Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. Purchases Experimental Services, Inc. (ESI) Expanding Engineering Testing Services
For Immediate Release: November 5, 2020
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Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. (ARDL)
Sales & Technical Information
2887 Gilchrist Road – Akron, Ohio 44305
Tel: (330) 794-6600 Fax: (330) 794-6610
Website: www.ardl.com
Media Contact: Sean Djuricic – seand@ardl.com
Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. Purchases Experimental Services, Inc. (ESI) Expanding Engineering Testing Services
Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. (ARDL) has purchased all of the assets of Experimental Services, Inc. (ESI), ARDL announced October 16th. ESI describes itself as, “An engineering laboratory for engineers and researchers.” Providing static, dynamic, fatigue and vibration testing for the past thirty years, ESI’s focus has allowed it to become the best at what it does. Analyzing the engineering properties of rubber components, whether to industry standard test specifications or to properties called out on engineering prints, has allowed ESI to become a vital partner to rubber parts manufacturers across the US and beyond.
ARDL CEO Tim Samples states, “ARDL has worked with ESI for many years. Their specialty in engineering testing has made them unique and a natural to fit into ARDL’s engineering testing group. The best part is that ARDL will continue to gain from the input of both Greg Schilling and Karl Winkler, who developed and grew this business and have cultivated trusted relationships with manufacturers over the past three decades.”
ESI President Karl Winkler added, “ESI has been a fabulous business for us and as we look toward the next phases of our lives, we don’t think we could have found a better home for it than with ARDL. ARDL has the resources to maintain and grow the business and we get to stay involved and help it prosper even more. We know our customers will be well taken care of and that is really important to us. We have spent most of our working lives building these relationships. We are all excited for our future together.”
Business will continue as usual in the immediate future at ESI’s southwest Akron location. Eventually, all services will be provided out of ARDL’s recently acquired and renovated 136,000 square foot facility in nearby Barberton, Ohio. Both companies assure customers there will be no delay in testing services as ESI becomes part of ARDL.
ARDL is a leading international laboratory dedicated to providing testing, development and problem-solving services to all facets of the rubber and plastic industries. ARDL is accredited by A2LA to ISO 17025:2017, is registered to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016. For more information on services provided by ARDL, please visit www.ardl.com.
Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. (ARDL)
Website: www.ardl.com
Sean Djuricic
Sales and Marketing Manager
Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc.
2887 Gilchrist Road – Akron, Ohio 44305
Tel: (330) 794-6600 Fax: (330) 794-6610
seand@ardl.com
