Bailey Marine

Throughout the 1980s the company focused on product development. Supplying stainless steel wire terminals enabled Petersen Stainless Rigging to expand both market and manufacturing capability. The strategy proved to be very successful and consequently prompted the company to move to a large modern manufacturing facility at Blaydon-on-Tyne in 1988.

With a design team focused on finding solutions to problems, product innovation has always formed a strong part of development at Petersen: the Shake-Proof Shackle incorporating the smart-lock pin, the Shackle Toggle for wide chain-plates, the failsafe Hi-MOD backstay insulator, the easy-fit Hi-MOD swageless terminal and more recently the slim-line and lightweight GT turnbuckle body were all developed after many hours of customer consultation.