About us
Wyssen cableway systems has been manufacturing high-quality components for material cableways since 1926. With the invention of the cable crane in 1939, a new era was heralded in the management of mountain forests. Today, the Wyssen company is still the market leader in the field of cable cranes and material cableways. The company is continually setting new standards in modern cable crane construction with its latest carriage and cable winch models.
The name Wyssen cableway systems stands for innovation, quality, customer service, wide range of products and cost-effective solutions. Highest quality, functionality, reliability, operational safety and ease of operation are the characteristics of our “Made in Switzerland” products.
Our employees
Our teams at the front as well as in the background consist of top motivated and best qualified people, who are very happy to fulfill the customers’ wishes with a lot of heart and professionalism.
As a team of friends, we trust, respect and inspire each other. We live our passion for nature and technology. This is how our excellent products are created, something we are very proud of.
All-in-House
As an original mechanical engineering company, today we have the complete value creation at our company headquarters in Reichenbach i.K.. We develop software and electronics, design our machines ourselves, as well as production, storage, project management, marketing and service are located in Reichenbach. This allows us to manufacture our solutions with the highest quality, functionality and safety, and to provide the customer with uncompromising service and professional advice around the clock.
Since 2023, our company has been ISO 9001: 2015 certified and our management system meets the requirements of the normative bases listed.
ISO Certifications
ISO 14001:2015
We rely on environmentally conscious solutions to protect nature.
Certificate follows 2025
ISO 27001:2022
We are committed to continuously ensuring and improving information security through a systematic management system in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001:2022.
Certificate follows 2025
Sustainability and environment
With the Wyssen cable crane, the timber is transported high up in the air, which has numerous advantages for the sustainable management and maintenance of forests that are difficult to access.
- Low impact on soil (no or very little disturbance of top soils, thus maintaining fertility and preventing erosion)
- No dragging of timber across the forest floor and through watercourses (streams and rivers), avoiding the negative effects often caused by the use of traditional forestry tractors.
- Straight access on long distances in steep and difficult terrain. An ecological and economic alternative to traditional forest roads that are expensive to build and maintain, and also scar the landscape.
- Using the Earth’s gravity for transporting heavy loads over long distances downhill, thus minimizing the use of fossil fuels and lubricant.
- The transportation of tree trunks through the air with the Wyssen cable crane prevents the destruction of seedlings and other vegetation along the cableway corridor and thus contributes to the natural regeneration of the forest.
Image 2 & 3: Examples of Wyssen “Skyline Corridors”
Our Know-How
A look at history - A Swiss family company
Wyssen Cable Crane System
The productive, ecological management and care of mountain forests Mountain forests can be thinned out in a profitable and careful manner using a Wyssen cable crane. The forest slopes can be divided into cultivation strips of about 100 m wide and up to 3,000 m long.
Wyssen products worldwide in more than 60 countries
About us
Milestones
1947
First serial production W-20
Sales to France
1950
Multi-year stay of a Wyssen Lumberjack-crew in Canada
1959
Half-year stay in Canada of the whole family of Jakob Wyssen
1962
Two-year stay of a lumberjack-crew in Oregon, USA
1997
Construction Störebelt Suspension Bridge Denmark
1999
Construction of the Millennium Bridge in London
