Ropecord News - a Publication of the Cordage Institute


Your window to the cordage, rope and twine industry and its fabricators, resellers and users.

  • Read about new products

  • Find out about new applications

  • Learn about trade and legal issues

  • Find out about markets

  • Keep up to date on technical information

  • Read about what is going on in the industry

The Ropecord News is published six times a year.

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Here's a sampling of subjects in recent issues:

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  • New rope standards announced

  • High tech rope for deepwater moorings

  • World report on natural fibers and polypropylene

  • Kevlar® slings expanding applications

  • Soft landing on MARS

  • Spectra® ropes replacing wire

  • Vectran® towed arrays

  • New bicomponent fibers

  • Barrier nets protect offshore platform

  • Load meter helps safe use of rope

  • Missle target runs on fiber tightrope

  • New "steel" fiber rope

  • New chafe protection sleeve

  • Linear fiber rope mooring systems for vessels

Get started with the Ropecord News now...
Tel: 610-971-4854 - Fax: 610-971-4859 - Email: Info@RopeCord.com

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