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Ted Nelson Joins Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. as Technical Advisor

Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Ted Nelson to its team of technical staff in the position of Technical Advisor.  Ted has been a part of the rubber industry for over 24 years.  With a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, he started his career in the rubber industry as a Compound Development Chemist and Process Chemist with Cooper Tire and Rubber Company.  He then moved on to The D.S. Brown Company to manage Technical, Mixing and Extrusion.  From there, Ted did a short stint in the steel industry with Walbridge Coatings, Inc. where he achieved his ASQ Certification as a Quality Engineer. 

In 2002, Ted joined Hercules Tire and Rubber Company in Findlay, Ohio as the Technical Director, where he was responsible for quality, technical service, product development, product quotations, and sales for the Custom Mixing Division.  The plant was purchased by Biltrite Industries in 2005 and then Robbins LLC in 2009.  Ted became Plant Manager for Robbins during the transition, and was then promoted to VP of Technology over three facilities and was transferred to the Corporate Offices in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.  In the aftermath of the Hexpol buyout of Robbins, he went to AirBoss as Director of Strategic Development in Kitchener, Ontario. 

Now, returning to Ohio, Ted is excited to join ARDL's team of Technical Advisors, where he will consult in all areas of polymer research, development and testing.  ARDL finds solutions to customers' toughest problems regarding polymers, including compound analysis and development, conducting process and production audits, creating highly advanced test systems when a standardized testing specification does not exist, designing application-specific failure analysis programs, predicting service and shelf-life and much more.  Ted can be reached at:  ted_nelson@ardl.com

For more information about Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc., please contact us or visit the following links:

Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc.
Sales & Technical Information
2887 Gilchrist Road
Akron, Ohio 44305
Tel: (330) 794-6600
Fax (330) 794-6610
seand@ardl.com
www.ardl.com

The Retread Tire Association is proud to have Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. in the RTA family .

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