Quality and Performance
'The Difference is Bridon' is a statement relating to a broad spectrum of "Value Added" features, which together aim to ensure Quality, Reliability and Customer Satisfaction. The following section has been designed to help you identify what precisely it is that differentiates BRIDON products from the competition.

Engineering Excellence
The majority of Bridon's products are manufactured with wires produced by BRIDON, using state of the art machinery. These wires are subsequently spun into strands and then closed into ropes specially designed to meet the strength and performance requirements demanded by you, our valued customer.

A Commitment to Quality
The "Difference" is that Bridon's products are tested to destruction. This "Powercheck" enables us to satisfy ourselves that the minimum breaking strength has indeed been achieved or exceeded. Not all competitors carry out this test. Failure to meet the required minimum breaking force may mean that the design factor of safety for the equipment or machinery has been compromised.

Endurance and Reliability
BRIDON products are time tested and better able to withstand severe field applications as a result of the superior fatigue, crush resistance and rotational characteristics associated with all products within our high performance range.

Setting the Standard
BRIDON strives to 'set the standard' in both its domestic market and overseas. The achievement of such goals becomes apparent when many OEM's specify and recommend BRIDON products, because the 'Difference is BRIDON'

Shared Knowledge
BRIDON believes it is important that our users are knowledgeable about the properties, installation, use, inspection and maintenance of our products. This belief has led BRIDON to offer both formal product-training seminars supported by relevant product safety and product data literature as well as specialist courses tailor-made to suit customer requirements.

Customer Service
The 'Difference' at BRIDON is service, which is second to none. Such excellence is achieved not only by having the product available when you want it, but by also providing a knowledgeable team of field sales representatives, a fully trained and capable Customer Services team dealing specifically with inquiries and orders supported by expert rope engineers. BRIDON products are available across the USA, Canada and around the world via a network of Distributors.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THESE VALUE ADDED FEATURES, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL BRIDON DISTRIBUTOR OR BRIDON AMERICAN CORPORATION DIRECT.

The BRIDON Quality and Performance Commitment

Expertise BRIDON American's history, experience and extensive manufacturing capabilities equip it with both the machinery, tooling, innovative process and technical knowledge to transform raw material into the quality products demanded by our customer. BRIDON has modern manufacturing units across the world boasting up-to-date processes providing traceability from rod to rope, thus maintaining fundamental quality controls.

Training BRIDON American offers a formal training program supported by videos, a comprehensive line of product literature and essential safety and inspection information. Bridon's Training programs stress the importance of inspection and detail the criteria for retirement of wire rope based on various standards. BRIDON believes that a product knowledgeable and safety conscious customer is our best asset.

Ongoing Research and Development BRIDON American continues to develop new products. Increasing wire rope service life and offering operational improvements adds value to our range of products. By taking advantage of enhanced material properties resulting from the efficient processing of wire, or enhanced rope properties through new and improved designs and tooling, BRIDON is able to realize the potential for new manufacturing processes for improved performance.

Product Range BRIDON offers the most in-depth range of wire rope products servicing the lifting, material handling, oil, mining, communications, marine and fishing industries. This comprehensive range of products includes general purpose, single layer, parallel closed and Rotation Resistant ropes, which are available in high carbon, stainless and other special alloy steels.

Customer Service BRIDON seeks to 'differentiate' itself by providing a service, which is second to none, from product availability, order placement and tracking through to delivery. Well-trained field Sales Representatives, Engineers and Customer Services are able to interpret special customer needs from design through to manufacture and application in order to meet or surpass our customer's expectations.

Engineering Bridon's engineering expertise 'differentiates' it from the competition. In-house designed machinery and procedures for selecting and testing raw materials to allow for extra strength, extended fatigue performance and improved rotational resistance have resulted in BRIDON being viewed as the standard for the industry, both nationally and internationally. In order to up hold such standards, BRIDON is an active participant in professional and technical committees including WRTB, AWRF, ASME, ANSI, ASTM and ISO. BRIDON American Corporation is certified to ISO 9001-2000.