Northern Strands is now a proud supplier of Straightpoint products! Since 1976, Straightpoint's solution-based systems have been at the top of industrial weighting and load monitoring technology.

With UK headquarters, a US subsidiary, and global dealer network, the simple to use, cost-effective product range has enhanced safety for engineers and rigging professionals worldwide for 40 years. 

The engineering team design and manufacture a broad spectrum of first-class products to capacities in excess of 1,500 tonnes to include:

• Tension 'Link' load cells 
• Telemetry load cells
•  Shackle load cells
•  Dynamometers
• Crane scales
• Compression load cells
•  Load pins
•  Software solutions

                                                                                                                    

The Straightpoint team pride themselves on the development and distribution of world-class load monitoring, weighing and force measurement systems. 

Straightpoint’s wireless Windows-based software, and full line of accessories allow for the simple and easy, acquisition and analysis of force and load monitoring data.

All Straightpoint products are fully tested and available for next day dispatch in an aluminium flight case (or wooden crate for large capacities) with full documentation including multilingual manuals, certificates of calibration/proof test and CE conformity. 

World-class calibration and repair services are offered for all models as well as other manufacturers’ load cells. Straightpoint products are utilized within many industries worldwide:

• Shipping and marine
• Mining
• Transport
• Health and safety
• Entertainment
• Crane and rigging
• Salvage and decommissioning
• Oil and gas
• Construction
• Power generation
• Utilities
• Topsides
• Break bulk
• Military

 

There are new reduced prices on Northern Strands' Flattened Strand and Non-Rotating in a variety of diameters and lengths. Contact us for details on the reduced prices on Flattened Strand, Fiber Core, Galvanized, Poly Core, Non-Rotating, Compacted, Plastic Encased Core, and the many other constructions available! 

To view the brochure with the Wire Ropes available, please click the following link: Wire Rope Reduced Prices.pdf (3MB)

Northern Strands has Saskatchewan's largest inventory of wire rope available. Northern Strands has a large selection of rigging products and is is a distributor for some of the largest world class manufacturers in the industry including The Crosby Group, Gunnebo Johnson, Thern, Unitex, Vitali International and more

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On June 1st Northern Strands hosted the Crosby Shrimp Boil and Rigging Training event.  Crosby picks only 4 companies a year in North America to host this event.  It took months of careful planning and teamwork to make the event a success.  

We started at the Travelodge for Rigging Training.  We had excellent attendance for the Crosby Rigging Course.  Over 80 people attend training!  Crosby Group gave an excellent course on rigging.  The Crosby trainer covered everything from rigging inspection to how the working load limit can vary between different types of rigging hardware.

Did you know that Northern Strands offers a variety of safety training courses? i.e. Fall Arrest Training, Rigging Training, Winch Training, First Aid Training, Suspended Access Training, Wirelock Socketing Training, Emergency Medical Responder Training, Medical First Responder Training, Intermediate First Aid Training and more.

After training, we all headed over to Northern Strands for the second half of our event.  The Crosby Shrimp Boil!  This is the part everyone was waiting for.  The meal consisted of sausage, peppers, corn, mushrooms, baby potatoes and of course shrimp.  See the attached PDF for the full recipe.

Shrimp boil dinner.pdf (138.67 kb)

At the Shrimp Boil we provided demonstrations on Northern Strands new Mobile Test Center.   We pulled rigging to destruction and showed how damaged rigging will readily break below the working load limit.  Our new Mobile Test Center was engineered and fabricated for Northern Strands by our sister company Fortis Mining Engineering & Manufacturing.  

Northern Strands is now offering free, "Is Your Rigging Safe Demonstration's" to qualified customers.  We will bring our Mobile Test Center on site for your demonstration.  See the attached brochure for detail on how to book your rigging safety demonstration.

Is Your Rigging Safe Demonstration Brochure.pdf (1.25 mb)

In addition to the pull to destruction demonstrations, we offered tours of our Northern Strands rigging warehouse facilities.  We had employees giving demonstrations on how we fabricate 1" wire rope slings in our sling bay.

Northern Strands would like to thank all of our clients that attended the Northern strands Shrimp Boil and Training Event.  We hope you all enjoyed the training, dinner, pull testing demonstrations and tours of our rigging warehouse.  

Here are a few more great pictures from the Northern Strands Crosby Shrimp Boil!

This year Crosby Group has selected Northern Strands to host its famous Crosby Shrimp Boil and Rigging Training Seminar!  For those unfamiliar with this event, Crosby Group provides a free rigging course followed by a shrimp boil where you eat jumbo prawns to your hearts content.  Plus Northern Strands will be providing pull testing demonstrations on our mobile test bed and offering tours of our rigging warehouse facilities.  Crosby selects only one Canadian Crosby rigging distributor annually to host this exclusive event.  With Northern Strands being one of the top rigging companies in Saskatchewan, it was high time the Crosby Shrimp Boil made it's way back to Saskatchewan.  In fact, this isn't the first time Northern Strands has hosted the Crosby Shrimp Boil.   In years past, our Regina location hosted the event to great success.

The Northern Strands Shrimp Boil and Rigging Training event will take place Wednesday June 1st.  If you are a company that uses rigging and would like your employees to receive free rigging training followed by a free shrimp boil, contact us today to see if we still have spots available.  See the attached invitation for details...We have extended the RSVP date to May 20th.  Email marketing@northernstrands.com if you are interested in attending.

Northern Strands Crosby Shrimp Boil Invite.pdf (827.73 kb)

Did you know that Northern Strands is the largest supplier of supplier of rigging and wire rope in Saskatchewan?  We supply many of the local farmers, construction companies and potash mines in Saskatchewan with the following rigging supplies:

• Crosby shackles
• web slings
• round slings
• chain slings
• wire rope slings with special fitting (threaded studs, spelter sockets, swage sockets)
• turnbuckles
• wirelock
• spreader beams
• chain hoists
• lever hoists
• aircraft cable
• plate clamps
• beam clamps
• tow straps
• tow rope
• snatch blocks
• transport chain
• fall protection gear
• lifting hooks
• trifors
• grade 100 chain
• lifting lugs
• eyebolts & eye nuts
• wire rope lubricant
• grade 100 chain
• grade 30 and 43 Chain

And of course all Crosby Rigging products!

Northern Strands is proudly Saskatoon, Saskatchewan owned and operated.