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BORNACK: The systems provider for comprehensive rope protection

BORNACK offers comprehensive concepts for rope protection. The central idea of our safety philosophy is prevention. Our products aim to prevent falls from heights before they begin. You receive from us a first-class, complete package for secure work in heights and low places. From hazard and risk assessment, planning and installation to training courses, maintenance and repair, all our offers build systematically on one another.

We count on the latest in technology and the best in quality
BORNACK is synonymous with innovative rope protection technology and the best in quality. We use only materials which have undergone our own series of tests, and we employ the most up-to-date production technologies. Our team consists of engineers, architects, designers, high-altitude rescue workers, alpine guides, industrial climbers and master ropemakers who together have decades of experience and access to our own company's knowledge.

We cooperate with international market leaders
To develop innovations, we are constantly active in sharing ideas with professional users and research centres. In addition, we cooperate with international market leaders for rope protection. Our success is confirmation of our strategy: many of our products have won prizes. And in nearly every case, we go beyond the currently valid EN standards.

A Pioneer in Work Safety
BORNACK has pioneered new standards in Germany for the use of rope protection. Ever since the company's founding in the year 1964, we have constantly worked to develop our range of products and services and add to it further – always oriented to the needs of our customers. As a company which is active all over Europe, BORNACK today is among the market leaders in Europe, with a broad product range, many patents, and a comprehensive set of concepts for rope protection.

Our success story and milestones in product development

1964	Herbert Bornack opens a two-man sales centre for rope protection devices, building products and waste material composting facilities

1964	FALLSTOP AK is the world's first rope shortener

1970	Herbert Bornack founds one of the first specialized companies for work safety in Germany.

1973	The BORNACK company enters into cooperation for production and sales with PROTECTA in France.

1975	BORNACK begins its sales expansion for ROLLGLISS in the industrial area.

1975	Changeover from natural fibre hemp rope to the first synthetic fibre Perlon rope.

1975	Introduction of the ROLLGLISS rescue system for industrial applications.

1978	The first full-body safety harness on the market in cooperation with PROTECTA.

1979	First energy absorber on the market for ergonomic impact force limitation in case of falls.

1980	After Herbert Bornack's death, Klaus Bornack steps into his shoes as sole owner and Managing Director of the BORNACK Group.

1981	BORNACK is among the world's first five LATCHWAYS system partners, and in the following years BORNACK becomes the world's largest system user.

1981	First cable-based fall arrest systems (horizontal life lines) for LATCHWAYS systems.

1982	First safety harness with sternal attachment (front fall arrest ring).

1983	First mobile anchoring device for construction sites: BEGU, an anchoring point without a fixed buckle. Functions on the basis of mass inertia. The mass is created by water filling.

1984	First work jacket with an integrated safety harness.

1986	BORNACK becomes the first to replace the DIN 5290 hook with an automatically secured FALLSTOP safety hook FS 51.

1988	Development of a comprehensive safety concept for work stations in high places together with the GERMAN POSTAL SERVICE (DTAG).

1990	Founding of SAFEPOINT Sicherheitstechnik GmbH, the consulting engineering company and all-round provider of made-to-order safety systems. BORNACK SAFEPOINT's portfolio now includes planning, manufacture, assembly, maintenance and service of permanently installed anchor points.

1990	First vertical cable-based fall protection systems.

1992	Buildup of a nation-wide service network of BORNACK locations in Germany to serve our customers on location.

1994	BORNACK settles into its new business premises in Dohna/Dresden.

1994	First manually adjustable rappelling rescue device KE 10 RE with integrated lift function for rescue of persons from heights.

1995	First product line for safety ropes with kernmantel rope technology.

1996	Founding of BORNACK France and SAFEPOINT training.

1996	Equipment of first major projects with vertical fall protection systems: 27 masts (up to 200 m high) at transmitter stations, 60 masts with overhead lines etc.

1997	Start of the PROMAN line of specially designed devices: professional winches for rescue of persons and work positioning.

1998	PROMAN securing and rescue devices for safe entry into shafts, silos, and containers.

2000	Founding of FALLSTOP rescue.

2000	First abseiling device with double-stop function.

2001	Development of the training course centre in Marbach am Neckar, Germany; founding of the BORNACK Switzerland branch.

2001	First rope rescue system for air rescue with helicopters.

2002	First SEP anchor sling with sharp-edge protection.

2002	New FS Harness product line: extremely lightweight, for extremely high loads.

2003	First harness line for intervention: 2-part ATTACK and AIR rescue chest-seat harness combinations.

2003	Complete product line PROFI-tec with kernmantel technology.

2004	Cooperation with CSG: inclusion of PROTECTA rope protection in the BORNACK FALLSTOP product line.

2004	First safety protection system runner system with the RAILSTOP RS S-02 fall energy limiter.

2005	Expansion of cooperation with CSG: inclusion of SALA-Systems.

2005	First RETTUNGSRUTSCHE (rescue slide) for easy, fast rescue from tanks via horizontally arranged manholes.

2006	Transfer of the training course centre to HOCHWERK, a site especially developed for training courses in Marbach am Neckar, Germany: this former power station has been turned into an indoor location for training courses for workers in high places. It offers facilities for every kind of action at different levels up to a height of 35 metres over a floor space of 3,000 m2.

2007	The new PYTHON P 02 energy absorber lanyard. Shock absorption is achieved by energy conversion along the entire length of the shock absorber lanyard.

2008	Further development of the sharp-edge sling to SETP, with additional uses.

2009	The new generation of fall arresters: RAILSTOP RS-S 05 is a fully redundant system – with its two protective functions it guarantees the user more than double safety.

2009	First presentation of the SAFE-LINK SSB permanent securing system at the OUTDOOR 2009 Trade Show. The system recognizes the correct anchoring point and checks the uninterruptable securing system – for guaranteed maximum safety.