At the age of 21, Franz Mitterbauer – father of CEO Peter Mitterbauer – takes over the workshop from the person for whom he apprenticed and sets up a repair shop.

Specialization in engine repair and cylinder and crankshaft machining

Start of engine bearing production

First engine bearing exports; Miba brand name introduced

Production of sintered components starts in Laakirchen

New sinter production site set up in Vorchdorf

Start of friction materials production in Vorchdorf

Miba’s founder Franz Mitterbauer dies; his son Peter Mitterbauer takes over leadership

Miba HydraMechanica friction materials plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA acquired

Miba Far East sales company set up in Singapore

Miba Sinter Slovakia sinter plant set up in Dolný Kubín, Slovakia

Acquisition of 30% stake in Mahle Metal Leve Miba Sinterizados in Indaiatuba, Brazil

Miba Automation Systems set up in Laakirchen, Austria

Miba Bearings US engine bearing plant in McConnelsville, Ohio, USA acquired

New friction materials production site Miba Frictec set up in Roitham

Coatings specialist High Tech Coatings set up in Niklasdorf, Austria
Metalsint acquired and integrated into Miba Sinter Slovakia, Dolný Kubín, Slovakia
50% stake in Advanced Bearing Materials, Greensburg, Indiana, USA

Miba Precision Components (China) in Suzhou, China opens
Miba Steeltec, Vráble, Slovakia opens

High Tech Coatings opens a second plant in Vorchdorf

Miba Sinter USA, McConnelsville opens
Acquisition of the british coating specialist Teer Coatings Ltd. in Droitwich, UK
Acquisition of the friction materials business off-highway applications from Hoerbiger and acquisition of a production site in Pune, India
Acquisition of the Styrian specialist for power electronic components EBG and DAU

Acquisition of minority stake in Maxtech Sintered Product Pvt. Ltd. in Pune, India
F. Peter Mitterbauer joins the Miba Board and takes over the responsibility for Miba Friction Group
Formation of Miba’s new business division, New Technologies Group