Brownell & Co, founded in 1844, serves as an international marketplace offering specialty cargo netting, barrier netting, strings, cordage, twines, netting products, tennis net and archery bowstring materials. The company manufactures underslung helicopter nets for military and civilian applications, which are designed, crafted, tested and inspected in its facilities. Brownell offers a variety of cordage products for commercial fishing, wire and cable and industrial applications. It also supplies nets, posts and court equipment to builders and architects of tennis courts. Brownell & Co is headquartered in Moodus, Conn.