Jakob Rope Systems is a manufacturer of stainless steel ropes and nets. Our solutions enable lightweight structures for greening, zoo enclosures, bridges and safety. Our engineers offer planning, statics and engineering for versatile projects.
Jakob Rope Systems is a manufacturer and supplier of architectural ropes and nets made of stainless steel, a comprehensive range of hoisting and lifting technology and rope-related services.
In architecture, Jakob Rope Systems sets international standards with lightweight structures. Our products, especially the stainless steel Webnet, are valued worldwide for their quality, aesthetics and variety of possible applications. They enable lightweight structures for zoo enclosures, greening and bridge structures. In the safety sector, they are used as protective and fall protection structures wherever maximum transparency and outstanding aesthetics are required.
With our own engineering department, we strengthen our range of services in the areas of planning, statics and engineering.
Recent Reports & Case Studies
Green shade roof in Oerlikon
A shade roof in Zurich Oerlikon turns infrastructure lines from the industrial era into a climbing structure made of stainless steel r ... [more]
Himmelhausmattesteg: a Suspension Bridge on a Wire Rope Mesh
An elegant suspension bridge has been crossing the Trub in Trubschachen in the Emmental since November 2020. The construction of the pedestrian and ... [more]
LaPendenta Suspension Bridge in Disentis
Since November 2024, Graubünden's longest suspension bridge has spanned the Rhine Gorge near Disentis/Mustér. The ARGE Jakob Rope Systems, Pfeifer ... [more]
References and Selected Works
Structures & Projects
Participation in the following structures and projects:
- Atlantic Puffin Hall at Dählhölzli Zoo (2009)
- Elizabeth Quay Pedestrian Bridge (2016)
- Haggenbrücke (1937)
- Himmelhausmattesteg (2021)
- Hundwilertobelbrücke (1992)
- La Pendenta Suspension Bridge (2024)
- Moulins Station Footbridge (2021)
- Negrelli Footbridge (2021)
- Oxígeno Mall (2018)
- Simone de Beauvoir Footbridge (2006)
- Tamina Bridge (2017)
- Thurston Avenue Bridge
- Wankdorfplatz Ligthting and Catenary Suspension Structure (2012)
- WildLine (2018)
Contact Information
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Jakob Rope Systems 
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| Address: |
Jakob Rope Systems Dorfstrasse 34 3555 Trubschachen Switzerland |
| Phone: | +41 / 34 495 10 10 |
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| E-mail: | info@jakob.ch |
- About this
data sheet - Firm-ID
1012050 - Published on:
19/03/2014 - Last updated on:
20/01/2025