BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23@ropecord.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20250520 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20250523 DTSTAMP:20250606T135001Z URL:https://ropecord.com/events/cordage-institute-2025-annual-conference/ SUMMARY:Cordage Institute 2025 Annual Conference DESCRIPTION:Highlights of the Cordage Institute 2025 Annual Conference\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nOn May 20-22\, 2025\, the Cordage Institute held their Annual Co nference at the Hotel Place d’Armes in Montreal\, Quebec.  The full con ference program included a Technical Seminar\, Business Meeting\, Technica l Subcommittee and Task Group meetings\, as well as a meeting of the full Technical Committee\n\n \;\n\nThe Business Session included the keynot e presentation “Navigate the Economy: Prepare for Takeoffs and Landings ” by Jeremy Bess and Patrick Luce.\n\n \;\n\nThe busy program for th e Technical Seminar included the following presentations:\n\n \;\n\nTh e Influence of Bending Ratio on the Strength of HMPE Slings\n\nPresented b y Loet Hoppe with I-Coats NV on behalf of Binbing Hou\, Yuhua Wang\, and R afael Chou with Zhejiang Four Brothers Rope\n\n \;\n\nTotal Mooring Sy stem Energy Considerations and Testing opportunities\n\nPresented by John Hughson\, Danielle Stenvers\, and Michael Botterbusch with Samson Rope Tec hnologies\n\n \;\n\nDynamic Behavior of Aramids: Implications for Rope and Cable Applications\n\nPresented by Bo Cornelissen\, Egbert Bottema\, and Ben Rolink with Teijin Aramid B.V.\n\n \;\n\nTanker Mooring Line F ailure Trends and Analysis\n\nPresented by Elizabeth Huntley with Whitehil l Manufacturing\n\n \;\n\nSustainable Ropes\n\nPresented by John Flory with Tension Technology International\n\n \;\n\nAdditionally\, new me mber presentations were given by Innovarte and Galan Textile Machinery.\n\ n \;\n\nOn Wednesday night\, at the President’s Night Dinner\, the m usic was provided by Jazz Instead and set the upbeat mood for the evening. Amy Jenkens was awarded The Richards Technical Contribution Award\, and F orrest Sloan was thanked for his service as the Chair of the Cordage Insti tute Technical Committee.\n\n \;\n\nWe would like to extend a special thank you to the following conference sponsors:\n\n \;\n\nAvient Prote ctive Materials\n\nFibrXL\n\nFletcher Industries\, Inc\n\nGalan Textile\n\ nGraphene One\n\nHailide America\, Inc.\n\nHamilton International\n\nHerzo g GmbH\n\nHoneywell\n\nI-Coats N.V.\n\nKuraray America\, Inc\n\nNexis Fibe rs\n\nRobco Engineering A/S\n\nTeijin Aramid\n\nTP Industrial Yarns B.V.\n \n \;\n\nHave pictures to share? Send them to info@ropecord.com for th e upcoming newsletter!\n\n \;\n\nCheck your passports and save the dat e for the Cordage Institute and Eurocord 7th Joint Conference on June 14-1 7\, 2026 in Portugal. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ropecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ logo2.jpg LOCATION:\, \, X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=\, ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TI TLE=:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR