- CASAR
CASAR Drahtseilwerk Saar GmbH is a wire rope producing company based in Kirkel, Germany. CASAR develops, produces and distributes Special Wire Ropes for cranes and other lifting devices. CASAR employs 380 people. The production capacity is 18.000ts (2007).
History
The company CASAR Drahtseilwerk Saar was founded in 1948 by consul Joseph Verreet . CASAR is an abbreviation for the French term ’Câblerie Sarroise’.CASAR produced the first 8-strand ropes already in 1949 - in a time, where six-strand-ropes have been usual. CASAR became one of the leading manufacturer of Special Wire Ropes. The ’Space Mountain’ at EuroDisney for example works with a special designed wire rope from CASAR.
On the OIPEEC mining conference in Athens, 2006, CASAR presented a new solution to decrease the weight of wire ropes, by using composite ropes [ cite journal |author= G.Rebel, R.Vereet, I.M.L.Ridge| title= Lightweight ropes for lifting applications| journal= OIPEEC Rope Solutions| year= | volume= | issue= October 2007| pages=51| url= http://www.ropesolutions.com/bro_engl/lightweight_ropes.pdf] .In 2007, again on the OIPEEC, CASAR presented their results of this new developed rope, which shows interesting results.
Since 2007 CASAR is part of WireCo Worldgroup, former WRCA [ cite journal |author= Wire Rope News| title= WRCA signs definitive agreement to purchase CASAR| journal= Wire Rope News| year= | volume= | issue= October 2007| pages=51| url= http://www.wireropenews.com/pdf/pages/oct07_pg51.pdf| format= dead link|date=June 2008 – [http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3AWRCA+signs+definitive+agreement+to+purchase+CASAR&as_publication=Wire+Rope+News&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search] ] , [ [http://www.cranestodaymagazine.com/story.asp?storyCode=2046499§ioncode=135 Cranes Today: WRCA buys CASAR] ] .
ee also
* WireCo WorldGroup
*wire rope External links
*en icon [http://www.casar.de/english/firma/firma.htm CASAR website]
*en icon [http://www.wirecoworldgroup.com/ WireCo Worldgroup website]References
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