Ohio manufacturer wins German company’s international design award

German motion plastics company igus has held the biennial manus awards since 2003. This competition recognizes creative, economical, innovative, and sustainable applications that incorporate plastic lead screws, linear actuators, plain bearings, linear bearings, and slides into industrial designs. This is the third iteration where Design World’s own VP, Editorial Director, Paul J. Heney, served on the international jury that selected the winners.

The awards ceremony was held on April 20th at igus’ large booth at the Hannover Fair, considered as the largest industrial trade show in the world. This year’s golden manus award was given to J&M Manufacturing, an Ohio manufacturer of grain handling equipment. The winning design is for its Para-Linkage coulter, which is used on J&M NitroGro nitrogen applicators.