Christopher O'Connor

Humanetics Innovative Solutions, Inc. creates sophisticated crash test dummies and computer crash test models. It designs, develops, and manufactures anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs). The firm produces a wide variety of products including regulated and non-regulated ATDs ranging in size from newborn infants to large adults that are used in automotive, military, and aerospace industries. Its products and services include ATD Positioning Tools, Engineer to Order, iCrash Technology, OccuForm Hard Shell, Dummy Integration, Dummy Calibration, Fleet Management Services, and Instrumentation Calibration. The company is headquartered in Plymouth, MI.

Safety Technology Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of precision test systems and sensor solutions through its subsidiaries. It develops biofidelic anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs) commonly known as crash test dummies, test equipment, finite element simulation models and advanced sensor measurement systems. The company is headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI.

Tronair, Inc. manufactures aircraft ground support equipment. Its products include lifting and shoring, towing and taxiing, parking and mooring, servicing, aircraft tooling, hydraulic power, ice and rain protection, landing gear, propellers, power plant, aircraft tooling and replacement parts. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Swanton, OH.

HITEC Sensor Developments, Inc. manufactures strain gauges, sensors and thermocouples. The company is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA.

Part of HIS Holdings, Inc., Humanetics Europe GmbH is a German company that engineers safety, digital, and sensor solutions for critical environments with a focus on human-centered industrial design. The company is based in Heidelberg, Germany. The company utilizes virtual models to mitigate the effects of impact and pedestrian dummies in the development of motor vehicles. The CEOs are Christopher John O'Connor and Gerhard Haas. The company was founded in 1952, and its history with military safety dates back to the development of an anthropomorphic dummy for testing air and spacecraft ejection seats, helmets, and restraint systems.

Sensor Developments, Inc. designs and manufactures chip-based sensor devices. Its products include testing brakes, engines, drive trains, steering, suspensions, tires, sunroofs, aircraft controls, spot welders and power tools for the automotive, aerospace, medical, nuclear and agricultural industries. The company was founded by Albert E. Brendelin in 1976 and is headquartered in Orion, MI.