drilling tooling & equipment founded kansas united states january 1 1984 as straightline manufacturing inc. headquarters 1816 e. wasp rd. hutchinson kansas 67501 website straighlinehdd.com 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 . contents 1 history 1.1 1984 to 1988 the early years 1.2 1989 to 2002 entering the hdd market 1.3 2003 to present acquisition by finco inc. 2 patents 3 external links 4 references history edit 1984 to 1988 the early years edit 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 . a cyclone back reamer built by straightline hdd 1989 to 2002 entering the hdd market edit straightline entered the hdd market with the introduction of its line of directline drills in 1989 . in 1991 the company moved to a 36 000 sq ft 3 300 m2 . facility in newton kansas and opened a new 9 000 square foot 840 m2 engineering technical support facility on the 13 acre 53 000 m2 grounds . finco inc. 2003 to present acquisition by finco inc. edit straightline was acquired by privately held finco inc. d b a source hdd 1 in 2003 . finco inc. rebranded the company as straightline hdd and relocated the company to a new 70 000 sq ft 6 500 m2 . manufacturing plant in hutchinson kansas . patents edit straightline hdd has been awarded four us patents us patent 5231899 for a drilling rig breakout wrench system on august 3 1993 . 2 us patent 5253721 for a directional boring head on october 19 1993 . 3 us patent 5709276 for a multi position directional drill on january 20 1998 . 4 us patent 5921331 for a backreamer on july 13 1999 . 5 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to straightline hdd . straightline hdd finco inc. underground construction magazine references edit source hdd acquires straighline csv . underground construction . 2004 06 01 . retrieved 2008 09 18 . us patent 5231899 csv . retrieved 2008 09 18 . us patent 5233721 csv . retrieved 2008 09 18 . us patent 5709276 csv . retrieved 2008 09 18 . us patent 5921331 csv . retrieved 2008 09 18 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title straightline hdd & oldid 710667067 categories construction industry of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in kansasmanufacturing companies established in 1984hutchinson kansasreno county kansas navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 march 2016 at 09 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view