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Founder
  
Gunter Blase

Website
  
[1]

Founded
  
1964

Area served
  
Worldwide

Headquarters
  
Cologne, Germany

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Industry
  
Automotive, Aerospace, Agricultural, Food & Packaging, Marine, Offshore, Pharmaceutical, Rail, Textile, Woodworking

Products
  
Profiles

Should you be using igus polymer bushings


igus is a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of plastic plain bearings, spherical bearings, linear guides, cable carriers and continuous-flex cables.

Contents

Igus explains carrying capacity for linear motion axis


History

Günter Blase began igus back on 15 October 1964 in a double garage in Cologne. For the first 20 years, the company worked as a supplier of complex technical polymer components. However, in 1983 Frank Blase established reinforced plastic cable-carrier systems and injection moulded polymer bearings as two distinct product groups and set up a network of sales engineers. These seemingly unrelated products are linked together through the belief in making functionally advanced, yet affordable polymer components and assemblies.

Between 1985 and 2016, igus has grown from 40 to around 3000 employees distributed between the head office in Germany and 36 subsidiary companies around the world. igus also has representative partners in more than 21 other countries.

Triboplastics

igus uses the term "Triboplastics" to describe its injection-molded polymers. They are tribologically optimized material compounds designed for low wear and long life and form the basis for all igus' products and systems.

References

Igus Wikipedia