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Keeping the world’s

Cargo safe

SINCE

1965 Cordstrap manufacture world leading cargo-securing

products. But the resource offered to business is far greater, working in partnership to provide bespokesolutions to global shipping needs – whethertransporting dynamic cargo, dangerous chemicalsor fragile artifacts.

In collaboration with customers, our powerful product suite is delivered along with the best quality training,applications expertise and legislative insights fortheir staff.

This ensures a bespoke solution that provides optimal physical insurance; driven by an appreciation of theimplications transit has for a business. We not onlykeep the world’s cargo safe; by converting the logistics market to safer, more innovative solutions, we helpour customers to further their global reach.

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Cordstrap

With five international manufacturing locationsand operations in over 50 countries around theworld, Cordstrap provide peace of mind regardingcargo security and safety, with fully CTU codecompliant solutions for all domestic and international shipping challenges.

Better, safer and moreinnovative solutions“

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In 1965, Cordstrap created a better way to secureprecious assets during the shipping process. From that date, the world’s first rayon strap began a revolutionin the protection of cargo in transit. Through continued expansion and constant innovation, we have remainedat the forefront of that revolution – and today we arethe undisputed world leader in cargo securing systems.

Our mission is to keep the world’s cargo safe. We can provide the products and solutions required to keepyour cargo secure - on rail, sea, road and air.

World leader in cargo securing systems The Cordstrap difference

Customised, engineeredprotection forindustry partners“ “

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Partnership

Working in partnership with many of the leadingplayers in these industries, Cordstrap complementtheir expertise with a level of customized, engineered protection that ensures their products and services travel and arrive safely, however they are delivered.

Chemical manufacturers provide the key elementsof thousands of products the world over, in industries including pharmaceuticals and food products.Millions of people ultimately rely on their safeand reliable shipping.

For example, the world’s largest agribusinesscompanies operate globally to develop and shipproducts that provide the increase in crop yieldsthe world’s growing population needs. This meansensuring seamless transportation of highly valuableand often dangerous substances worldwide.

Cordstrap offer the highest levels of safety to thechemical industry, with specifically engineeredsolutions for any requirement. And whether shippedin 55-gallon drums, super sacks, 25kg bags or IBC’s. Cordstrap believes that shipping hazardous cargo should not be left to chance.

Cordstrap partner some of the world’s biggest brandsto supply world-class products and applications fordomestic and international shipping challenges,providing physical insurance in transit for businesspartners in the following sectors:

• Chemical

• Machinery and Equipment

• Steel and Metal

• Construction

• Automotive

• Food and Beverage

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Delivering the physicalinsurance global shippingneeds – on rail, sea, road and air

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Expertise

The steel industry needs to meet ever-increasingdemand for product while maintaining profit margins– pressurizing the supply chain to reduce costs andimprove service levels.*

Highly geographically distributed producers addressthese challenges across global markets; and need to work with efficient specialists to supply their shipping solutions, unifying cargo security across all their divisions.

Working with Cordstrap allows such producers to maintain their competitive advantage worldwide, safely andcost-effectively, reducing health and safety and productdamage incidents. Whether securing rolled steel coilson a flat rack or protecting coated metal products in transit, Cordstrap have a solution specifically designed to meetthe needs of the steel and metal industries.

With a rapid increase in development of major projects in emerging markets, worldwide construction outputis forecast to grow by 70%, contributing $15 trillionto the worldwide economy by 2025.*

This creates a need for the shipping of complexand often fragile materials worldwide. As a leading global supplier to the construction industry, Cordstrap have solutions that allow for the safe transportationof everything from self-cleaning windows to solarsolutions and water supply systems.

We provide safe global cargo securing solutionsfor such complex requirements, reducing shippingcosts and the operation times required by staffto secure each container.

In a market dependent on global growth and business cycles, there is an increasing requirement for very large and complex pieces of high and heavy plantto be moved safely and securely over long distances.

Such businesses have highly specialized transportation requirements, as many of their products are very large and complex. Cordstrap have 50 years experienceof working with the machine manufacturing industry, and have specific products and applications thataddress the challenges of dynamic cargo withsuspension, heavy machinery or crated parts; providing the expertise and experience to ensure these goodsare shipped in a safe, timely and cost-effective manner– by road, sea, rail or air.

Machineryand Equipment

Steeland Metal

Construction

*IBM Global Business Services *Global Construction Perspectives

Supply chain transit for food and drink manufacturerscan be highly problematic. Shippers are routinely taskedwith transporting highly fragile, low value goods in highvolume. The logistical chain is frequently very tight– and high costs can be incurred if it is disrupted dueto breakage or delay.

Cordstrap understand these issues – and how importantit is for product to arrive undamaged. Whatever thechallenge - whether securing fresh fruit aboard reeferships, transporting fragile bottled beverages or exporting canned food products in containers - Cordstrap are ableto provide the required level of engineered protection through the use of highly innovative product and application techniques for both national and international markets.

As the global economy expands, so does the need for third party logistics to support demand and fuel growth.

A large deliverer of logistical solutions can operate across hundreds of markets – combining the supply volumes of different manufacturers to drive scale advantages and therefore providing a valuablecontribution to their supply chains.

Many specialist luxury and automotive businessesneed to ship complicated cargo such as vehiclesuspensions, crated, heavy and odd sized parts further than ever before in order to fuel their worldwidemarket expansion.

Cordstrap can provide safe and cost effective cargo restraint systems for component assembly plants,manufacturing plants or distribution centers. Our ability to work in partnership to deliver safesolutions gives the reassurance that every shipmentwill be protected efficiently and effectively throughout each journey – meeting such challenges as allowingfor the movement of vehicle suspension systemsin transit, dealing with heavy weights and securingirregular shapes and sizes and crated parts.

Automotive Foodand Beverage

Transport andExport Packing

Such a business needs to work with partners that have global reach themselves when shipping often fragile, complex and valuable goods.

Which is why leading 3PL businesses choose Cordstrap as a trusted partner to provide physical insurancesolutions for their ever-increasing volumes of cargo.

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Cordstrap is trusted by over 25,000 businessesworldwide to handle their domestic and international shipping challenges - providing custom built solutions,innovation and accountability; working in partnership with clients to ensure that Cordstrap’s innovativeproducts provide the best, bespoke answer to their specific requirements – and underpinning thosepartnerships with the very highest levels of qualityand safety at all times.

Fifty years ago, Cordstrap developed the world’sfirst rayon strap designed to better protect cargo.Since then, the company has continued to grow,becoming the world leader in cargo securing systems.

Cordstrap Founder Fred van Eck’s innovative spiritstill drives the business today. Our mission remainsthe provision of the most effective, innovative solutionspossible, to ensure that our customers can rely on the safe and damage-free transportation of their products. At any time, anywhere in the world.

Quality and safety are of central importance to ourbusiness. Our ability to exceed the expectationsof our partners in terms of quality and complianceexplains why Cordstrap continue to lead the wayin terms of customer satisfaction.

Trusted by over 25,000businesses worldwide“

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Our products are accepted and approved byregulatory bodies including the International MaritimeOrganisation and the Association of American Railroads. Our strapping and lashing applications are certifiedby the Germanischer Lloyd classification society; we are fully ISO 9001:2008 certified and CTU code compliant.

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ExpertiseInnovation, quality and safety Accreditation

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Training

As the world leader in the development of cargosecuring solutions, Cordstrap take these issues veryseriously. And address them through the Cordstrap Training Centers.

Located at our headquarters in the Netherlandsand our corporate headquarters in the USA,the training centers offer every Cordstrap customerthe opportunity to participate in our Secure CargoTraining program.

Far too often freight shippers use high qualitycargo securing products – but lack a complimentary knowledge of relevant applications or industrylegislation.

The consequences of this can be very serious.Thousands of accidents occur due to insufficientcargo securing every year, resulting in millionsof dollars worth of damage. And worse, loss of life.

Together with our trainers, our partners havethe opportunity to develop a training programthat suits their specific requirements, to include:

• Learning the causes and consequences of cargo movement during transport

• Insight on relevant legislation and regulations, including current CTU code compliance

• Theoretical training in cargo securing and cargo calculation methods

• Intensive hands-on training using the newly acquired skills

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Valuable cargo can be exposed toextreme external influences on flat racks. Cordstrap’s dynamic cargo securingsolutions protect against these andensure cargo arrives at its destination without damage.

Forces in excess of 4G can easilybe generated during shunting.Cordstrap’s dynamic cargo securingsolutions provide a high degreeof shock absorbency, criticalin this event.

Maximum protection...maximum peace of mind“

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Applications

Cordstrap’s cargo applications are engineeredto deliver the maximum protection for goods during shipping. Cordstrap application specialists work with each customer to design a tailor-made solutionthat matches their specific shipping challenges.A customized approach that delivers ultimatepeace of mind.

Palletizingand Bundling

Flat Rack Securing Railcar Securing

Cordstrap’s Railcar Securing Solutions are:

• Easy, fast and safe to apply

• Highly shock absorbent

• Tension retentive

• Certified and approved by organizations including Germanischer Lloyd and AAR

• Inclusive of onsite staff training

Cordstrap’s Flat Rack Securing Solutions are:


• Highly shock-absorbent

• Tension retentive

• Certified and approved by Germanischer Lloyd


Cordstrap’s Palletizing, Unitizing and BundlingSolutions are:


• Protective

• Strong

• Reliable

• Lightweight



This combination of solutions can transform cargo,even if of irregular shape, into transportable unitsthat can be shipped worldwide without damage.

Cordstrap’s Containerization Solutions are:

• Time efficient

• Protective

• Light weight

• Portable



Cordstrap’s heavy-duty polyesterlashings facilitate dynamic cargosecuring solutions that will not damage cargo during the voyage and areeasily applied in confined spacessuch as a ship’s hull.

Ship Securing

Cordstrap’s Ship Securing Solutions are:


• Highly shock absorbent

• Protective

• Light weight

• Portable

• Re-tensionable

• Certified and approved by organizations including Germanischer Lloyd and IMO

Cordstrap palletizing solutions offer a uniquecombination of flexible texture and high retainedtension; making them suitable for securing anytype, size or weight of product.

Cordstrap’s cargo unitizing and bundling solutionshave a high level of retained tension that ensuresbundles keep their original form. These solutionsallow products to be picked up and also stacked.

Containerization

Cordstrap make containerization as easy, fast and cost effective as possible.The composite lashing solutions anddunnage bags that Cordstrap havedeveloped, are specifically designedto prevent the movement of cargoin containers.

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Products

Cordstrap StrappingQuick and easy to apply – while also being saferand less damaging to cargo than steel alternatives.

Cordstrap LashingThe fast and safe way to secure cargo. Cordstrap’scommitment to continual innovation means morecargo can now be shipped safely and efficientlythan ever before.

Dunnage BagsOur innovative products are the safest and mosteffective way to fill empty spaces during shipping.Fast, accurate and easy to apply with our uniqueprecision inflation system.

For over twenty years, Cordstrap has beenthe world leader in one-way polyester strappingand cargo securing systems. Constant innovationand development of the latest technologiesensure that the business maintains that position.

With the largest product range in the market,Cordstrap can provide the resource to meetany shipping challenge.

The largest product rangein the market“

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Cordstrap buckles are the most reliable closingmethod for securing products. They are easy to useand can be consistently applied with our high quality, low maintenance tooling range. Made of non-abrasive material, Cordstrap’s composite strapping is easy to use, will not damage productsin transit and is safe to apply and remove.

Cordstrap’s polyester composite strapping solutions provide a high quality, strong solution to securingproducts of all shapes and sizes, however heavy,fragile or expensive they may be. Our composite strap, together with a high qualitysteel buckle, provides optimal strength in all securing applications.

Cordstrap Strapping

Benefits of Cordstrap Strapping include:

• Strong

• Reliable


• Protective

• Shock absorbent

• Possibility of personalization

• Light weight

• Portable

• Re-tensionable

• Weather resistant

• Rust and rot-proof


A comprehensive range of complimentary accessories, including edge protection, dessicants and anti slip mats, allow Cordstrap’s application specialists to design the most precise solution to a client’s shipping challenges- in combination with the appropriate products.

Cordstrap Accessories

more effective in stabilizing cargo compared with wood blocking and bracing – which are both more costlyand time-consuming.

Our bags are available in a wide variety of sizes.Cordstrap will advise on the most effective dunnage bag to match a customer’s individual requirements.

Cordstrap dunnage bags are specifically designed to secure and stabilize cargo in containers, closed rail cars, trucks and ships.

They prevent both lateral and longitudinal movement and, using our innovative fast inflation valve – which reduces filling times by approximately 50% – are much

Dunnage Bags

Benefits of Cordstrap Dunnage Bags include:


• Moisture resistant

• Time saving

• Light weight

• Easy to remove at destination

• Constructed from 100% recyclable materials

• AAR approved

Our polyester lashing has many advantages overconventional cargo securing products such as heavy-duty steel straps, chains or wooden blocksand bracing. And Cordstrap lashing eliminatesincidents and damage to your cargo.

Cordstrap lashing is the most effective way to secure cargo for international shipping. These productsare specifically designed to secure cargo whereverit may be – containers, trucks, railcars or ships.

Cordstrap Lashing

Benefits of Cordlash Lashing include:

• Strong – system strength of up to 20 tons


• Protective

• Shock absorbent

• Possibility of personalization

• Light weight

• Portable


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Keeping the world’s cargo safe with CTU code compliant solutions

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