The Axia Institute - Michigan State University

Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and StorageUnited States11-50 Employees

The Axia Institute is a premier research and education center dedicated to developing effective and sustainable solutions to improve public and private value chains. The Axia Institute connects leaders from across industries to solve grand challenges that would be difficult to resolve alone. 

Research areas of focus include three value chains: healthcare, food and agriculture, and advanced manufacturing. 

𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 Expertise
 🞄 Circular Economy
 🞄 Fundamental R&D
 🞄 Packaging Design
 🞄 Traceability
 🞄 Value Chain Digitization
 🞄 Value Chain Optimization


𝐀𝐱𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐛
Axia Lab is accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in the field of testing. Axia Lab is the preferred lab for those seeking RFID tag validation in new and diverse environments. Axia’s item-level test methods (Threshold, Orientation, and Tagged Item Performance Protocol) are ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited. All testing is conducted in accordance with GS1 standards. Axia Lab has the Controlled Substance Schedule 2-5 Research Lab license. Other testing services available include:

 🞄 Custom RFID Design and Performance Testing 
 🞄 GS1 Tagged-Item Performance Testing (TIPP)
 🞄 Product Labelling and Packaging Configuration 
 🞄 RFID End-to-End Aggregation Feasibility Study
 🞄 RFID-Enabled Pharmaceutical Packaging Configuration
 🞄 Material Characterization
 🞄 Biomass Extraction 
 🞄 Chemical Characterization


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The Institute was founded in 2013 by leaders in value chain creation and development at MSU, including the Eli Broad College of Business, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, College of Engineering, College of Social Science, and School of Packaging. Founding donors include The Dow Chemical Company, Dow Corning Corporation, Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow Foundation, Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation, The Dow Chemical Company Foundation, and the Charles J. Strosacker Foundation.

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