On 18 April 2007 at 6 p.m. the winners of the 3rd manus® competition for plastic plain bearing applications were announced.
Gold at manus® 2007: Autosplit D3 splitting machine
From left to right: Frank Blase and Günter Blase, both directors of igus® GmbH, manus® winner Dr. Rainer Dorstewitz, engineer (Ingenieurbüro Dr. Dorstewitz), Daniela Blase, IT director of igus®, Sofie Beutel (KOOPERA GmbH), winner of the Silver manus®, Stefan Gröneweg, Gröneweg Maschinenbau GmbH (Bronze) and Gerhard Baus, authorized representative for plastic plain bearings at igus®.