igus® develops and manufactures motion plastics® materials. These lubricant-free, high-performance polymers improve technology and reduce costs - wherever they are used. igus® is a global market leader in power supply systems, highly flexible cables, plain and linear bearings, and pull screw technology made from tribopolymers. Headquartered in Cologne, Germany, the family-owned company has subsidiaries in 31 countries and employs 4,600 people worldwide. Research conducted in the industry's largest testing laboratories, yields innovative solutions to ensure user safety. igus® has 243,000 components available from stock, and their service life can be predicted with online configurators. In recent years, the company has grown, creating internal start-ups in areas such as ball bearings, robotic gears, 3D printing, the RBTX platform for low-cost robotics and smart plastics for Industry 4.0. Major environmental investments include the "chainge" platform for recycling engineering plastics and a partial stake in a company that produces oil from plastic waste.