Driving Customer Efficiency and Emissions Reduction Through Innovative Technology
IGS’ business is inherently aligned with sustainability. Its suite of services helps industrial customers optimize the performance of their most energy-intensive assets, translating directly into reduced fuel consumption and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
A compelling example of IGS’ impact is its work on ethylene steam crackers—large-scale industrial furnaces that are critical to global petrochemical production and among the most energy-intensive assets in the sector.
Even a small decline in furnace efficiency can add more than $1 million in annual fuel costs and significantly increase emissions. IGS helps customers restore and maintain peak furnace performance through a suite of complementary technologies. The company’s TubeTech™ robotic cleaning systems remove buildup from hard-toreach areas inside furnaces without requiring workers to enter the equipment, recovering up to 95% of original efficiency. IGS’ Cetek® ceramic coatings protect furnace linings from deterioration, reducing heat loss and extending equipment life by six to eight years. And the company’s Hot-tek™ online maintenance services enable repairs and cleaning while furnaces remain in operation, helping customers avoid the significant cost and production loss of unplanned shutdowns.
The impact of these services is evident at the individual project level. At a European olefins facility, for example, a single robotic cleaning project completed in just 10 days delivered a 3.0% reduction in fuel usage, significant annual cost savings, and an estimated 1,680 tons of CO₂ avoidance per year, results that prompted the customer to extend IGS’ services to additional units. Across its full customer base, the cumulative impact is substantial: In 2025, IGS’ projects contributed to a reduction of over 123,000 metric tons of CO₂ emissions, equivalent to removing approximately 1.1 million gasoline-powered passenger vehicles from the road for a year. Over a five-year
cumulative basis through 2025, that figure reached the equivalent of removing 5.5 million cars. Broadly, IGS’ technologies can reduce customer CO₂ emissions by up to 15% and NOₓ emissions by up to 30%.
A Safety-First Culture with Global Impact
IGS’ commitment to responsible operations extends beyond its environmental impact. Safety is one of the company’s core values, shaping expectations for every job, every site, and every team. Field technicians receive an average of 1,000 hours of training in their first year, and the company holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 certifications across key business units. Its South Africa business unit earned an upgraded Five-Star safety rating from NOSA, and IGS was recognized by ADM as a Safety Champion at their Safety Summit, building on the company’s prior Safety Excellence Supplier Award.
In 2025, IGS took further steps to strengthen its safety culture, including the deployment of a companywide safety culture survey, the formation of a cross-functional culture team, the introduction of personal safety plans for employees, and the launch of a Near-Miss Blitz initiative designed to encourage proactive reporting and learning. The company also expanded field automation protocols and training for remote and robotic operations, reducing risk while improving the quality and reliability of its work. IGS is an active corporate citizen, investing in the communities where its employees live and work. In 2025, 37% of its global workforce participated in at least one company-sponsored social impact initiative. Efforts ranged from building homes in Mexico through a partnership with Homes of Hope, to constructing a water tower in a remote Indonesian village, to refurbishing a school library in South Africa, to park cleanups in the Czech Republic and art programs at a children’s center in the Philippines. These initiatives reflect IGS’s stated mission to create a more abundant world by investing in and partnering with local communities.