IGUS ® Inc. leading manufacturer of energy chains ® and polymer bearings, continues its growth. Despite difficult market conditions in the year 2012 IGUS managed to increase sales by five percent and ended the year at an all-time high. IGUS counts "organic" also this year. Significant capital in the context of a long-term investment directed into new product areas, the expansion of the existing lines, as well as global logistics and production.
In the year 2012 IGUS products delivered more than 175,000 customers on all over the world and was able to send more than 4,200 broadcasts from its 13 worldwide shipping centers on average per day. ReadyChain ® Division - pre-harnessed energy chain IGUS continuous Flex Chainflex ® cables - grew up on an amazing high speed: approx. 341.000 pre-harnessed cable systems links worldwide production facilities last year. IGUS expects continued growth of new product groups including semi-finished products, bearings, spindle drive, electric motors and in-place-assembler programs.
Each product is now developed and marketed the guests into separate business units with personnel, space and production. The number of employees rose last year to a total 2,175, an increase of seven percent. Just stay things for customers. As for sales engineers on chain energy systems and dry-running protection bearing reach technology,. In addition, there is an enhanced team of industry specialists, the support the sales engineers in the fields of machine tools, packaging machines, construction machines, cranes, agriculture, material handling, medical, energy, automobile production and robotics.
Research and development as a driving force for the future
IGUS has new product innovations under the motto "movement plastics" introduced. One of the products is a new generation of micro chains, small and lightweight power supply applications. It is not only 30 percent of quieter, more importantly is 100 percent stable for greater lengths of unsupported travel.
IGUS product innovations such as these micro chains originating in test laboratories that are among the largest in the world in this industry. 2 Billion testing cycles are performed in the area of cable alone every year. "The energy system of the chain of IGUS has developed the most popular type of energy supply in the world. This underscores the universality and simplicity of the system, "says Frank bubble, Managing Director at IGUS GmbH. current development in the area of bearings is also important. 14,000 Tests in a Tribo-polymer development laboratory brought impressive results in 2012. In the last year alone, 200 million bearings were equipped by IGUS in cars.
Expansion of production and logistics
IGUS makes large investments in production and logistics all over the world. This year, the company has already moved to new facilities in South Korea and Brazil.
The aim of all investment is and remains the best product for their needs as quickly as possible to provide to customers. "We have three requirements at each IGUS product: firstly it must bring customer business and technical benefits, secondly it must be calculated in the location and be configured online and finally it needs can be supplied quickly", emphasises Frank bubble. "Tribo polymers as our core technology, combined with innovative design and electronics and delivered in a very short time as a standard or special solutions - are reinforcing, making for a good future at IGUS."