Firm holds open day at new premises
An
Igus UK product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Apr 11, 2006
Official open day to mark move to new premises is attended by over 70 customers, plus suppliers and members of the press for a day-long event in the working factory and offices.
On 29th March, Igus (UK) held an official open day to mark its move to new premises.
Over 70 customers came, plus suppliers and members of the press for a day-long event in the working factory and offices.
The move to the new industrial unit means Igus is about ten minutes away from the M1, enabling rapid collection and delivery times.
The modern, spacious building also has ample car parking facilities and delivery vehicle access.
The ground floor sales office is enclosed in floor to ceiling glass panels to increase light levels and add to an open working atmosphere.
All staff are equipped with ergonomically designed workstations and have the same flat screen computer monitors and office chairs.
The sales teams on the ground floor and in the telemarketing office above are motivated by a large display screen, which monitors call data in real time, including inbound and outbound call rates and waiting time.
The aim is to improve call figures by using live statistics.
The business is labour intensive by its bespoke nature.
The shop floor area is divided by racks of components and each department can customise according to customer requirements.
All visitors on the open day were taken on a factory tour, which began by showing them assembly stations where the company's modular energy chain cable carriers are put together.
Next, they were shown the Iglidur storage and packaging area, where the company's polymer plain, maintenance free bearings are stored, packed and checked by another individual before dispatch.
Then, it was onto the Drylin storage area, from where lengths of linear guide rail are supplied in 4m lengths as standard, but also in any length the customer desires.
The modular nature of the range was demonstrated by the associated assembly area for this product, where it was easy to see how a basic guide system had been developed into the latest ZLW linear belt drive actuator, for example.
This part of the tour then encompassed the cutting and machining area, where bearing rail is cut to size and deburred on-site.
A packing area is dedicated to bagging products on a high volume basis with a customer's own barcodes.
There is also a 100m long preparation area for long travel cable and energy chain configurations.
Igus has developed a method of rolling the fully assembled system onto a drum, on which it can be dispatched.
A whole aisle in the 2600m2 factory is dedicated to Igus' Chainflex cables, which are sold by the metre, in many varieties and combinations.
All Igus cable is developed for flexibility and durability and is the only cable Igus will guarantee in its energy chains.
The site also has a dedicated energy chain trough storage area.
The trough is designed to guide energy chains in long travel applications, such as on cranes.
It is modular and put together manually to suit each individual requirement.
Igus has analysed methods of packaging and recycling materials, which have led to quicker dispatch times and increased environmental friendliness.
A dedicated Ready Chain assembly area is where energy chains are harnessed as complete systems for customers and configured with all requisite cables and connectors.
A system can be supplied, ready made to customer specifications, tested and given an Igus guarantee.
This reduces cost and time for the customer and also reduces the number of suppliers with which the customer has to deal.
Igus employs skilled electricians in this department to ensure high standards.
A workshop area is designated to the installation team, who are qualified to install these systems on site.
Gunter Blase, CEO of Igus worldwide, cut an orange ribbon to open the new UK headquarters officially.
He praised the efforts of the UK subsidiary in his speech, saying it had done a "great job".
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