Vornbäumen (founded in 1889) manufactures steel wire ropes, steel wires and components for operating hoists. Special and standard wire ropes from Vornbäumen are used worldwide on crane systems in harbours, energy and raw material production, industry, building and construction, alpine and forestry. Actuating hoist components from Vornbäumen can be found in the products of many German and European car manufacturers and in the aircraft industry. The company is entirely family-owned. It has two production sites in the greater Münster-Osnabrück-Hanover area and Saxony-Anhalt. Its speciality is the production and refinement of wires in its own wire drawing mill. With its guiding principle of Tradition.Innovation.Vision., Vornbäumen pursues the strategy of being a flexible partner for individual and changing technical customer requirements.