Cordage Institute

<h2 id="structure-and-membership">Structure and Membership</h2>
<p>As of  January 2010, there are 80 members including rope manufacturers, <a href="/facts/Synthetic_fiber/VBcafhnY">synthetic fiber</a> manufacturers, equipment suppliers and industry consultants, as well as groups representing military, academic and end-user organizations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>  The Cordage Institute is led by a board of directors which is elected from and by the membership.  There are three official meetings per year, including two technical committee meetings and one annual conference with technical and business components.
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<h2 id="standards">Standards</h2>
<p>The group creates standards through a technical committee with specialized sub-committees.  Standards are drafted within the sub-committees and accepted through a voluntary consensus process and board approval.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>  Typical standards include performance characteristics for rope products, usage guidelines and testing procedures.  These standards are available to the public for reference and may be used during specification, purchase, testing, or use of rope products.
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<h2 id="other-publications">Other publications</h2>
<p>Ropecord News is a quarterly publication of the Cordage Institute.  It includes product, application and market information related to the rope industry.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Rope/heTalcCM">Rope</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Synthetic_fiber/VBcafhnY">Synthetic fiber</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.ropecord.com">Cordage Institute Website</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.StoryOfRope.org">Ropewalk: A Cordage Engineer's Journey Through History</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Cordage Men Form Trade Institute". The New York Times. July 7, 1920. p. 29. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Flory, J; Huntley, E; Richards, D; Foster, G (2004), "Cordage Institute Rope Test Methods, Standards, and Guidelines", OCEANS '04 MTS/IEEE Kobe, pp. 1887–1894 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) <a href="/wiki/Template:Citation" target="_blank">/wiki/Template:Citation</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Textile Organizations". Retrieved 28 January 2010. <a href="http://www.nationaltextile.org/library/orgs.htm" target="_blank">http://www.nationaltextile.org/library/orgs.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Cordage Institute Membership Directory". Archived from the original on 13 March 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100313193532/http://www.ropecord.com/cordage/directory/directorynewf.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100313193532/http://www.ropecord.com/cordage/directory/directorynewf.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Cordage Institute Website". Retrieved 28 January 2010. <a href="http://www.ropecord.com/default.html" target="_blank">http://www.ropecord.com/default.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Ropecord News". Retrieved 28 January 2010. <a href="http://www.ropecord.com/cordage/publications/cordage_news/defaultn.html" target="_blank">http://www.ropecord.com/cordage/publications/cordage_news/defaultn.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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