| StraightLine HDD | |
| Type: | Private |
| Foundation: | Kansas, United States (January 1, 1984, as StraightLine Manufacturing, Inc.) |
| Location City: | 1816 E. Wasp Rd., Hutchinson, Kansas 67501 |
| Industry: | Directional Drilling Tooling & Equipment |
StraightLine HDD, formerly StraightLine Manufacturing, Inc., is an American corporation which designs and builds tooling and equipment for the Directional drilling industry. The company's products include directional drills, mud mixing systems, air hammers and a full line of down hole tools, wear parts and accessories for all brands of directional drill rigs.
Established in Wichita, Kansas on January 1, 1984, the company was called "StraightLine Manufacturing, Inc." for its first 19 years.
Today StraightLine HDD has directional drilling equipment, tools and accessories operating in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Australia, India, Poland, Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
StraightLine Manufacturing, Inc. is founded in Wichita, Kansas. During this time the company launches its family of rotary tools and introduces a dry bore solution.
StraightLine entered the HDD market with the introduction of its line of DirectLine drills in 1989. In 1991 the company moved to a 36000square feet. facility in Newton, Kansas, and opened a new 9000square feet engineering/technical support facility on the 13acres grounds.
StraightLine was acquired by privately held Finco Inc. d/b/a [1] in 2003. Finco Inc. rebranded the company as StraightLine HDD and relocated the company to a new 70000square feet. manufacturing plant in Hutchinson, Kansas.
StraightLine HDD has been awarded four US Patents: