The Association of Rotational Molders is thrilled to announce the election of Martin Coles and Susan Gibson to the Rotational Molding Hall of Fame. Their induction ceremony will take place on September 26 at the ARM Annual Meeting + Rotoplas.
Martin Coles
Martin joined the global rotomolding industry in the 1980s working for the Italian Polyethylene producer EniChem. For the last 38 years, he has championed the process and the industry.
He founded Matrix Polymers in the UK with fellow Hall of Famer Nick Henwood 32 years ago and today the company is one of the largest material suppliers in the world dedicated solely to rotomolding, with six manufacturing sites located across three continents and more than 250 employees.
Martin presents at conferences in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the US. He and his staff frequently provide workshops at conferences and open-day forums at multiple facilities to demonstrate new technology and progress in the industry.
He is a contributor to RotoWorld®, writing articles focused on energy efficiency, developing young talent to support the future, and how the benefits of the process can be more broadly used. He has also sparked the industry to respond more aggressively to the issues of recycling, plastic pollution, and environmental impact.
Driven by a deeply held purpose of promoting the industry and putting major resources from his company behind it, he is a genuine ambassador for the rotomolding industry worldwide.
Susan Gibson
Susan’s distinguished career in rotational molding spans over 30 years, beginning in 1991 when she founded Rotation magazine for the Association of Rotational Molders. In 2005, she founded RotoWorld® – Magazine for the Rotational Molding & Plastics Design Industries worldwide. RotoWorld® delivers articles, information, thought-leader opinion pieces and case studies on technologies, innovation, product design, process enhancements, materials, equipment, market updates, business strategies, etc. to the worldwide rotational molding community.
In addition to this publication, Susan is a tireless promoter, advocate and ambassador of the worldwide rotomolding industry, and has attended and reported on industry events across virtually every continent and in every major rotational molding market.
Susan is President of JSJ Productions, Inc. which she owns in partnership with her daughter, Jennifer Gibson Hebert.
Through her efforts and advocacy, Susan has increased the awareness of rotational molding as a versatile and value-added manufacturing process among students, processors, designers, product developers, and supply chain participants worldwide and has served as one of the industry’s most effective promoters of rotational molding to a global audience.
The Nomination and Election Process
- Nominations for the Hall of Fame were collected from the industry throughout the Spring.
- All nominations received from 2019 – 2024 comprised the longlist.
- The ARM Executive Committee elected a Hall of Fame Selection Committee comprised of five members of the Hall of Fame.
- The Selection Committee narrowed the longlist to a shortlist of six nominees.
- All Hall of Fame members voted on a ballot to elect inductees from the shortlist.
- All Hall of Fame members reunite at the Annual Meeting Awards Dinner to induct our new members.
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