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Miba Group's growth continues. On June, 1st, the four industrial bearings plants Miba acquired from the John Crane Group will become part of Miba Bearing Group. The four sites acquired have 300 employees, the annual revenue is about 50 million Euro. After the acquisition Miba Group will have a total of 7,400 employees working at 27 production sites worldwide.
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Miba's industrial bearing sites will become part of the newly formed Industrial Bearing Branch that is integrated in Miba Bearing Group and led by Clemens Honeder as Managing Director.
Miba enters a new line of business
Miba Group is one of the most important global suppliers of engine bearings. With the acquisition of the four industrial bearing plants the company is now entering another new line of business: developing and producing industrial bearings. An expansion such as this has long been part of Miba's strategic focus, as it represents the logical extension of Miba Bearing Group's current product portfolio. Through this acquisition, Miba has access to a new market, one in which it has not been active to date, creating the foundation for further growth.
The industrial bearings segment of the John Crane Group produces hydrodynamic bearings for use in mechanical and plant engineering. The bearings are used by customers in the energy and plant engineering industries, primarily in high-performance applications such as turbines, compressors and industrial pumps. They can be found in power generation applications and in the chemical, oil and natural gas industries. Some of the sites that will now be integrated into the Miba Bearing Group have been active in the market for over 60 years. In addition to many customer relationships, they bring additional expertise in the areas of research, development and production to Miba.
"By acquiring the John Crane industrial bearings segment, we aim to be a strong, global bearings specialist for engine bearings as well as for industrial bearings in the market," explains Miba CEO F. Peter Mitterbauer. "In this way, we are taking the next important step in growing our Group. It strengthens our competitiveness and provides a wider range of development opportunities for our employees."
Photo: Clemens Honeder (Managing Director of the Miba Industrial Bearing Branch) with the site managers of the new Miba sites
All engine bearing products, including half shells, bushings and thrust washers
All materials (aluminum- and copper-based)
All modern surface technologies including electroplating, sputter and SYNTHEC.
Over several decades, the Miba Bearing Group has acquired in-depth knowledge of the tribology of engine bearings and the power train components that run on bearings. Thanks to an extensive experience in many areas, Miba is able to offer the right solution for every bearing application. The company's strengths include independence from raw materials, highly advanced, reliable production processes and efficient quality management that is focused on meeting all functional requirements as cost-effectively as possible.
The Miba Bearing Group combines the competencies of engine plain bearing technology and industrial plain bearing technology. For engines, Miba delivers an impressive range of materials expertise for a high load range at moderate speeds. For turbines and compressors, the company delivers plain bearing technology as opposed to roller bearings based on broad design expertise for very high circumferential speeds.
This interdisciplinary technical and application knowledge enables Miba to offer bearing solutions for a variety of applications with a wide range of specifications.
The Miba Bearing Group offers flexible and customized engine and turbomachinery bearing solutions. Thanks to our comprehensive application engineering and material know-how, we can offer tailormade and cost-efficient solutions for applications, where other bearing technologies reach their limits. We develop and produce hydrodynamic bearings for engines, rotating equipment, wind or aircraft applications globally close to our customers.
The objective of the Joint Venture is to combine the strengths of Miba and Zollern bearing business. By combining the expertise in research and development, the Joint Venture companies can make an important contribution to the development of new solutions in decarbonization and renewable energy, e.g. new bearing technologies for wind power turbines.
Miba, strategic partner to the international engine and automotive industry, opened a new production site for sintered components in McConnelsville, Ohio, USA, on June 29. At the new site, about 60 employees will produce four million engine and transmission sintered components per year for use in passenger cars. USD 16 million have been invested in the new plant. At the same time, sister site Miba Bearings US is launching a new production line for high-performance engine bearings for trucks. Miba Bearings US employs 240 people; the investment was around USD 14 million.
After studying business administration and sinology, Christoph Ederer started his career at Miba in 2006. From 2007 to 2011, he spent four years in Controlling and as Deputy General Manager at Miba's Chinese site in Suzhou.
After returning to Austria, he was responsible for supply chain management at Miba Bearing Group. From 2012 to 2018, Ederer was Site Manager and Managing Director of Miba Gleitlager Austria in Laakirchen.
Since 2021, Christoph Ederer has been General Manager of the entire Miba Bearing Group and is thus responsible for all activities in the bearings sector. He was appointed to the Management Board of Miba AG as of July 1, 2023.
Before joining Miba, he was CFO of the Schwarzmller Group, one of Europe's leading manufacturers of commercial vehicle trailers. Prior to that, he spent a total of 15 years at Magna and MAN Truck & Bus in top management positions in the areas of finance and controlling in both Europe and Asia.
Michael Hummelbrunner studied at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and completed numerous additional training courses, including at the Management School St. Gallen and at several institutions in the US.
Born 1972, married, 3 children
After the start of his career at Audi in Germany and in Hungary, Martin joined Miba in 2007. From 2007 until 2011 he successfully built up the Miba friction production plant in Vrable, Slovakia as its site manager. He then became a member of the management of the Miba Friction Group. Since 2016 he has been leading this Miba division as its General Manager. On February, 1st, 2020, Martin Liebl became Member of the Management Board of Miba AG.
Tilting pad fluttering in bearings for high-performance turbomachinery can cause severe problems such as bearing damage and rotor vibrations. Difficult to predict, tilting pad fluttering incidents often result in time-consuming repairs and bearing modifications. Through extensive testing, the team at MIBA Bearings has developed new bearing designs that can reliably prevent the occurrence of tilting pad fluttering.
Different solutions are used if problems occur after the machine is put into operation, such as changes to the bearing oil supply, or the (costly) reworking of affected pads. In addition to the effort involved, these solutions can impact equipment, amount of oil required, or rotordynamic properties of the bearings.
The R&D team at MIBA investigated the occurance of tilting pad fluttering using a 120 mm test bearing (with directed lubrication, evacuated housing, and spherical pad support). A displacement sensor was used to monitor the distance between the bearing housing and one unloaded pad.
About Miba: Miba Industrial Bearings designs, repairs and manufactures hydrodynamic bearings and labyrinth seals for use in high-performing rotating equipment, such as turbines, compressors or generators. Miba started manufacturing bearings in 1949 and brings a rich history of engineering excellence as a leading partner for the gas and steam turbine industry.
Sustainability in energy production
Wind power has become more socially relevant in recent years, and it contributes significantly to energy transition. However, wind farms need to become even more efficient in order to conserve resources. This is precisely where Miba Gleitlager Austria GmbH comes in with its hydrodynamic bearings for wind turbines. Miba uses a large number of HYPERTURN 100 Powermill turn-mill centers by Emco to machine the required plain bearing bushes.
The design of the HYPERTURN 100 Powermill with a powerful main and counter spindle, a B-axis with direct drive for complex 5-axis simultaneous machining, and an additional lower turret system offers the possibility of complete machining of complex components.
The plain bearing bushes are made of a composite material and are used in applications with diameters from 125 to 500 mm. After complete machining, the quality is documented externally on a coordinate measuring machine.
Successful cooperation: Miba has a long-standing partnership with Emco, having invested in the first HYPERTURN series from Emco 20 years ago. The picture shows Rupert Lehenauer (Emco, left) and Wolfgang Stadlmayr (Miba).
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On June 25 and 26, the Research Association for Drive Technology (FVA) hosted the international BEARING WORLD conference in the picturesque city of Wrzburg, Germany. The event attracted around 200 participants from 16 countries, who engaged with 20 exhibitors over the course of two days. Among the exhibitors were the event's sponsors: Schaeffler Technologies, SKF Group, and FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY.
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