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CASAR Drahtseilwerk Saar GmbH is a Wire rope
Wire rope
thumb|Steel wire rope Wire rope is a type of rope which consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a helix. Initially wrought iron wires were used, but today steel is the main material used for wire ropes....

 producing company based in Kirkel
Kirkel
Kirkel is a municipality in the Saarpfalz district, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approximatively 8 km southeast of Neunkirchen, and 20 km east/northeast of Saarbrücken.-Overview:...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. CASAR develops, produces and distributes Special Wire Ropes
Wire rope
thumb|Steel wire rope Wire rope is a type of rope which consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a helix. Initially wrought iron wires were used, but today steel is the main material used for wire ropes....

 for cranes and other lifting
Lifting
Lifting may refer to:*Weightlifting*Shoplifting*Facelift*An undesirable type of movement in the sport of racewalking.*Taking an inference rule in propositional logic and adapting it for predicate logic*Lift *Lifting scheme...

 devices. CASAR has 380 employees. 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
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 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 Rope
Wire rope
thumb|Steel wire rope Wire rope is a type of rope which consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a helix. Initially wrought iron wires were used, but today steel is the main material used for wire ropes....

s. The ’Space Mountain
Space Mountain
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’ at EuroDisney for example works with a special designed wire rope
Wire rope
thumb|Steel wire rope Wire rope is a type of rope which consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a helix. Initially wrought iron wires were used, but today steel is the main material used for wire ropes....

 from CASAR.

On the OIPEEC mining conference in Athens
Athens
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, 2006, CASAR presented a new solution to decrease the weight of wire rope
Wire rope
thumb|Steel wire rope Wire rope is a type of rope which consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a helix. Initially wrought iron wires were used, but today steel is the main material used for wire ropes....

s, by using composite ropes. In 2007, again on the OIPEEC, CASAR presented their results of this new developed rope
Rope
A rope is a length of fibres, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. It has tensile strength but is too flexible to provide compressive strength...

, which shows interesting results.

Since 2007 CASAR is part of WireCo WorldGroup
WireCo WorldGroup
WireCo WorldGroup is a privately owned company that claims to be the world's largest manufacturer of wire rope.-History:...

, former WRCA.

External links

CASAR website WireCo Worldgroup website
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