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Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. (ARDL) is an independent testing, research and consulting laboratory specializing in rubber, plastics and latex. ARDL supports at least thirteen of the sixteen essential critical industries cited...

Uncertain About Uncertainty? – Don’t Be! The latest revision of ISO 17025 requires ARDL to group the test standards covered by our Scope of Accreditation into five categories based on the nature of testing. Additionally, for test...

ARDL Technical Presentation & Class Schedule - IEC 2019 – Cleveland, Ohio • Tuesday, Oct. 8th – ARDL in conjunction with the ACS Rubber Division will be performing elastomer experiments with high school students from NE Ohio through...

It’s BOATING SEASON! If you own a boat, have you checked your impellers lately? Impellers are rubber devices that force water into the boat’s engine in order to cool the engine much in the same way that your car’s water pump forces...

6/10/2019 - Akron, OH - Independent testing and development laboratory Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. (ARDL) announced the June 7 grand opening of its new Barberton campus, located at 75 E. Robinson Ave. in Barberton, OH. The...

By Jim Mackinnon Beacon Journal/Ohio.com Posted Jun 7, 2019 at 6:12 PM Updated Jun 7, 2019 at 6:12 PM    Akron Rubber Development Laboratory is making the old new again in Barberton. The 57-year-old family-owned testing business is in...