Sustainability
All-plastic bicycle wins in the category “Excellent Product Design – Bicycles and E-Bikes” 9 January 2022 – igus®, the Germany-based manufacturer of engineered motion plastics, announced the company has been awarded the prestigious German Design Award 2023 for the all-plastic igus:bike. A wide angular frame made of plastic, black wheels with Y-spokes: The futuristic look […]
The plastics specialist presents a green recycling variant of the proven xiros deep groove ball bearing November 15, 2022 – igus®, the Germany-based manufacturer of motion plastics, announced the company has taken a further step towards sustainable plastic production. The company uses scrap produced from the injection molding process of its high-performance plastic xirodur® B180 […]
Cable life cycles, proper planning and installation, and recycling all play into sustainability.
The platform is used not only to recycle old e-chain cable carriers and other technical plastics but also to buy recycled material October 25, 2022 – Don’t dispose of old cable carriers as industrial waste – let igus® recycle them. Customer feedback on the “Chainge” recycling initiative, launched in 2019, is so positive that igus […]
In Böhlen, Saxony, up to 120,000 tons of plastic waste per year are to be recycled into oil October 17, 2022 –The British company Mura Technology is starting a new chapter in modern plastic recycling in Saxony. The first plant in Germany for chemical recycling, with a capacity of up to 120,000 tons per year, […]
Transparent information on carbon footprints in the online shop facilitates customer CO2 accounting 13 October 2022 – How much CO2 is released into the atmosphere as a result of plastic bearings production? For the first time, igus®, the motion plastics specialist, is publishing precise CO2 footprints for many of its self-lubricating, maintenance-free iglide® polymer plain […]
Leader in motion plastics announces new partnership with the National Forest Foundation to aid in campaign to plant more than 50 million trees October 3, 2022 – igus®, the Germany-based manufacturer of motion plastics, announced the company has partnered with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) on its “50 Million for Our Forests” tree planting campaign. […]
Recycling pioneer Mura Technology is making great strides in the construction of the world’s first HydroPRS plant, scheduled to go into operation in early 2023 8 September 2022 – Recovering crude oil from plastic: British company Mura Technology (Mura) is pursuing this goal with the HydroPRS™ process to advance the circular economy of plastics – […]
ECOlogical: first range of igus plain bearings made from re-granulated tribo-plastics 10 AUGUST 2022 – Social transformation, responsibility for the environment, and changes in how we use plastics are getting a lot of attention in the industry. For customers interested in more sustainable designs for their moving applications, igus® now offers an exciting alternative: four […]