1.  Who is ARDL, Inc. USA?
2.  What does ARDL-India do?
3.  Where is ARDL-India located?
4.  What can ARDL-India do for you?
5.  What is the cost of testing? Services?
6.  What is the procedure to start a project with ARDL-India?
7.  Where do I send the samples?
8.  How can ARDL (USA) work with a customer in technical problem solving?

 

1.  Who is ARDL, Inc. USA? 

• ARDL (USA) is a leading US material testing laboratory which deals with polymer development and problem solving.

• ARDL (USA) was founded in 1962 by Charles Robert Samples, the current CEO.

• ARDL (USA) can help you in your problem solving, failure analysis, compound development, component testing, part testing and design analysis.

• ARDL (USA) is the parent company which owns ARDL-India.

• ARDL (USA) can help you gain market entry into almost any country or certify components for automotive companies.

2.  What does ARDL-India do?

• ARDL-India is a rubber and plastics testing laboratory.

• ARDL-India can help you in developing new rubber compounds.

• ARDL-India can help you to identify proper material selection for your application.

• ARDL-India can perform shelf life prediction and service life prediction.

• ARDL-India price list can be requested from this website.

3.   Where is ARDL-India located?

• ARDL-India's main office is located in Cochin, Kerala State, India.

• ARDL-India has consultants in eight major cities including: Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Calcutta, Bangalor, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Colombo (Sri Lanka).

4.  What can ARDL-India do for you?

• Test your material and components.

• Analyze your material.

• Develop new compounds and parts.

• Reverse engineer a material, product and component.

• Provide a quick response on your testing projects.  Typical turnaround is four working days.

• Every testing project is identified with an individual ARDL proprietary project number to ensure confidentiality.

5.  What is the cost of testing? Services?

• The ARDL-India price list is for all standard rubber and plastic testing, please click here to request the list.

6.  What is the procedure to start a project with ARDL-India?

      - Project Initiation through the ARDL-India Website:

• Send an email to ARDL-India's Cochin office using the enquiry form provided in the website:  Request a Quote.

• ARDL-India will send a quotation based on your test requirements.

• Send the test material, material testing instructions and Pay order/Bank draft.

• ARDL-India will send an acknowledgement to the customer informing the test starting date and completion date.

• ARDL will report the test data by Email.

• ARDL will submit a formal test report with electronic "CD" copy.

• ARDL-India's hallmark is to provide the test data within four days.

• ARDL will include a customer response card with the mailed formal test report.  We welcome customer feed-back on our completed work in regards to delivery, quality and technical support.

      - Project Initiation Through Phone or Fax:

• Fax your quote request to: 484-3943863  Attention: Testing Request.

• ARDL-India will send a quotation based on your written instructions through email or fax as requested.

• Send the test material, material testing instructions and Pay order/Bank draft.

• ARDL-India will fax/email an acknowledgement to the customer informing the test starting date and due date.

• ARDL will report the test data by Email or fax where applicable.

• ARDL will submit a formal test report with electronic "CD" copy.

• ARDL-India's hallmark is to provide the test data within four days.

• ARDL will include a customer response card with the mailed formal test report.  We welcome customer feed-back on our completed work in regards to delivery, quality and technical support.

7.  Where do I send the samples?

• Test material should be mailed to our main laboratory in Cochin with the test details.

  Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc.
  ARDL-India Facility 
  B Block, 3rd Floor, Plot No.43A,
  Cochin Special Economic Zone, Kakkanadu,
  Cochin - 682 037. Kerala, India

  Email:  info@ardl-india.com

  www.ardl-india.com 

  Phone:  0484-3243862/63
  Fax:  0484-2413320

8.  How can ARDL, Inc. USA work with a customer in technical problem solving?

• ARDL is a problem solving laboratory.  ARDL-India provides rapid, accurate and cost-effective standardized testing results.  ARDL, Inc. USA will provide consulting services to determine the root cause of your problem related to polymer material, processing, component performance and durability.

• Consulting Services by ARDL, Inc. USA:

-  Service Life Prediction of Components.

-  Material Selection and Recommendation

-  Data Interpretation

-  Plant Auditing

-  Material Analysis and Identification

-  In-house Training

-  Product Certification

-  Field Failure Analysis

-  Compound Development

-  Process Improvement