Star performance

Staying one step ahead with double-walled net design

With a number of carefully chosen global partners, Garware Wall Ropes (GWR) of India has been developing new products for the aquaculture industry, primarily to improve on stock contain

As is the case around the world, containment of valuable stock is of prime importance and most of the major players in Scotland have

Abrasion on pen collars, foreign objects

W&J Knox of Ayrshire in Scotland and Garware Wall Ropes have pooled their knowledge -

Knox and Garware sat down with Graham

the main stock holding element of the net be Sapphire Ultracore, which features strands of marine grade stainless steel as an integral part

from a heavy abrasion panel constructed with

- pared to like-for-like nylon, making it easier to clean with in-situ net washers, while the abrasion resistance inherent in Star makes regular

As well as the stainless steel in the Ultracore the material and helps to lock the geometry of the twine during the process to autoclave the

Graham Smith said: ‘We have been working now and have been impressed with the techni

‘We had intense discussions with Knox over -

breaking strengths to wet nylon and a massive

the product were overcome with a unique and

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towards the diamond and is readily malleable to

beginning of the year a full farm trial was car

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