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igus facts at a glance
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4,600 employees worldwide

€1.115 billion turnover

Facts 31 locations + distributors in over 80 countries
The story behind igus ®

"Give me your most difficult part and I injection-moulding machine. bearings to other components for
will give you a solution", said Günter The manufacturing process was simply moving applications and complex
Blase. He had to take a risk in order to too complicated. For Günter Blase, this automation solutions. The core
win over Pierburg, his very first customer. was no reason to lose heart. He went philosophy is still the same as in
There were two children at home who into his double garage and experimented 1964, improve anything that moves. 188,000 customers
needed to be cared for. Money was in until the first perfect plastic valve plug
short supply. He had just set up igus emerged from the injection- "Give us your most difficult moving
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with his wife (tax consultant) and the moulding machine. part and we will find a solution."
first injection moulding machine still had
to be bought. The order from Pierburg The double garage in Cologne-Mülheim
was urgently needed. soon became too small. Just like the
new location in Bergisch Gladbach.
And Günter Blase received that enquiry Today, the headquarters of igus are still
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from Pierburg. Their complicated in Cologne but accommodates over 800 243,000 parts from stock
problem part was a valve cone for a injection-moulding machines in an area
carburettor. In 1964, no-one would have of over 200,000m². In addition, igus
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come up with the idea of using plastic has over 30 locations worldwide.
to make this small metal component The business areas have expanded,
and, what's more, to do so with an from plastic energy chains and plain

800 injection-moulding machines
motion plastics ... improve what moves
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