Based in Northampton, and with global headquarters in Cologne, Germany, igus® is the largest producer of injection moulded polymer bearings and reinforced plastic cable carriers in the world. Product lines include industry-leading e-chain® cable carriers, chainflex® continuous-flex cables, iglidur® plastic plain bearings, igubal® spherical bearings, drylin® linear bearings and guide systems. The comprehensive range of maintenance-free, wear resistant products have been tested and proven to last through real life and simulated applications and environments, tested within the company’s own 1,750 m2 test laboratory. With five decades of experience in plastics and three in cables, igus provides the right solution based on 100,000 products available from stock. Tech up, cost down.

All igus products have the same purpose; give technical improvements while saving cost, using motion plastics. The world leader in polymer plain bearings and dynamic cable management, igus has a huge range of products which improve virtually any machine which has moving parts. Environmentally sustainable and readily available, engineers can use online tools to find the exact product to suit the application and igus has a fully trained team to support customers wherever they are.

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