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INTRODUCTION

Green Pin History
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Green Pin traces its origin back to 1922, when Dirk van Beest
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started to manufacture the shackles that would later be branded
Green Pin . He did so at the home of the Dutch dredging
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industry: Sliedrecht, close to the Port of Rotterdam. Dirk van
Beest – a diligent, hardworking man – was passionate about

creating 100% failsafe products in combination with a full-
service attitude. With his focus, the company was able to grow

quickly, in tandem with the international growth of the Dutch
dredging and maritime industry.

Today, Green Pin is still part of the family-owned Van Beest
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Group. It is headquartered in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands,
and has branches in the United States (Houston and Chicago),

France, Germany and Norway.

Brand mergers: Green Pin , Excel and Tycan ®
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In 2018, the Tycan and Excel brands were merged into Green Pin . This created one, big premium brand –
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Green Pin – for all below-the-hook fittings. Van Beest will continue to sell its full product range – Green Pin
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Tycan fibre chain, Green Pin rope fittings and Green Pin chain fittings – under the new, premium brand
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name through its existing distributor network.
Excel was a premium quality brand for chain fittings, manufactured in France since the mid-1960’s. Van
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Beest acquired the Excel brand and its production facilities in 2007. Van Beest will continue to manufacture
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Green Pin (formerly Excel ) chain fittings at its current production location in France. The transition period of
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replacing Excel markings and logos on physical products will take several years. As part of the transition, the
colour of grade 8 former Excel products will change to white under the Green Pin brand. These products
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were previously yellow or red. For this reason, you will see that the finish on the product pages of grade 8
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Green Pin (formerly Excel ) chain fittings is specified as “red”, “yellow” or “white”. Grade 10 products will
remain blue, the same as before. After the transition period, the Excel name and brand will cease to exist.
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Tycan is a premium quality, fibre link chain that has all the performance and flexibility of steel chain but
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is a fraction of the weight. Van Beest obtained the Tycan brand through its acquisition of the Norwegian
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company Load Solutions in September 2017. Due to the novelty of Tycan ’s product range, Tycan will
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continue to exist as a special sub-brand within the scope of the Green Pin brand. All Green Pin products
related to fibre technology will therefore be known as Green Pin Tycan .
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