About Us


Cortland® Cable is part of the Cortland® Companies - Cortland® Cable, Cortland® Puget Sound Rope, Cortland® Fibron BX ltd. and Sanlo, Inc. Cortland Cable designs and manufactures Electro-Mechanical Cable and Synthetic Rope solutions for applications on, under, and out of this world. From highly engineered cables used by NASA in outer space to synthetic rope used in heavy marine and industrial applications to electro-mechanical and fiber optic cables for offshore and subsea applications, Cortland Cable lives by its tag line - New Technologies for New Frontiers®.

Company Growth

  • Incorporated in 1981 by Dr. E. Scala as a spin-off of the Cortland Line Company
  • The company grows on a solid foundation of excellence in both engineering and manufacturing
  • In 1999 the company acquired Puget Sound Rope - the combined resources now offer a more diversified range of rope and cable constructions than any other company world wide
  • In 2000 the company acquired Fibron BX, a leader in offshore and sub-sea umbilicals, cables, and hoses, providing a gateway to the British and European markets for all products
  • In March, 2000 the shareholders form The Cortland Companies to manage operations of Cortland Cable, Puget Sound Rope, and Cortland Fibron BX
  • In April, 2007 Cortland Companies was acquired by the Cortec Group and merged with Sanlo, Inc. All four companies operate under the Cortland Companies.

Manufacturing Features

  • Specialists in the use of high modulus synthetic fibers to replace steel making a product that is lighter, stronger, more flexible, non-corrosive, non-conductive and easier to handle
  • We have been certified to the ISO 9001 Quality Systems Standard by Det Norsk Veritas Certification, Inc.
  • 110 employees and nearly 150,000 square feet of manufacturing space serving niche markets in the oil and gas, aerospace, defense, medical, oceanographic and other industries

Research & Development Highlights

  • The only company selected to design and fabricate satellite tethers which have been successfully deployed from the Space Shuttle
  • The first to build cables for lowering temperature sensors into bore holes to monitor ocean floor geothermal activity
  • Designed and manufactured the rope system that allowed the successful deployment of the Mars Rover from Pathfinder on the surface of Mars
  • NASA Space Shuttle flights are all equipped with slide wire safety assemblies, which protect the astronauts during space walks
  • Ongoing development assures that additional Cortland products will be included in future shuttle and space station missions