Igus

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igus GmbH

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founding 1964
Seat Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
management Frank Blase, CEO / Managing Director
Number of employees approx. 4,150 (2019, worldwide)
sales EUR 748 million (2018)
Branch Plastic storage technology and energy chains as well as special cables
Website https://www.igus.de

The igus GmbH is a manufacturer of plastic sliding bearings and energy chains made of solid plastic and flexible special cables. Most of the products are injection molded . Igus has also been manufacturing cables for use in energy chains since 1991 .

history

igus headquarters in Cologne

The company was founded on October 15, 1964 by Günter and Margret Blase in Cologne-Mülheim . For the first 20 years, Igus worked as a supplier for technical plastic parts. In 1983 we started our own production of energy chain systems and slide bearings, as well as setting up our own sales department. From 1985 to 2019 Igus grew from 40 to approx. 4150 employees, who are now spread across 35 branches worldwide.

The main factory in Cologne was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw . The company offers students, teachers or professors in technical courses project support with Young Engineers Support (YES).

Igus is the world's largest manufacturer of energy chain systems with special cables, plugs and accessories. This includes cables, harnessed energy supply systems, semi-finished products , multi-axis joints for robots as well as sliding , joint, linear and ball bearings .

Hidden champion

Igus was first named as a Hidden Champion in 2012 .

Competitions

Since 2003, a joint initiative of the Institute for Composite Materials from Kaiserslautern, the Technical University of Cologne , the magazine Industrieanzeiger and Igus GmbH has carried out the manus competition every two years , in 2011 for the first time worldwide. manus recognizes applications with plastic plain bearings .

In 2008 the vector award was added, which also alternates with manus every two years. The vector award honors applications for solutions to questions of energy supply. Partners are the magazine MM MaschinenMarkt , TÜV Rheinland , the machine tool laboratory WZL of RWTH Aachen University and the ZVEI .

Awards

  • 2012 "Hidden Champion" (H. Simon 2012)
  • 2009 "Top training company" according to IHK Cologne and GVK
  • 2006 "Top training company" according to the Federal Employment Agency
  • 2005 "iF design gold award", category cross media, for igus corporate design book
  • "iF product design award" for 23 igus products since 1987

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Company website
  2. ^ Hermann Simon : Hidden Champions, Departure to Globalia . Campus-Verl 2012, ISBN 978-3-593-39714-6
  3. ^ Website of the manus competition
  4. ^ Website of the vector award

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