
Engineering office for industrial planning, plant planning and the design of special machinery and steel construction

igds Industrieplanung & Maschinenbaukonstruktion - engineering GmbH
MindenNew on Amplifa
About IGDS GmbH
igds Industrieplanung & Maschinenbaukonstruktion - engineering GmbH, based in Minden, is an engineering office that has been providing industrial and plant planning for large-scale industry since 1984. Its range of services covers plant site planning, building and machine layouts, the planning and optimisation of production facilities, and the virtualisation of production processes in the digital factory. Based on 2D and 3D designs, the company produces construction drawings for machines, platforms and structures, including animations. In addition, the company develops and designs special machinery to customer specifications as well as steel constructions such as work, production and machine platforms, superstructures and connecting elements, and production halls, plus vessels and tanks. Further services include technical documentation, flow diagrams, electrical planning, PLC controls, and escape, rescue and fire brigade deployment plans. Customers come mainly from the food industry, metalworking and metal processing, vessel construction and plant engineering; the company operates primarily in the Osnabrück, Bielefeld, Minden and Hanover regions.
- Site
- Minden
- Processes
- Industrial planning / plant site planning, Plant planning (designing new systems, optimising, converting), Digital factory / virtualisation of production processes, Technical documentation (system descriptions, CE documentation, flow diagrams, wastewater plans,, Construction drawings (mechanical and steel construction, 2D/3D, animation), Special machinery construction (developing, planning, designing), Steel construction design (work platforms, production platforms, machine platforms,, Vessel construction design (vessels / tanks)
- Materials
- Steel
- Founded
- 1984
- Industries
- Automotive, Food industry, Metalworking, Metal processing, Vessel construction, Plant engineering
- 01
Industrial and plant site planning
- 02
Plant planning and 2D/3D design
- 03
Steel construction and vessel construction design
- 04
Special machinery construction
- 05
Technical documentation
Materials and Processes
Steel
Material for steel constructions such as work, production and machine platforms, superstructures and connecting elements, as well as production halls.
Location
Minden
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Designed Components and Systems






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Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial planning / plant site planningEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Plant planning (designing new systems, optimising, converting)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Digital factory / virtualisation of production processesEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Technical documentation (system descriptions, CE documentation, flow diagrams, wastewater plans,Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Construction drawings (mechanical and steel construction, 2D/3D, animation)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Special machinery construction (developing, planning, designing)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Steel construction design (work platforms, production platforms, machine platforms,Engineering | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Vessel construction design (vessels / tanks)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Electrical planning / PLC controlsEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Escape and rescue plans / fire brigade deployment plansEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Company History
- 1984
Founded by Ingolf Gelbe and Heinz-Dieter Stratmann; commencement of activities in the field of industrial and plant planning.
- 2019
Launch of a new website.