We are a seventh-generation family-operated company with around 1,500 employees worldwide that is successful with fiber ropes, steel wire ropes and strapping. The product portfolio includes steel ropes for ropeways, cranes and rope construction, synthetic fiber ropes, for example for sailing, recreational climbing, personal fall protection, tree care and industrial applications, as well as plastic strapping for transport security.
For 140 years, Samson has been recognized as a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of high-performance synthetic ropes. Among its many innovations, Samson invented the double braid and pioneered the first high modulus polyethylene fiber ropes. Today, Samson engineers continue to pioneer the use of new fiber technology and the development of innovative coatings and constructions to produce ropes with unprecedented performance characteristics. Samson’s research and development team is meeting an ever expanding market need for products with exceptional performance in critical applications.
The company's unwavering commitment to research, development, and a unique package of field engineering and after-sale support services has resulted in stronger and more durable products for a diverse range of commercial and recreational users.
Samson’s engineers use time-tested nylon, polyester and polypropylene fibers in conjunction with newer developments in fiber technology, including Technora® and high-molecular weight polyethylene (HMPE, such as Dyneema® fiber). The result – products that raise the bar of performance and quality for Samson customers.
Samson’s commitment to customers includes field engineering consultation and support, products custom-designed to solve a specific customer problem or application, and after-sale support including residual strength testing, customer-specific operating manuals, and field inspection.
North Kiteboarding is owned and managed by North Actionsports Group, a division of North Technology Group. Our headquarters is located in The Netherlands and supported by sales hubs in the US and Australia, to ensure a high level of service for a global market.
Mystic aims to create a range of equipment that embraced modern technologies and techniques, which in combination with the riders’ natural physical skills would allow them to reach and even surpass their maximum potential. Mystic creates products that push riders further, allowing riders to break all the existing boundaries and take the sport to a totally new level.
Mystic has become an innovative trailblazer in the kite and windsurfing worlds. By combining durability, quality, innovation and technology Mystic has sealed its reputation as a force to be reckoned with on an international scale. Mystic is expanding, having recently transferred the innovative designs and high quality from their kite and windsurfing products over to wakeboarding.
Why follow when you can lead, this has become the Mystic philosophy.
Mystic believes that kiteboarding, windsurfing, wake boarding and stand up paddling is not just a hobby, it’s a way of life. By creating an ever-expanding apparel and waterwear collection, Mystic now represents the watersport attitude and lifestyle in and out of the water.