BRAND NEW TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 2023

Led by Industry Expert Instructors with Over 140 Years of Experience

Seals Product Design and Manufacturing

If you are involved in the design, quality, sales, or manufacturing of rubber articles, and would like to know why it works not just when it works, this is for you!

June 5-9, 2023

Columbus, OH

Training includes: comprehensive training in rubber science, product seal design, and reproducibility one-week intensive course not available anywhere else copies of ARPM Product Standards and MO-1 The Rubber Handbook

Space is limited for this in-person class. Register today!

[1] Chem-Trend/Freudenberg-NOK Two Facility Plant Tour Event

ARPM’s first-quarter plant tour will be a two-facility event, taking place at Chem-Trend and Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies in the greater-Detroit area. During this all-day event, attendees will visit Freudenberg’s headquarters and R&D lab in Plymouth as well as Chem-Trend’s global laboratories and manufacturing facility in Howell. Both organizations are making strides to have more sustainable operations, and their progress and next steps will be the highlight of each tour. To learn more about this event and to register, visit www.arpminc.com/events.

[2] 2022 EHS Summit Speaker Callout

ARPM’s Annual Environmental, Health and Safety Summit is being brought back in person in 2023! This event, May 2325, will highlight best practices in safety that you can take back and implement in your organization.

The most important element of the EHS Summit is the educational component contributed by industry experts. If you are an EHS professional and would like to share your professional experiences and program successes with our audience, we encourage you to respond to our Call for Presenters. All presentations must be non-proprietary and cannot mention specific goods or services

If you are interested in presenting at this event or have any questions, please contact Kaitlyn Krol at kkrol@arpminc.org

[3] ARPM Training Academy – Seals Product Design and Manufacturing Training (In Person)

ARPM is excited to share that we will be offering oneweek intensive training courses through our new program, the ARPM Training Academy. The Seals Product Design and Manufacturing course is the first session and will be held June 5-9, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. This one-week intensive course provides comprehensive and consistent training in rubber science, product seal design (for static and dynamic sealings) and producibility. This course of in-depth principles of design is not available anywhere else in the industry or academia and is taught by industry professionals with over 140 years of combined experience. For more information or to register, please reach out to Letha Keslar at lkeslar@arpminc.org

New ARPM Board Members

ARPM is pleased to welcome four new Board Members in 2023. The new members bring a wealth of leadership experience and will be a great addition to the association’s Board of Directors.

Aaron Clark, chief chemist – Danfoss

Bill Bernardo, director – Ebco Inc.

Ryan Fleming, Americas MT Laboratory operations manager – Freudenberg-NOK

Rich Balka – president, Home Rubber Company

ARPM also would like to thank Charlie Braun of Custom Rubber Corp, Joe Walker of Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies, Mike Smith of Basic Rubber and Plastics, and Dave Jentzch of Blair Rubber who are stepping down from the ARPM Board of Directors. Thank you for your service and all you have done to impact ARPM and the rubber industry.

Welcome New Members

Please join us in welcoming the following new ARPM members!

Sempertrans USA

Passaic Rubber Co

Upcoming Events

February 28, 2023 – Chem-Trend/Freudenberg-NOK Plant

Tour Event

March 1, 2023 – Safety Award Submissions Open

April 20-21, 2023 – Engineering and Quality Forum

May 23-25, 2023 – EHS Summit

You can register for these events, and see our full list of upcoming events at www.arpminc.com/events. n