Gleistein

Line

• Klaus Walther
• Thomas Schlätzer

Gleistein is a leading German Tauwerkfabrik with headquarters in Bremen -Nord. The group also has the sliding stone Slovakia sro in Trencin (Slovakia ), Gleistein Ltd.. Rye (England) and Gleistein Inc. in Belling (USA). Latest subsidiary is the UPDRAFT GmbH i Gr. Specifically dedicated to lifting technologies. According to the company about 185 people are employed and will reach 15 million euros.

Sliding stone has an internationally excellent market position for the solution of special technical problems related to textile compounds (such as in the finishing of high-tech racing yachts and super yachts or in component solution of a wind propulsion system based on large towing kites ( SkySails ) ).

History

1824 Georg Gleistein & Son was founded by sailing ship captain Georg sliding stone together with his eldest son, John. 12 employees (" Reepschläger " ) processed the then available in Europe natural fibers ( hemp, tow ) crafted into ropes. Customers were freight and boatmen, shipping and agriculture. The rope factory with a 380 meter long, so-called Reeperbahn was in Vegesack, along the Kirchheide between Georg- slip stone road and Fährgrund.

The advent of new fibers such as sisal and Manila enabled new technical products. With the Hercules rope trawlers were fitted from 1890. At the former headquarters Vegesack was built at that time just on the later largest herring fishing fleet in Europe. From 1920 basic researches have been conducted for normalization and calculation of technical ropes. In 1947, the first use of chemical fibers, which then displaced the natural fibers in the 1970s begins.

Today the company for the cable manufacturing high-strength materials such as Polyamide, polyester and polypropylene as well as materials used, for example, highly modular Aramid, Dyneema, Vectran, and Zylon used. Depending on the raw material these are particularly resilient, particularly powerful example picking up or particularly heat resistant. Are used the ropes, among other water sports such pleasure boats and high-tech racing yachts and commercial vessels such as tugs and in large ships, as well as in arboriculture. In addition, sliding stone also manufactures ropes for aircraft equipment, theaters and playgrounds as well as for home and industrial needs. The company annually produces about 1800 tons of cordage (2008).

Sliding stone laid in 1978 headquartered in Bremen -Blumenthal. In 1997, a production in Trencin is built in Slovakia, 1999, the company is 175 years. Gleistein today Bremen's oldest industrial family business that is passed into the eighth generation of Klaus Walther and his cousin Thomas Schlätzer.

Products

• Gleistein supplied the ropes for the Wrapped Reichstag in 1995 by the artists Christo and Jeanne- Claude and for Christo project Big Air Package, the largest indoor sculpture in the world in the Gasometer Oberhausen 2013. The ropes have a diameter of up to 40 millimeters.
• Exclusive Tauwerkausrüster of Arved Fuchs for many years on all their expeditions of Dagmar Aaen in the polar seas
• Exclusive Tauwerkausrüster the Illbruck Challenge, winner of the Volvo Ocean Race 2001/ 02, as well as the participant at the 2007 America's Cup, BMW Oracle Racing
• Supplier of the sail training ship Gorch Fock
• Official Rope Supplier of PUMA Ocean Racing for the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009
• Supplier of Francis Joyon on his record for the fastest single-handed circumnavigation.
• Development partner for ropes for towing kite propulsion of ships ( SkySails )
• Gleistein are self-published the standard work Splicebook for craftsmanship splicing out