Samson Rope Technologies Inc. -- a Ferndale, Wash.-based developer and manufacturer of high-performance ropes and cordage -- has chosen Simpsonville, S.C.-based Innegrity LLC's ultra-lightweight, polypropylene-based Innegra™ S fiber for its new line of MLX ropes for the sailing market. Innegra S fiber is stronger, more lightweight and more reactive than traditional nylon and polyester, and also is more economically priced, according to Innegrity. Samson created the MLX line for club racers, but it reports the ropes also are appropriate for performance-oriented cruisers.

January 19, 2010