Gleistein is a prominent German cordage factory with head office in Bremen. To the group of companies belong the Gleistein Slovakia s.r.o. in Trencin and Gleistein Ropes Ltd. in Great Britain. According to own data Gleistein has about 240 employees and 21million euro conversion are obtained.

Geo. Gleistein & Sohn GmbH
Company typePrivate
Founded1824
FounderGeorg Gleistein
HeadquartersBremen,
Bremen-Nord
,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Klaus Walther
Thomas Schlätzer
ProductsRopes, Cordage
21 Mio.
OwnerFamily
Number of employees
240
DivisionsGleistein Slovakia s.r.o.
Gleistein Ropes Ltd. (UK)
Websitehttp://www.gleistein.com/en/

History

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Founded in 1824 by sailor captain Georg Gleistein as well as his oldest son Johann, Georg Gleistein & son started out with 12 workers converting natural fibers (hemp, tow) manually into ropes. Equipped were freight- and riverboats, shipping companies and farmers.

Arising new fibers such as Sisal and Manila opened new technical possibilities. Starting from 1890 on, the Herkulestauwerk (lit. Hercules cordage) was used for dragging nets for fishing. At that time Bremen-Vegesack, the former company headquarters, was the port of registry of Europe's biggest herring fleet.[1] Starting from 1920 basic researches for standardisation and computation of ropes were established. In the year 1947, the first ropes made of chemical fibres were produced. 1978, the enterprise shifts its head office to Bremen-Blumenthal. 1997, a production is set up in Slovakia, 1999 the enterprise existed 175 years. In his hometown Vegesack (part of Bremen today), the Georg-Gleistein-Strasse wears the founder's name.[2]

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ : „Geschichte: Vegesacker Fischerei“ (History: Vegesack Fishing Fleet) by Armin Seedorf on vegesack.de Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ : „Bremer Strassenlexikon: Band 12“ by Monika Porsch, 2000, Schmetterling Verlag, Bremen, ISBN 3-932249-10-0
  3. ^ : „Press release: Experiences with Gleistein ropes on arctic expeditions“ by Arved Fuchs on arved-fuchs.de Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ : „Press release from Jan. 11th, 2008: PUMA und Gleistein im härtesten Regattarennen gemeinsam auf Weltumsegelung on sailnews.com
  5. ^ : Company´s homepage
  6. ^ : „Splicebook“ Short Version Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine