CASAR

CASAR Drahtseilwerk Saar GmbH is a wire rope producing company based in Kirkel, Germany. CASAR develops, produces and distributes wire rope for cranes and other lifting devices. CASAR has 380 employees. The production capacity is 18.000ts (2007).

History[]

The company CASAR Drahtseilwerk Saar was founded in 1948 by . CASAR is an abbreviation for the French term ’Câblerie Sarroise’. CASAR produced the first 8-strand ropes in 1949, in a time, where six-strand-ropes were usual. The ’Space Mountain’ at EuroDisney works with a wire rope from CASAR.^{[citation needed]} In 2006, CASAR developed composite ropes to decrease weight.^[1]

Since 2007 CASAR has been part of WireCo WorldGroup.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ G.Rebel, R.Vereet, I.M.L.Ridge. "Lightweight ropes for lifting applications" (PDF). OIPEEC Rope Solutions (October 2007): 51.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "WRCA Signs Definitive Agreement to Purchase CASAR" (PDF). Wire Rope Corporation of America. 9 August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
^ Cranes Today: WRCA buys CASAR Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

(in English) CASAR website
(in English) WireCo Worldgroup website

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[1] G.Rebel, R.Vereet, I.M.L.Ridge. "Lightweight ropes for lifting applications" (PDF). OIPEEC Rope Solutions (October 2007): 51.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] "WRCA Signs Definitive Agreement to Purchase CASAR" (PDF). Wire Rope Corporation of America. 9 August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

[3] Cranes Today: WRCA buys CASAR Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine

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