ROTEC GmbH

9 years of ROTEC – that means four engineers, one idea, and, today, a global presence. Nine years ago, Sven Winter, Dirk Moll, Martin Wehr, and Sebastian Traub founded ROTEC GmbH. What began back then in Stuttgart has since developed significantly. The four founders...

Early shift at the festival grounds: first the cable inspection, then the fairground fun. When it is still pitch-black and dead silent at the Cannstatter Wasenat 6:00 a.m., things are just getting started for ROTEC. Before the first visitors even start thinking about...

Practical Rope Inspection of World-Record Installations The world's largest, highest, and deepest installations represent impressive technical feats. Steel wire ropes play a crucial role in the safe operation of many of these facilities. For this reason, ROTEC also...

Zipline Stoderzinken: New ROPESYS R28 cable inspection device for cable testing in the Alps. The Stoderzinken Zipline is one of the most spectacular recreational attractions in the Styrian Alps. Anyone soaring over the Styrian Alps on a steel cable at speeds of up to...

Customized solutions for various crane types. Rope inspection on container cranes is one of those demanding inspection tasks that require experience and technical understanding. Our colleague Marcus Liebscher was once again on assignment at HHLA in the Port of Hamburg...

Practical knowledge for design, operation, and testing. The "Wire Ropes" seminar will once again take place at the Haus der Technik in Essen on September 22 and 23, 2026. Sven Winter (Dipl.-Ing.), Managing Director of ROTEC GmbH, will be participating. Together with...

Bucket-wheel excavator 293: A machine of superlatives. Weighing 14,200 tonnes, 225 meters long, and 96 meters high: Excavator 293 at RWE Power AG’s Hambach open-cast mine is a machine of superlatives. According to the Guinness Book of Records, the bucket-wheel...

Bursa Teleferik: Cable inspection on a world record-holder. An 8.8-kilometer cable car line, an elevation gain of around 1,400 meters, and 45 towers: the Bursa Teleferik in Turkey is no ordinary cable car system. Built by the manufacturer LEITNER, the line connects...