putting 100 tons of preloading and measuring devices into operation
2013
Januar 1
2013
new DGH (Drahtseile Gebrüder Henschel) logo released
2012
Januar 1
2012
Gabriele Henschel and Alexander Freitag were appointed CEO
2006
Januar 1
2006
manufacture of the biggest synthetic grommets of 150 and 180 mm Ø with type approval at DMT; handing over to our client
2001
Dezember 31
2001
Friedrich-Ernst Roeber has retired after 25 years of service; Alexander Freitag was appointed authorized officer
1998
Januar 1
1998
Start of joint venture with Lankhorst Touwfabrieken Sneek/the Netherlands to produce synthetic cable-laid grommets under the brand name “ARUNA-Sling”
1994
Januar 1
1994
Relocation and taking over of the „offshore devision“ from Verto as well as 8,000 tons of material and machines to Moerdijk
Januar 1
1994
Start of a partnership with BRIDON (former Thyssen Draht, Schalkeseil and BTS)
Januar 1
1994 – 1995
Planning, designing and construction of additional production facilities at United Offhore Services, Moerdijk
1993
November 1
1993
business formation of United Offshore Services
Mai 1
1993
Bankruptcy of Verto United Ropeworks
Januar 1
1993
Startup of test programm of strand-grommets 8 – 40 mm diameter Issue of GS-label „geprüfte Sicherheit“ by German health and safety Startup of test programm to investigate prematurely core break of cable-laid hand spliced slings
1990
Januar 1
1990
Signing of Joint Venture contract with Verto United Ropeworks as „United Grommets BV“ to manufacture cable-laid grommets and cable-laid slings up to 75 to weight each. Building of production facility at Appelweg 16, 4782 PX Moerdijk/the Netherlands
1988
Januar 1
1988
Gebrüder Henschel became the first company of the German wire rope industry to receive the ISO 9000 certificate
1987
Januar 1
1987/88
Sling tests carried out at „Seilprüfstelle Bochum (DMT)“ with cable-laid grommets and cable-laid slings (30 to 156 mm Ø) to investigate the effect of various D/d ratios to WLL
1980
Januar 1
1980
constructing and building of a closing machine for cable-laid ropes weighing up to 10 tons
1979
Januar 1
1979
Lothar Freitag signed the contract for company partnership and became new shareholder; construction and building of a machine for grommets weighing up to 15,000 kg
1978
Januar 1
1978
Horst Henschel quit the company; Gebr. Henschel became member of the offshore working group “PM20“ and the German standard “DIN, chapter NAD4“; construction and building of various machines for grommets weighing up to 4,000 kg
1977
Januar 1
1977
construction and building of various machines for grommets up to 700 kg weight
1976
Januar 1
1976
acquisition of the company location Hoehenstrasse 29, 41749 Viersen; development and construction of various splicing devices; Friedrich-Ernst Roeber became employee and authorized officer
1966
Januar 1
1966
development and construction of the first grommet machine
1964
Januar 1
1964
brother Horst became member of the Company; naming of the company „Gebrüder Henschel“
