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chainflex® - sustainable, durable, and with a guarantee

chainflex® wants to make a difference …

Our cables already move a lot! They are specially developed to keep systems, machines and equipment in constant motion. We test them extensively, are constantly expanding our portfolio and give a guarantee of up to 4 years on our products!

There is another aspect that is unavoidable in this day and age, and we want to address this issue:

Sustainability in the cable industry!

What are we actually doing to make chainflex more sustainable?
What measures are already in place, what are our goals and, ultimately, how can we maintain our high quality standards while reducing our ecological footprint? And can sustainability be combined with benefits for the customer?

Watch the video to find out how we are already actively making a difference and focussing on the topic of sustainability.

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Less CO2 emissions thanks to short delivery routes

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We try to avoid long transport routes in general. Thanks to our local supply chain, igus can offer 70% of all chainflex cables worldwide with short transport routes.

This saves us a lot of CO2 and you as a customer benefit from fast delivery times.

Copper recycling

Copper recycling: using finite resources responsibly.

igus recycles up to 100% of the copper waste from old cables. The copper is separated from the other materials in the cable, collected, processed into stranded wires and reused for new cables.

This means that the finite resource of copper is not simply thrown away. Instead, igus uses it responsibly and helps cover the constant demand for copper without wasting resources.

We don't just throw away surplus lengths!

Residual lengths

At the end of a cable drum, there are usually surplus lengths of the respective cable. The quality is of course exactly identical to the rest on the cable drum and comes with the same 4-year guarantee.
What happens to these surplus lengths? Throwing them away is neither sustainable nor sensible!

That's why we offer our available residual lengths of each cable in our online shop at a 50% discount.

Check to see if your cable has surplus lengths available.

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The benefits for you as a customer

Sustainability and durability also bring a number of practical benefits for our customers.

The chainflex CASE as a sustainable solution

chainflex CASE

BSH Hausgeräte needed a way to unwind cables during maintenance without waste, while reducing packaging and warehouse space.

Solution: chainflex CASE

  • Enables direct cable unwinding in the warehouse
  • Eliminates offcut waste
  • Cuts shipping costs by 84% (parcel carrier delivery)
  • Saves packaging long-term and offers a refill option, reducing 2.6 kg of packaging waste

Impact: Efficient, cost-saving, and environmentally friendly—a win-win for the customer and the planet.

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Fewer resources thanks to a long service life

Supplying energy is a challenge, especially on long travels. The customer does not want to spend a lot of money unnecessarily because cables have to be permanently replaced. A further disadvantage is the constant waste of old cables and the high energy consumption for producing new ones, in addition to the journey from production to use. For example, one of our customers faced this problem with an indoor crane in a cement plant with a 32m crane runway.

Saving money and protecting the environment.

The solution included an energy chain filled with various chainflex cables. The guaranteed durability ensures its functionality, which saves the customer money and time and at the same time conserves valuable environmental resources. In this way, great things can be achieved in the long term through a high level of quality awareness.

More about the solution for an indoor crane
Energy chain cable

This is what we are already doing to reduce our ecological footprint!

Service life

Long service life for fewer replacements

Our cables stand for a long service life in the energy chain. This also means that you as a customer have to replace fewer cables, which saves resources.

To find out how long the desired cable will really last, simply use our service life calculator.

  • Go to the service life calculator
    • chainflex CASE

    Sustainable shipping solution: the chainflex CASE

    This allows your cables to be delivered by parcel carrier, which eliminates the need for pallets and haulage companies. In addition, the CASE can be used again and again thanks to the refill option and keeps your warehouse organised.

  • More about the chainflex CASE
    • Copper

    Recycling copper

    The sustainable use of copper as a raw material is particularly important to us. This is why 100% of our copper waste is recycled to produce new cables.

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    Local production

    We try to have our cables manufactured as locally as possible. This allows us to avoid long transport routes and save CO2. Across the globe, up to 70% of our cables now have short delivery routes.

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    Everything from a single source: no waste due to multiple suppliers

    With the readychain systems, we supply cables, connectors and energy chains ready for installation from a single source. You benefit from shorter installation times and only use the material you really need. This eliminates a large amount of waste.

  • More about our readychain systems
    • Online world

    Saving paper with online materials

    We are constantly reducing our number of hard copies, thereby saving paper and CO2. You can find all information about our products in addition to data sheets, catalogues and test reports here on our website.

  • More about the digital chainflex world

    • Thanks to UL verification, we are guaranteed and certified

    One of the most important aspects of our sustainable work is our high-quality and therefore long-lasting products! This is due to the fact that we continuously test and check all cables in our in-house test laboratory!
    The result: Cables with a guarantee of up to 4 years! For you, this means that the cables used rarely need to be replaced.

    And we go one step further: Not only do we guarantee the 4 years, our guarantee statement is also UL-verified. This confirms that this statement is not just a marketing promise, but that we really take it seriously and that you can benefit from the operational safety of our cables.

    And is there more on the subject of sustainability in the cable industry?

    Yes, of course! We'll show you what other ways we are exploring to protect our planet.

  • Discover our customised products from a single source and reduce long delivery routes, overproduction and waste!
  • Conserve resources and save replacement costs with a long service life. Calculate it now!
  • Zero waste: What does that mean and how can igus achieve it?

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