A startup or expansion cannot miss
You are installing mixing capacity, internalizing production, moving equipment, or building a team—and need the entire operation ready together.
PRACTICAL ANSWERS. PRODUCTION RESULTS.
Find the real problem. Make the solution work in production.
Whether the constraint is materials, machines, processes, systems, or people, Ardor helps rubber processors, manufacturers, and OEMs turn the right solution into repeatable plant-floor performance.
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WHY ARDOR
A good recommendation only matters when it works on the floor.
Plant problems rarely belong to one department. Materials affect machines. Machines affect processes. Systems shape how people work. The result shows up in quality, throughput, delivery, cost, and customer confidence.
Ardor connects those decisions. We bring senior technical and operating experience, build a practical plan, and stay directly involved through implementation.
WHEN TO CALL ARDOR
The cost of waiting is becoming visible.
Call Ardor when a problem affects more than one department, creates real business risk, or has stalled because no one owns the complete solution.
The same problem keeps returning
Scrap, variation, downtime, late delivery, or a difficult compound persists because the technical and operating causes have never been solved as one system.
A supplier decision feels one-sided
You need an experienced, independent view of raw-material pricing, freight rates and terms, material choices, specifications, risk, or a major supplier proposal.
Growth has outpaced the operating system
Tribal knowledge, unclear ownership, weak measures, and competing priorities are limiting performance and leadership visibility.
CAPABILITIES
Better materials.
Better operations.
Focused support across rubber technology, equipment performance, continuous improvement, quality, sourcing, and plant execution.
Compound development
Organic and silicone formulations built around performance, processing, cost, and supply continuity—not laboratory results alone.
Equipment efficiency & reliability
Mixer, mill, press, and auxiliary-equipment performance; downtime analysis; preventive maintenance; critical spares; capacity; and throughput improvement.
Continuous improvement
Practical systems for KPIs, standard work, OEE, setup reduction, problem-solving, waste reduction, daily management, and accountability.
Plant startup & mixing support
Facility readiness, equipment selection and layout, staffing, training, safety, quality planning, maintenance, and production launch.
Raw material & freight strategy
Supplier qualification, direct sourcing, alternate materials, raw-material pricing, freight-rate and freight-term review, landed-cost analysis, and supply-risk reduction.
Quality, compliance & testing
Right-sized quality systems, test methods, failure analysis, specifications, validation, ISO readiness, and audit support.
EXTENDED EXECUTION NETWORK
The right specialist when the work requires it.
Ardor leads the overall problem-solving and implementation plan. When specialized capability is needed, we can bring in trusted independent professionals and coordinate their work with the broader project.
01Mixer inspections
02Tool & mold design
03PLC & controls installation
04ISO implementation & audits
05Safety audits
Specialists are engaged based on the scope and customer need. Ardor remains focused on alignment, priorities, and practical implementation.
REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS
Built around the result—not a generic consulting package.
Ardor can lead a defined project, support an internal team, or stay engaged through execution. Scope follows the business need.
MIXING OPERATION STARTUP
Build the operation—not just the equipment list.
Facility and equipment readiness, raw-material sourcing, staffing, training, safety, quality planning, maintenance, and launch coordination.
EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY & THROUGHPUT
Get more from the equipment you already own.
Downtime and constraint analysis, PM and critical-spares priorities, mixer and press performance, setup reduction, capacity, controls opportunities, and practical efficiency measures.
PLANT PERFORMANCE RESET
Turn observations into a practical operating plan.
Plant-floor assessment, immediate risk controls, first-part quality, KPIs, standard work, equipment priorities, leadership routines, and a 30/60/90-day plan.
MATERIAL, FREIGHT & SUPPLY STRATEGY
Make better technical and commercial decisions.
Formulation review, supplier qualification, alternate materials, raw-material and freight benchmarking, freight terms, total landed cost, proposal challenge, validation planning, and continuity risk.
THE ARDOR DIFFERENCE
Independent advice. Direct senior involvement. Broader execution when needed.
We do not need to replace your major suppliers or internal experts. We help you ask better questions, challenge assumptions, manage risk, and coordinate the technical, equipment, quality, and operating work required to implement the solution.
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT EVALUATION
See the business clearly. Focus the team on what matters next.
Ardor evaluates the operation through leadership interviews, plant-floor observation, available data, and direct discussion with the people doing the work. We organize the findings using a simple Start / Stop / Continue framework—then convert them into action.
What must begin?
Systems, disciplines, capabilities, and actions needed to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, growth, and accountability.
What holds you back?
Workarounds, waste, conflicting priorities, weak controls, and legacy habits that consume resources without creating value.
What already works?
People, practices, customer strengths, and operating advantages worth protecting, standardizing, and building upon.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Immediate actions, prioritized 30/60/90-day work, clear ownership, practical performance measures, and a leadership review of the path forward.
Discuss an evaluation →HOW WE WORK
No thick report that sits on a shelf.
Every engagement is built around the decision or result you need. We bring structure, urgency, candid communication, and the follow-through needed to make improvements stick.
- 01
Understand the real constraint
Define the technical issue, operating reality, risk, business impact, and desired outcome.
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Build the path forward
Separate immediate actions from longer-term work, assign ownership, and establish measurable checkpoints.
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Execute and transfer ownership
Work alongside your team until the solution is operating, measured, and owned by the organization.
THE TEAM
Senior expertise,
directly engaged.
You work with the people doing the thinking and the work—not a handoff team learning your business on your time.
OWNER / COO
Chris Poirier
More than three decades across custom compounding and rubber fabrication, with leadership in operations, procurement, project execution, plant startups, and continuous improvement.
OWNER / CTO
Nicolas Lugo
Specialist in organic and silicone compounding, formulation development, R&D, quality assurance, testing, and process improvement. Bilingual in English and Spanish, Nicolas can work directly with Spanish-speaking technical and production teams.
START WITH THE PROBLEM
What is slowing the business down?
Tell us what is happening, why it matters, and what has already been tried. We will start by clarifying the real decision and whether Ardor is the right fit.