SolidWorks® software is helping a Norwegian company design and produce environmentally friendly fishing equipment fast enough to meet customer demands. Mustad Longline is the world’s largest manufacturer of longline fishing equipment, which is an alternative to environmentally destructive bottom trawling nets. Mustad Longline, launched in 1972, revolutionized and automated longline fishing practices that had been performed by hand for hundreds of years. Today, the company employs 60 people and holds more than 90 percent of the world longline market share. SolidWorks enables Mustad engineers to drive new product development and modification more efficiently than they could with their previous design software, according to Mustad Longline Product Developer Geir Rogne. Read More
