Igus

The company IGUS is primarily a manufacturer of high-quality cable carriers, continuous motion cables, polymer sliding bearings, and maintenance-free joint bearings. They also supply cables, cablesheaths, flexible connections, cable guiding systems, and plastic cable carriers.

In 1964, the company developed motion plastics products – components for motion made from high-performance polymers with low wear, which also provide environmental benefits – the production process uses two or more times less mineral oil.

Igus operates in over 50 industrial sectors and 72 countries worldwide – serving large corporations as well as small businesses.

Their assortment includes products and solutions such as: e-chains, chain links, e-chain systems, chainflex cables, ready-to-connect cables called readycable, ready-to-connect power supply systems called readychain, iglidur sliding bearings, igubal self-aligning bearings, drylin linear guides, drylin drive technology, electric linear axes, drylin E electric motors and motor controllers, multi-start threads with dryspin technology and self-locking trapezoidal and metric threads, slewing bearings, thrust and ball bearings, 3D printing materials, timing belts, piston rings, robot power supply systems, pneumatic hoses, and plug connectors.

All products find applications in industrial sectors such as design offices, packaging industry, solar industry, public bath and swimming pool construction, furniture/industrial design, model and shipbuilding, clean-room, 3D printers, wind power plants, steel mills, musical instruments, aviation, construction machinery, motorcycles and scooters, car washes, machine tools, tire manufacturing, woodworking industry, printing industry, agriculture, automotive, food industry, industrial image processing, bulk material handling, robotics, medicine, control cabinets, port facilities, theater/stage construction/lighting systems, camera and film technology, agricultural tractors, large-format printers, aviation sleeves, cutting systems, and injection molding machines.

The company holds ISO 9001:2015 and IATF16949 certifications. It operates in accordance with RoHS – the European Union directive restricting the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.