Structure-flex "weighs" in to the growing
14 January 2008
A recently concluded agreement with Newfoundland rigging experts Extreme East, Structure-flex is now set to become a global supplier of durable, high quality proof testing bags to Canadian & North American oil, gas & mineral exploration industries.
Extreme East is part of the DF Barnes Group and is heavily involved in the supply of rigging and lifting equipment for a wide range of land and offshore explorations. From the end of April, a fleet of Structure-flex's proof testing bags will be available from Extreme East's head office in St John's Harbour, Newfoundland, a location which is some twenty miles closer to the water than any other supplier of proof testing equipment.
As the manufacturer of the Original Big Bag, Structure-flex has been a supplier to the international oil and gas exploration and production industries for nearly forty years. Its expertise in manufacturing bags and bulk containers from sheet thermoplastic materials is ideally suited to the production of proof testing bags, and Sales and Marketing Manager, Matt Doughty sees this new trading partnership as an important business development opportunity, saying:
"The relationship with Extreme East will enable us to become a major water weights supplier in the North American marketplace. As mineral exploration increases, so does the need to test and certify an increasing range of lifting equipment, so this is a market place with considerable growth potential."
The DF Barnes Group has strong customer relationships with companies such as Oceaneering, the Penney Group and Canadian Natural, and Extreme East will use its reputation for coupling quality products to high levels of customer service and technical support to provide a low cost total supply chain for proof testing bags.
