Gleistein
| Geo. Gleistein & Sohn GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1824 |
| Seat | Bremen-North |
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| Number of employees | 92 |
| sales | EUR 14.2 million |
| Branch | Rope factory |
| Website | www.gleistein.com |
| As of December 31, 2018 | |
Gleistein is a German cordage factory with its headquarters in Bremen-Nord . The company group includes Gleistein Slovakia sro in Trencin (Slovakia), Gleistein Ropes Ltd. in Rye (England) and Gleistein Ropes Inc. in Belling (USA). The newest subsidiary is UPDRAFT GmbH i. Gr., Which is specifically dedicated to lifting technologies. According to the company, it employs around 185 people and generates 15 million euros in sales.
Gleistein has an important market position in solving special technical problems in relation to textile connections (e.g. in equipping high-tech racing yachts and super yachts or in the component solution of a wind drive system based on large towing kites ( SkySails )) .
history
Georg Gleistein & Sohn was founded in 1824 by sailing ship captain Georg Gleistein together with his eldest son Johann. 12 employees (" Reepschläger ") processed the natural fibers (hemp, tow) that were available in Europe at that time into ropes by hand . Customers were cargo and river boaters, shipping companies and agriculture. The rope works with a 380 meter long, so-called Reeperbahn, was located in Bremen-Vegesack , along the Kirchheide between Georg-Gleistein-Straße and Fährgrund .
The advent of new fibers such as sisal and manila made new technical products possible. From 1890 on, trawlers were equipped with the Hercules rig. The then largest herring fishing fleet in Europe was being built at the then Vegesack headquarters. From 1920 on, basic research was carried out on the standardization and technical calculation of ropes. The first man-made fibers began to be used in 1947, which then replaced natural fibers in the 1970s.
In 1978, Gleistein moved its headquarters to Bremen-Blumenthal . In 1997 a production facility was set up in Trencin , Slovakia, and in 1999 the company existed for 175 years. Today, Gleistein is Bremen's oldest industrial family company , which is managed in the eighth generation by Klaus Walther and his cousin Thomas Schlätzer.
Today the company uses high-strength materials for rope production, e.g. B. polyamide , polyester and polypropylene as well as highly modular materials used z. B. Aramid , Dyneema , Vectran and Zylon are used. Depending on the raw material, these are particularly elastic, particularly force-absorbing or z. B. particularly heat-resistant. The ropes are used, among other things, for water sports, such as Pleasure boats and high-tech racing yachts, and in commercial shipping, such as B. in tugs and large seagoing vessels, as well as in tree care. In addition, Gleistein also manufactures ropes for equipping aircraft, theater stages and playgrounds, as well as for home and industrial needs. The company produces around 1800 tons of rope annually (2008).
Products
- Gleistein supplied the ropes for the wrapping of the Reichstag in 1995 by the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude and for the Christo project Big Air Package , the largest indoor sculpture in the world in the Oberhausen Gasometer in 2013. The ropes have a diameter of up to 40 millimeters.
- Exclusive rope supplier to Arved Fuchs for many years on all expeditions with the Dagmar Aaen in the polar seas
- Exclusive cordage supplier for the Illbruck Challenge , winner of the Volvo Ocean Race 2001/02, as well as the participant in the America's Cup 2007, BMW Oracle Racing
- Supplier of the training ship Gorch Fock
- Official rope supplier of PUMA Ocean Racing for the Volvo Ocean Race 2008–2009
- Francis Joyon's outfitter for his fastest single-handed circumnavigation record .
- Development partner for ropes for kite propulsion of ships ( SkySails )
- Gleistein are self-published the standard work Splicebook for craftsmanship splicing out
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ : Bremen Commercial Register, HRB no. 5168
- ↑ Federal Gazette: Annual financial statements for the business year from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, accessed on April 15, 2020
- ↑ a b Bremer Seilschaften , report by Krischan Förster in the Weser-Kurier of February 28, 2009, p. 5.
- ↑ Volker Kölling, A rope team that connects , in Volker Kölling coast communication (PDF; 154 kB), accessed May 16, 2013
- ↑ : “News Archive: News from August 11, 2008” PUMA and Gleistein sail around the world together in the toughest regatta race
- ↑ : "The Splice Book" as a short version
Coordinates: 53 ° 11 ′ 38 " N , 8 ° 33 ′ 26" E