Durabelt, INC. United States

Our company was formed in ohio in 1987 to sell urethane belts to distributors, installers, and oems. In 1991 the company was purchased by jim hammond, a physicist who worked at jet propulsion labs and was director of technology at atlantic richfield corp (arco) . Mr. Hammond's goal was to bring high technology to the relatively low tech belting business, including a quality control system that was a forerunner of ISO 9000. Within a year the company's name was changed to durabelt to reflect the development of two new proprietary products, a super-strong welding process and a more resilient urethane (cyclothane-a) . In 1994 durabelt introduced the "world's longest belt warranty". To the best of our knowledge, it still remains as the longest, fixed-duration, written belt warranty for urethane belting in the world-two full years. Over the years durabelt has developed many new products, including a proprietary color process for coloring belts after being spliced, anti-snag flat belts, anti vibration belts, long-life ht (high tension) belts made from cyclothane-b, the patented speedy belt installer, jacketed spring belts that work in most harsh environments, jacketed rope belts that move heavy loads, and metal detectable elastic food-grade belts. The company regularly introduces new products, most of which are inspired by its customers with whom it works closely. Durabelt owns a state-of-the-art plant in hilliard, ohio that was built in 1995 and designed especially to manufacture urethane belting and other accessory products for conveyors. When running three shifts with the equivalent of 50 employees, durabelt has the production capacity to produce approximately 60, 000 o-ring belts per day. Durabelt's mission is to manufacture innovative, high-quality products and sell them at a fair profit, while providing the fastest, friendliest service in a healthy, happy environment.