igus UK
@igusuk
igus® is a global company that focus on the manufacturing of premium and innovative engineering materials. Founded in a double garage in Cologne in 1964 by Günter Blasé, the initial 20 years in industry saw the company as a supplier of complex technical polymer components. Although, the company product range expanded in 1983 when Frank Blasé established reinforced plastic Energy Chain Systems® and injection moulded polymer bearings as two distinct product groups. The 2013 market now holds igus® as an innovator, with a head office in Germany alongside 26 subsidiary companies around the world. To add igus® also has representative partners in more than 69 countries. Today igus® UK is based in a 28,000 square feet industrial unit just 10 minutes away from the M1, enabling even quicker collection and delivery times.The warehouse on the bottom floor can be seen from the offices above to possess a whole aisle dedicated to igus® chainflex® flexible cables (which are sold cost effectively by the metre in many varieties and combinations). All Chainflex® cables are uniquely developed for their flexibility and durability and are the only flexible cables igus® will guarantee in its e-chains®. A dedicated readychain® assembly area, where energy chains are fully harnessed as complete systems for customers and configured with all requisite cables and connectors, means a system can be supplied; ready-made to customer specifications, fully tested and with an igus® guarantee. This initiative reduces cost and time for the customer and also reduces the number of suppliers the customer has to deal with. igus® employs a highly trained workforce. The UK subsidiary has also analysed new methods of packaging and recycling materials, which have led to quicker dispatch times and increased environmental friendliness. Thanks to the development within the market itself, particularly in terms of modern materials, igus® will continue to invest in expansion in the foreseeable future.