igus® is a leading international manufacturer of energy chain systems and polymer plain bearings. The family-run company is represented in 35 countries and employs over 4000 people worldwide.

With plastic bearing experience since 1964, igus® provides the right solution based on 100,000 products available from stock, with between 1,500 and 2,500 new product introductions each year. igus® operates the largest test laboratories and factories in its sector to offer customers quick turnaround times on innovative products and solutions tailored to their needs.

The company moto is “tech up, cost down,” at least one of these is true for the igus® products, if not they stop selling them. igus® has always had a strong “green” ethic and they have many green incentives such as the “Chainge Programme; an end-of-life recycling programme for energy chains. igus® also has heavily invested in the chemical recycling company Mura Technology. It is important that the carbon footprint is balanced.