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Awards and Accolades
Awards represent recognition of our achievements and we are very pleased to receive them. The awards range, such as those from iF since 1987, up to recognition as a family-friendly company. This is also the perfect way to describe our company. Innovation is what drives us and we continuously strive for improvement, both in our products and in our greatest asset, our employees.
2025
- Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement (BMEA) Award - 2025 American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2024
- Gold for Industrial Automation and Bronze for Advanced Materials - LEAP Awards
- Excellence in Product Innovation & Design Award 2024 -Providence Business News
- State of Rhode Island Top Workplaces 2024 - Top Workplaces
- Awards for “Virtual Reality Installations” and “Exhibition Design Elements” - Red Dot
- 2024 Fastest Growing and Innovative Companies Awards - Providence Business News
- 50 Leading Companies of the Year 2024 - The Silicon Review
- Ports and Harbor Innovation of the Year - 2024 Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo Europe
2025
Nomination for the Hermes Award
igus Mobile Shore Power Outlet (iMSPO) is nominated for the international technology award of the Hannover Messe
Product of the year
Award in the category Materials from Kunststoff Magazin for the PTFE-free material iglidur JPF
2024
Port innovation of the year
Award from the Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo Europe for the igus Mobile Shore Power Outlet (iMSPO)
Company with top career opportunities
Award from the business magazine Focus Money and from Deutschland Test
Germany's best training companies
Test winner among rubber and plastics industry companies, award from Focus Money and Deutschland Test
2023
Employer of the future
Award from the German Innovation Institute for Sustainability and Digitalisation
Fair Company 2023
Award from Handelsblatt and the Institute for Employment and Employability
Company with top career opportunities
Award from the business magazine Focus Money and from Deutschland Test
Most crisis-proof company 2023
In the SZ Institut rating, igus was ranked 281st out of the 300 most crisis-proof companies in Germany
German Brand Award Winner 2023
Award for our iguverse
2022
Excellence in Production / Toolmaking of the year
iform toolmaking was given an award by RWTH Aachen University and the Fraunhofer Institute
NRW - Economy in transition
igus is one of two companies presented awards in the "Medium-sized companies & groups" category
Rhineland Business Award
Recycling programme Chainge is the winner in the "sustainability" category
Top career opportunities
Awarded the Deutschlandtest seal of approval by Focus and Focus Money
Germany favourite
Seal of approval for the concept igus:bike, awarded by the Süddeutsche Zeitung
Digital Champion and Company of the Year
Given award by Focus Money
iF World Design Index
igus is among the top 25 companies in the industrial design category and among the top 100 design winners
2021
The 500 secret world market leaders
igus in the special issue of WirtschaftsWoche
Cologne Business Award
Winner of the award from Wirtschaftsclub Köln e. V.
Exemplary companies in the crisis
igus among the 300 companies honoured by the IMWF and F.A.Z.-Institut
Highest reputation
1st place in the sector "Rubber and plastics industry companies", surveyed by IMWF for DEUTSCHLAND TEST
Digital Innovators: The most innovative companies in Germany
igus is among them with 54% innovative strength, surveyed by CHIP.de
2020
Germany's top family-run companies
igus in 17th place, awarded by WirtschaftsWoche magazine
2023
- State of Rhode Island Top Workplaces 2023 - Top Workplaces
- Excellence in Green Manufacturing - 2023 Manufacturing Awards - Providence Business News
- German Brand Award Winner 2023 with iguverse
2022
- Excellence in Production: Toolmaker iform wins the "Toolmaker of the Year" award, an honour given by RWTH Aachen University and Fraunhofer Institute
- "NRW - Economy in Transition" competition: igus is one of two award-winning companies in the category "SME & Group"
- Winner of the Rhineland Business Prize in the "Sustainability" category with the [Link pagenr="23982"] recycling program
- "Top Career Opportunities", Germany's Test Seal, awarded by Focus and Focus Money
- Seal of approval by "Germany's Favourite" for the igus:bike concept, awarded by the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- 2022 Digital Champion and Company of the Year, awarded by Focus Money
- iF World Design Index: igus is among the top 25 companies in the industrial design category and among the top 100 design winners
2021
- The 500 secret world market leaders, special issue of WirtschaftsWoche
- Winner of the Cologne Business Award, awarded by Wirtschaftsclub Köln e. V.
- Exemplary companies in the crisis, surveyed by IMWF and F.A.Z.-Institut, igus was among the 300 companies awarded
- Top class reputation, 1st place in the sector "Rubber and plastics industry companies", surveyed by IMWF for DEUTSCHLAND TEST
- Digital Innovators, one of Germany's most innovative companies, surveyed by CHIP.de, igus is among them with 54% innovative strength
Awards for our products
Besides our company, our products also win awards on a regular basis. Exceptionally innovative and visually appealing industrial designs are honoured by these awards. The various design awards from iF, reddot, Good Design, German Design and more.