About Premier Wire Rope
Who We Are:
Premier Wire Rope was established with the goal of supplying, through distributors, special steel wire ropes of the highest quality and consistency. Team Premier Wire Rope consists of skilled personal, which have a focus on special wire ropes and their numerous applications. Each team member has been selected not only for sales capability and product knowledge, but for industry knowledge as well. Each Team member has an extensive wire rope and rigging shop background. This allows the Team to better service the needs of the wire rope and rigging shops in North America that make up our distributor base. Team Premier Wire Rope has a great understanding of our distributors unique needs based on our combined past experience.
Premier Wire Rope is the authorized exclusive distributor for Cordoaria Oliveira SÁ of Portugal for their special wire rope product line in the United States. These special wire rope products have met our strict technical examination and qualification in the areas of:
- Advanced design
- Produced only from high quality raw materials
- Modern efficient wire rope production equipment and machinery
- Level of quality control
- Depth in product range
- Capabilities and experience of engineering and technical staff
- Number and reputation of the OEM approvals that Oliveira SA has achieved
- Stability and experience of the corporate structure
Cordoaria Oliveira SA has been owned and managed by the same family since 1825.
Our products are used every day by performance minded end users for critical crane and specialized lifting equipment applications. These end users place demands not only on their equipment to get the job done right but also on the wire rope which works with their equipment to out perform. Team Premier Wire Rope supports these performance minded end users solely through our distributors. We at Premier Wire Rope have a strict no end user sales policy. Our main focus is to make available to our distributors the most comprehensive special wire rope inventory possible combined with a level of service that equals our products high quality, at a competitive price.
We invite you to put our product and our Team to the test.
History
Oliveira SÁ was established in 1825 and is a market leader for steel wire ropes, especially for lifting, cranes, all elevation systems and fishing. Our steel wire ropes are produced according to the most advanced technology using always the best steel available. The fibre cores are produced at our own factory so that we can guarantee consistent quality. OLIVEIRA SÁ has implemented a quality assurance system according to ISO 9001:2000 which has been certified by APCER (Associação Portuguesa de Certificação, a IQNET member).
All wire ropes sold by Oliveira SÁ are provided with mill test certificates. The mill test certificates can be issued in accordance with Det Norske Veritas and Lloyd’s Register of Shipping and all other Classification Societies upon request. Oliveira SÁ has his own, fully equipped Research and Development Department which supports production and ensures that the optimum quality, for all products, is supplied to our customers.
We must also emphasize the traditional presence of Oliveira SÁ in all the important markets around the world.
1975 – Implementation of the factory in a new area in Maia, Porto.
1993 – Acquisition of new machines for industrial ropes.
1999-2007 – Building of a new plant dedicated to the production and fabrication of large diameter synthetic ropes and systems for the Offshore Market.
2003 – Acquisition of 12 new machines dedicated to the production of high-tech steel wire ropes for the hoist and elevator market.
2008 - Incresing of the capacity with 6 new machines
OLIVEIRA SÁ: (2 Plants)
- MAIA, PORTO: Exclusively dedicated to the high tech hoisting steel wire ropes, elevator ropes, and ropes for the fishing industry.
- BEIRE, PAREDES: For all types of synthetic ropes and twines, and for specialized ropes and mooring systems of the Offshore Market. Owning one of the biggest machines in the world puts OLIVEIRA SÁ among the leaders of the world in this field.
PRODUCTION RANGE:
- 4200 tons/year of high tech steel wire ropes,
- 8000 tons/year
of fishing steel wire ropes
MACHINERY for the production of Steel Wire Ropes:
- 36 Stranders from 6 to 42 bobbins with a rize up to 680mm;
- 10 Closers from 6 to 42 bobbins. Among these are 4 large planetary machines;
- 3 extrusion lines (2 with continuous process);
- All the
suitable equipment leading to optimise the
performances of the ropes (Compacting, plastic
impregnation, heating…).
RAW MATERIAL:
All the wires used in the production of our steel wire ropes are tested and certified at source, and are purchased only from the top worldwide quality suppliers.
Complementary tests are made in the plant by our own Quality Control Department.
EXPERIENCE REFERENCES:
In these last 5 years, OLIVEIRA SÁ has been homologated by several most well known big OEM (crane manufacturers) in the world.
DESIGN / NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Our performance-updated software required
to calculate rope behaviour and breaking strength allows the
Oliveira
Sá design team to optimise the right construction of rope
for each application.
Our Research and Development team is constantly improving
its service to our customers, by investing in, and keep up
to date with all the new technologies.
LABORATORY:
Fully equipped with all the necessary machinery, in order to achieve the Quality Control and Testing during and after the manufacturing process. This machinery includes 2 pulling benches for 150 and 500 tonnes and equipment for testing and controlling the carbon content of the wires.
TOTAL STAFF:
473 people:
- 21 engineers and executives;
- 32 administratives;
- 420 production personnel.
