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Dipl.-Ing. Sven Winter

  • since 10/2017: Managing Director and shareholder of ROTEC GmbH, Stuttgart
  • 09/2007 – 09/2017: Head of the department “Rope Technology” at the Institute for Materials Handling and Logistics (IFT) of the University of Stuttgart
  • 07/2007 – 09/2017: Head of the test center for personal protective equipment PPE at the Institute for Materials Handling and Logistics (IFT) of the University of Stuttgart
  • 09/2004 – 08/2007: Head of the department “Passenger Conveying Technology and Safety Engineering” at the Institute for Materials Handling and Logistics (IFT) of the University of Stuttgart
  • 02/1997 – 09/2017: Research associate at the Institute for Materials Handling and Logistics (IFT) of the University of Stuttgart, Department of Rope Technolo
  • since 04/2005: Regular technical supervision inspection of ropeway installations
  • since 05/2006: testing and monitoring activities during acceptance of new ropeway installations
  • since 07/1999: Recognized expert for ropeways and ski lifts (Bavaria)
  • 10/1992 – 11/1997: Studies of general mechanical engineering, University of Stuttgart

 

Committee work & standards

  • since 11/2001: Member of the ropeway committee in Germany
  • since 02/2002: Member of the CEN/TC 242 mirror committee of the German delegation
  • since 09/2002: Member of the O.I.T.A.F. Study Committee No. II: Characteristics and testing of ropes
  • since 04/2014: Member of the Management Committee of the International Organization for Transportation by Rope OITAF
  • since 04/2018: Chairman of the O.I.T.A.F. Study Committee No. II: Rope properties and testing.
  • since 10/2002: Member of CEN/TC 242/12927 working group ropes
  • since 09/2003: participant at the I.T.T.A.B. every 3 years (International Meeting of Technical Inspectorates)
  • 01/2007 – 12/2016: Member of the Coordination Group of Notified Bodies according to Directive 2000/9/EC of the European Commission, NB-CSG Notified Body – Cableway Installations Sectorial Group
  • 07/2008 – 09/2017: Head of testing, monitoring and certification body (PÜZ) for high-strength rope tension members by the German Institute for Structural Engineering (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik DiBt)
  • since 09/2010: Recognized expert for rope testing by the Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) in Switzerland
  • since 01/2023: Member of the Management Board of the International Organization for the Study of Operational Strength of Ropes O.I.P.E.E.C.
  • 01/2023-04/2024: Vice-President of the International Organization for the Study of Ropes O.I.P.E.E.C.
  • since 04/2024: President of the International Organization for the Study of Ropes O.I.P.E.E.C.
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