Rennsteig

We are a fast-growing, mid-sized company based in South Thuringia in Germany, a region with a centuries-old tradition of tool manufacturing.

This is where we work with our team of around 370 employees to develop, manufacture and market our pro-quality tools.

On 1 July 1991, we became an independent subsidiary of the prestigious KNIPEX-Werk C. Gustav Putsch KG in Wuppertal (NRW, Germany). Since then, we have transformed ourselves into a successful and integral part of the KNIPEX Group.

Our company’s traditional roots lie in our factory in the Altersbach district of Steinbach-Hallenberg, where production was already underway in 1959 with a workforce of 29. Today, we are one of the world’s most productive makers of quality tools for construction and industrial use.

In the early 1990s, we expanded our product portfolio to include pro-quality tools for the cutting, stripping and crimping of cables. At the time, we were looking to move into other segments, and a former RENNSTEIG director suggested tools for cables, because cables and power would be just as much in demand 100 years from now. Ever since, we’ve been making high-quality tools for cable assembly at our company head office in the Viernau district of Steinbach-Hallenberg.

Thanks to our efforts, we are now one of the leading suppliers to this industry worldwide.