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Team on 03 March 2006
Igus UK has moved to new premises
igus UK has moved to a modern site on the Brackmills Industrial Estate in Northampton, which includes a new office and warehousing facility at Brackmills is 28,000ft2.
On 30 January, igus UK moved to a modern site on the Brackmills Industrial Estate in Northampton This was an existing unit on Caswell Road, which underwent building work in the preceding months to bring it into line with igus' global image of a fast moving, eager and modern company
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The latest re-location, which means igus is easily accessible from the M1 motorway, is a milestone in the company's history and exemplifies the subsidiary's expansion since it was established in 1991.
igus UK began life in a small office building in Daventry back in 1991, before moving to two units in Moulton Park in 1999.
An additional neighbouring unit was taken on in 2002.
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The new office and warehousing facility at Brackmills is 28,000ft2 and is nearly 1,000 times bigger than the founding office.
To give an idea of how far the company has come in the past 15 years, a lock up storage unit approximately the same size as the first office building has just been rented to house all archived paperwork.
Since its inception, the company has attributed its growth to the vast range of industries in which its products can be used.
Sales are roughly split between the automotive sector, 10%, the construction industry, 10%, machine tools, 5%, and the aerospace sector, 5%.
The remaining 70% are evenly spread across UK industry.
The move was a multi million pound project and customers are encouraged to visit the new facility, which includes bigger warehousing facilities and a glass enclosed sales office featuring yellow pillars and chrome fixtures, developed along the same lines as the 202,899ft2 igus headquarters in Cologne.
"The infrastructure allows us the flexibility to react quickly to changing customer demands, especially when supplying systems," Matthew Aldridge, company director, said.
* An open day is planned for the end of March - for more information, contact Nikki Groom at igus.
* About igus - igus is the largest producer of injection moulded polymer bearings and reinforced plastics energy chains in the world.
These seemingly unrelated products are linked together through the belief in making functionally advanced, yet affordable polymer components and assemblies.
The company employs over 1,000 people in Germany and 24 subsidiary companies and works with representative partners in more than 21 other countries.
igus products have been consistently field and value proven.
The company has extensive experience and technical data, gleaned from testing between 1,500 and 2,500 new products under extreme conditions in the igus test laboratories every year. Request free introductory details about products from Igus UK ...
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