Welcome to Wire Rope Technology Aachen

Why do I tell you this?

After studying mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University I have worked in the crane and rope industry for 48 years. 39 of those years I worked as a self- employed engineer. I always enjoyed working on sometimes highly complicated technical problems, and I still enjoy this.

I enjoyed even more helping other engineers in their challenging projects, but that is no longer the case. The reason is that sometimes before I can start working on a 1 day consultancy job I have 3 days of discussions with lawyers about a non-disclosure agreement that only an idiot would sign.

But I am not an idiot.

I give my customers good advice based on engineering facts and based on 48 years of experience.

So if you want my support, please understand:

• I have never had a dispute about confidentiality in 48 years, and I want to keep it like that.
• I will only sign mutual (two-sided) confidentiality agreements.
• I will not sign a non- disclosure agreement which is valid for longer than 5 years. (I am not even sure I will live for another 5 years, which, on the other hand, would solve this problem).
• I will not sign confidentiality agreements where a possible compensation is not limited to the consultancy fee paid to me for this project.
• I will only sign non-disclosure agreements where the governing law is that of Germany, and where the seat of arbitration is Cologne (Köln), Germany.
• I will sign an agreement which forces me to delete all confidential documents provided to me at the end of the contract duration, but not if it requires me to delete electronic files on automatic backup systems. I cannot promise what I cannot fulfill.

I grew up at a time where a handshake was worth more than a 17 page contract.

If a cooperation starts with a handshake and mutual trust, it will be successful. If, however, the suspicion is that you sign a contract with a crook, every eventuality must be delt with in a separate paragraph. Such a cooperation is doomed before it has even started.

So please, if you want my support, send me an NDA, if you need it. But this NDA should reflect the points above, otherwise I will definitely not sign it.

Aachen, March 22, 2023 Roland Verreet

Dear friends and customers! In the 20 years before Corona, I made more than 100 flights each year. During the two years of the pandemic, I made a total of just five flights.

I have visited customers almost exclusively by car and was able to solve many questions via video conferences, to everybody's satisfaction. This meant I could spend more time at home or in the office rather than on airplanes or in hotel rooms. So I was able to solve even more rope problems each year than before the Corona virus arrived.

On April 8, 2022, I had to undergo unexpected heart surgery, but now I am working again, at the moment still with reduced capacity.

Currently, Mr. Ricardo Muniz, an Argentinian rope engineer and certified translator is translating my numerous technical brochures into Spanish. Some brochures can already be found on this website, while the remaining ones will be put online as soon as they are finished.

In case you want to know what I do when I am not working or having heart surgery: I have just posted online a paper about foraminifera which I had written for Leitfossil (www.leitfossil.de), the amazing paleontology website of Andreas Richter. Foraminifera are fascinating single-celled creatures that are neither animals nor plants. I study them using a scanning electron microscope or by using sophisticated digital microscopes. I love both the scientific and the aesthetic aspects of this work. Click here to download the brochure. Have fun reading the paper!

November 8, 2022 Roland Verreet