- Mooring & Anchoring
- Classic
- Cruising
- Sailing dinghies
- Racing & Performance
- Splicing & Sailmaking
- Mini Reels
- Textile clutches
- Accessories
- Outdoor climbing
- Indoor climbing
- Mountaineering
- Hiking
- Caving & Canyoning
- Cords
- Accessories
- Single ropes
- Double ropes
- Twin ropes
- Hiking ropes
- Cords & sewn webbing loops
- Caving & canyoning
Cousin Trestec
Rope manufacturer, always more innovative
Located in the North of France, Cousin Trestec manufactures innovative ropes and braids. With 175 years of experience, Cousin Trestec is a key player in the industry and leisure markets.
Innovative rope manufacturer, for high performances
Cousin Trestec is a rope manufacturer specialized in fibres transformation by spinning, cabling, braiding and coating since 1848. Cousin Trestec is the reference on the rope market, with customers in various sectors, such as leisure and sport (yachting, climbing, caving, trekking, mountaineering, paragliding, kitesurfing...), safety (work at height, rescue, handling, events...), industrial (offshore, hoisting, automotive...) and military. With the benefit of the expertise from the group and its sister company Cousin Composites (composite rods, duct rods, innovative yarns, Tecnifibre racket strings), Cousin Trestec offers solutions matching your needs and brings you all their know-how to manufacture quality and innovative products. On top of our rigour and expectations for product design, we place your satisfaction in first place.
175 years of know-how and French quality
Cousin Trestec uses the best available raw materials to increase comfort, safety and performance: polyamide and high tenacity polyester, Technora®, Dyneema®, Twaron®, HMPE, Spectra®, Vectran® or the recent PBO®. Cousin Trestec has not only an unmatched knowledge of the materials, but also the ability to combine all the technologies and to control perfectly the thermic treatments (stretch, shrinkage, stabilization, waterproofing) and coatings. Cousin Trestec also designs your tailor-made products to your own specifications. Working with traditional know-how while mastering the high-tech fibres makes the Cousin Trestec hallmark.
Milestones
Foundation of COUSIN Frères, specialising in spinning and braiding line, cotton and hemp yarns.
Manufacturing of sewing threads and strings
1st rope-maker to use synthetic fibres.
1st products ranges dedicated to yachting and climbing.
Market Leader for paragliders and parachutes lines.
Market Leader for safety and access ropes.
CE marking.
COUSIN Frères creates a group with several subsidiaries for each activity - COUSIN Trestec and COUSIN Composites (rods and optic fibres).
Launch of the first range of lines for kitesurfing.
ISO 9001 Certification. Later ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
Cousin Trestec develops Constrictor®, a new textile rope clutch which sets new standards in the sailing sector.
Cousin trestec enters ocean racing as partner to Thomas Ruyant
Daniil Medvedev wins US Open with Cousin strings
Thomas Ruyant won the Route du Rhum and the Jacques Vabre Transatlantic.
Cousin celebrates 175 years
Iga Swiatek wins her 4th Rolland Garros with Cousin strings
Cousin Trestec awarded the prestigious EPV label by French Government
Expertise and quality recognized
Cousin Trestec is proud to have been awarded the EPV label. This is a mark of government recognition for French companies with a vision that includes respect for the company's history and heritage, in harmony with its knowledges and tools. A vision that also includes local and international partners and always more innovations.
Cousin Trestec
Hot figures
30,000
km of ropes made each year
60,000
plaits necessary to the manufacture
175
years of experience
60
countries all over the world
80
mm diameter maximum
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News
APRIL 2024 – Cousin Trestec awarded EPV label
Cousin Trestec awarded Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant label by the French government. A showcase for French knowledge and excellence [...]
September 2024: SUPAIR X COUSIN – X LITE 80, the world’s lightest rescue parachute
PARACHUTE X LITE - A unique partnership between SUPAIR and COUSIN. The ultra-light weight of SUPAIR's X LITE 80 rescue parachute relies in part on DYNALINK, a COUSIN textile braid, inspired by climbing, to improve resistance and absorb forces when the parachute opens, thanks to its elasticity, dynamism and light weight [...]
NOVEMBER 2024 – Cousin aboard the Vendée Globe IMOCA boats
Follow the Vendée Globe with us, starting on November 10, 2024, with 6 skippers equipped with COUSIN ropes at the start [...]
NOVEMBER 2024 – Visit us at METS Amsterdam
From November 19 to 21, 2024 find us at Metstrade Amsterdam - the world's largest trade show for boats, equipment, and marine systems. Visit us on stand 05.133 to discover our range of ropes for mooring & anchoring, dinghies, cruising & performance. Would you like to schedule an appointment at the show [...]