Unparalleled
Innovation

Our team of solutioneers have been driving industry wide transformation for more than 30 years. With over 30 break-through, first to market solutions and one of the highest numbers of patented solutions in the industry, we continue reimagining what’s possible and making it a reality.

EXPLORE WHAT’S POSSIBLE

Safety & Sustainability

Lower Environmental Impact

The durability, longevity, and eco-friendly characteristics of synthetic solutions reduce the need for frequent replacements, minimizing habitat and ecosystem disruption and overall environmental impact compared to traditional materials like natural fibers or steel.

SAFETY FIRST

For personnel and equipment, synthetic rope is safer. Synthetic ropes reduce ‘snap-back effect’ preventing damage or injury caused by steel wire breakage. Its soft finish is easy to handle, and lighter weight helps prevent injuries. If it should break, synthetic rope fails thread by thread rather than recoiling uncontrollably.

DRIVING BUSINESS RESULTS

Synthetic rope plays pivotal role as progressive industries seek to harness the power of renewable energy. They transport floating wind turbines, secure them to the seabed, assemble the turbines in place and tether the electrical cables to the seabed.

PEOPLE-CENTRIC

Caring for our customers, our co-workers, our community, and our environment are core principles of our business. We build lasting relationships based on trust and long-term cooperation.

Performance-driven, we are stewards of business results for Cortland International and for our customers.

We’re focused on safety, protecting our customer’s human capital, transforming the way people work and ensuring they are future ready.

Trust The Purple

Some 20+ years ago, the engineers at Cortland set out to build a better synthetic rope solution. One with greater strength than anything ever manufactured. One that could handle virtually every environmental condition on land, water and in the air. And one whose design enables field repairs to keep mission-critical operations up and running.

No other manufacturer approaches 12×12 like Cortland. From reliability design and engineering, to testing, field trials, residual strength analysis and inspection, we’ve put together the perfect formula that others simply can’t replicate.

With decades of use and tens of thousands of applications, Cortland Plasma® 12×12—that purple rope—is still leading the industry.

Pushing The Boundaries

Our innovative solutioneers pushing the boundaries of what’s possible for over 30 years, defining safe, sustainable, and innovative solutions that deliver lasting impact. We continue to design first-to-market solutions that are transforming the way work gets done.

First 70,000 Metric Ton processing facility

First to procure a Herzog 2000 2 strand braider

First DNV Type Approved tether

First Whale protection solution for USA & Canada waters

First to test a 12 strand synthetic rope to 2400 tons

First subsea hardware designed for synthetic ropes, slings, and tethers

First “dolphin safe” rope for use in Seismic operations in GoM

First Mussel Back Bone rope – ANZ

First repairable 12-Strand construction

First Super strong, low shrinkage Aquaculture solution: SUPERTUF AQUA

First 5,000MT synthetic sling used in offshore construction

First company to outfit PLSVs with synthetic slings in Brazil

First company to design slings specifically for lifting wind blades

First HDPE Dolly rope

First high tenacity HMPE strands

First Structural Health Monitoring system for rope

First load transfer sling

First Deep-water lifting rope for 125Te Active Heave Compensated traction winch

First 72,000 D baler twine - Baler Twine

First splice designed to work in bend over sheave without slipping

First synthetic rope to outperform steel in bending applications; deepwater construction

First synthetic bicycle spokes

First synthetic subsea tethers to replace steel in long-term mooring application, 20+ years

First patented recovery / towing assembly - With Caterpillar Inc.

First Delayed antifouling knotless cage netting AQUATUF NXT

First large 100% rated rope efficiency socketed terminations With Applied Fiber created

First ETD (Easy to Deploy) oceanographic mooring line system

First braided Hair Fairing [patented] to reduce cable noise and drag without affecting winch or sheave performance

Creating The
Future Together

Our 30+ years of continuous innovation is fueled by deep technical expertise; delivering customized high-performance synthetics solutions that help solve the most complex challenges across diverse markets.

As the largest rope manufacturer in the world, we’re growing, expanding our extensive portfolio, and accelerating innovation to create a safer, secure, and sustainable way to work.

We have been aware of Plasma® rope slings as a lifting and lowering solution since they were used in a testing environment several years ago. It was obvious that they were easier to handle and rig than wire alternatives. Recent use has shown that they far outlast synthetic slings on the market and we were satisfied with the positive outcome on this complex application.”

Richard Miller

Lifting Specialist

Success Stories

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EASY-TO-DEPLOY MOORING LINE

LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS BUILT ON TRUST

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