laboratory. Research conducted at this facility has played a major role in advancing highway safety and saving lives over its 50-year history.
“We are proud that Ohio has become the go-to place for the world’s leading automotive innovators, and we are grateful that our state’s legislative leaders and the DeWine-Husted Administration have allocated $25 million to help us make key investments in our facility, including upgrading our Impact Laboratory so that we can remain a leader in crash testing and impact simulation,” said TRC President and CEO Brett Roubinek.
“As North America’s most comprehensive automotive proving ground, our advanced facilities and world-class expertise of our people continue to place us as THE premier location for mobility research. This investment will help us keep pace with the game-changing technologies we are seeing in our industry and better meet the needs of today’s job-creating mobility companies.”
Since opening its proving grounds 50 years ago, TRC has attracted about 1,000 clients from world-leading industries and partnered with decision makers in every sector – government, industry, research, education – to drive innovation in automotive safety and performance.
TRC’s 4,500-acre East Liberty campus in Union and Logan counties, with an expert team of 500 engineers and other specialists, operates around the clock to conduct tests in a variety of advanced research facilities. In addition to the 25,000-square-foot Impact Laboratory, key research facilities include closed-road courses, rural lanes, a 7.5-mile high-speed oval test track, and a 50-acre vehicle dynamics area. Among TRC accomplishments have been its key roles in the development of automotive innovations such as airbags, anti-lock brakes, lane assist, adaptive cruise control – were all tested and refined here at TRC before they appeared on American roadways. Most recently, TRC has developed pioneering testing facilities for the development of autonomous driving technologies.
For more information about TRC Inc. and the new TRC California testing and research center, contact: california@trcpg.com.
Jim Lynch
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