Steven Balogh (L), Vice-President;
Scott Balogh (R), President and CEO

Founded by Jim Balogh and headquartered in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Mar-Bal is a compounder and molder of thermoset composite products.  Since 1970, Mar-Bal has engineered and manufactured quality, customized materials and parts.  Mar-Bal serves the appliance, electrical, transportation and industrial marketplaces from its four facilities in North America. 

Mar-Bal, an ISO 9001:2008 registered company, has a portfolio of brands and proprietary products, and continues to develop innovative products while maintaining a commitment to client satisfaction and total value. 

The entrepreneurial spirit continues at Mar-Bal under the leadership of the second-generation-Balogh family. Scott and Steven Balogh joined their father’s company in the early/mid-1990’s and began growing the business through customer collaboration, Engineering design and investments in innovation.  In 2007, Mar-Bal opened a Research and Development Technical Center in Chagrin Falls that enables the company to focus deeper in providing their customers with thermoset composite solutions – part design, specialized material formulations and customized automation.  The investments continued in 2011 with the addition of a PVD finishing line and adoption of Operational Excellence principles.  Mar-Bal is clearly positioned to advance thermoset composites and provide their customers and partners a One-Source Solution. 

Manufacturing:

• Custom compounding and molding of thermosetting materials
• Bulk Molding Compound (BMC)
• Mixing and extruding
• Injection, compression and transfer molding of BMC/SMC, Polyester, Phenolics and Epoxy
• 50 to 1000 ton press capacities
• Press rebuilding and customization
• 210,000 sq. ft. total plant space
• Insert Molding
• Secondary machining and fabrication
• Automated de-flashing and finishing
• Sub-assembly contracting
• Powder coating
• PVD-Metalizing (THERMITAL™)
• Decorating
   

Quality and Process Control:

• An ISO 9001:2008 Registered Company
• Operational Excellence Strategies – Certified Master Black Belt and Black Belts on Staff
• Mold maintenance program
• State-of-the-art laboratory facilities for ASTM, Analytical and Application testing
• Statistical Methods S.P.C
• D.O.E. (Design of Experiments)
• Supplier Certification Programs
• Continuous improvement and Training in quality services
  

Full Service Engineering:

• Mar-Bal / Customer Design Partnership
• Complete Product, Part Design Resources
• Pro/E & SolidWorks, 3D, CAD
• Structural FEA Capabilities
• Design for Manufacturing
• Design for Tooling
• Mold-flow analysis for enhanced part design
• Prototype and model capabilities
• Thermoset materials development – UL, FDA approved, Fire Resistant
• Proprietary and OEM product lines (UL recognized stand-off insulators and UL Classified fire resistant wastebaskets)
• Value Engineering
   

Customer Services:

• Just in Time and Kanban delivery
• Customer Inventory Programs
• Bar coding
• Electronic data interchange (EDI)
• Advanced Ship Notices (ASN)