The move-in took place in 1994. Since then, the factory has grown: today, igus uses a building area of 90,000m2 for production, testing and research. This includes surrounding buildings for further production, technical training and a large logistics centre, among others. In the course of the expansion of the factory, we have, together with a consistent lean management, examined all areas: from marketing and administration, research and development, tooling and production up to warehousing and distribution.
With a 3,800m2 testing area, igus operates the largest test laboratories in the industry, with test setups for energy chains, highly flexible cables, plastic bearing technology such as plain bearings, ball bearings and linear bearings, lead screw drives, bar stock, piston rings etc. A total of 15,000 tests are carried out annually. 100,000 products can be delivered in 24 hours or on the same day.