Joachim Milberg
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Joachim Milberg is a German Professor of Production Engineering
and past CEO of BMW AG. He is now Chairman of the Supervisory Board
of BMW AG.
Milberg was Professor
and Dean
of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
at the Technische Universität München. He was Member of the Board of Management for Production of the Bayerischen Motorenwerke AG
and became CEO when Bernd Pischetsrieder
had to leave because of the Rover problems. Joachim Milberg stopped the Rover
venture and reestablished the BMW success story. Since 2004 he is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW AG.
Joachim Milberg was the founding President of acatech
- the German Academy of Science and Engineering.
. From 1953 to 1959 Milberg went to secondary school. From 1959 to 1962 he trained as a mechanic
at Gildemeister AG and studied from 1962 to 1965 production engineering
at the State Engineering School Bielefeld. He contiuied his studies at the Technische Universität Berlin with a scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and got 1969 his Dipl.-Ing.. From 1970 to 1972 he was research assistant at the Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik of the Technischen Universität Berlin (Günter Spur). 1971 he got his Dr.-Ing.. In 1972 he became Senior manager at the machine tool factory Gildemeister AG. From 1978 to 1981 he was head of the Automatic Lathe
Division.
In 1981 he became full professor for machine tools and business administration at Technische Universität München, head of the Center for Production Automation and Robotics in Munich and the Production Application Center in Augsburg. From 1991 to 1993 he was Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
In 1993 he became member of the board of management of BMW AG responsible for production. 1999 he was promoted to CEO and chairman of the board of management. He left in 2002 and became chairman of the supervisory board in 2004.
Production engineering
Production engineering is a combination of manufacturing technology with management science. A production engineer typically has a wide knowledge of engineering practices and is aware of the management challenges related to production...
and past CEO of BMW AG. He is now Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Supervisory board
A supervisory board or supervisory committee, often called board of directors, is a group of individuals chosen by the stockholders of a company to promote their interests through the governance of the company and to hire and supervise the executive directors and CEO.Corporate governance varies...
of BMW AG.
Milberg was Professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
and Dean
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
at the Technische Universität München. He was Member of the Board of Management for Production of the Bayerischen Motorenwerke AG
BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...
and became CEO when Bernd Pischetsrieder
Bernd Pischetsrieder
Dr. Bernd Peter Pischetsrieder is a German automobile engineer and manager.He was born in Munich, Bavaria, and studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich from 1968 to 1972. He earned the degree of "Diplom-Ingenieur", and began his career at BMW in 1973 as a Production...
had to leave because of the Rover problems. Joachim Milberg stopped the Rover
MG Rover Group
MG Rover was the last domestically owned mass-production car manufacturer in the British motor industry. The company was formed when BMW sold the car-making and engine manufacturing assets of the original Rover Group to the Phoenix Consortium in 2000....
venture and reestablished the BMW success story. Since 2004 he is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW AG.
Joachim Milberg was the founding President of acatech
Acatech
acatech, established as the German Academy of Science and Engineering on 1 January 2008, represents the interests of German technical sciences independently, in self-determination and guided by the common good, at home and abroad...
- the German Academy of Science and Engineering.
Life
Milberg grew up on a farm in Sennestadt, today part of the city of BielefeldBielefeld
Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
. From 1953 to 1959 Milberg went to secondary school. From 1959 to 1962 he trained as a mechanic
Mechanic
A mechanic is a craftsman or technician who uses tools to build or repair machinery.Many mechanics are specialized in a particular field such as auto mechanics, bicycle mechanics, motorcycle mechanics, boiler mechanics, general mechanics, industrial maintenance mechanics , air conditioning and...
at Gildemeister AG and studied from 1962 to 1965 production engineering
Production engineering
Production engineering is a combination of manufacturing technology with management science. A production engineer typically has a wide knowledge of engineering practices and is aware of the management challenges related to production...
at the State Engineering School Bielefeld. He contiuied his studies at the Technische Universität Berlin with a scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and got 1969 his Dipl.-Ing.. From 1970 to 1972 he was research assistant at the Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik of the Technischen Universität Berlin (Günter Spur). 1971 he got his Dr.-Ing.. In 1972 he became Senior manager at the machine tool factory Gildemeister AG. From 1978 to 1981 he was head of the Automatic Lathe
Lathe
A lathe is a machine tool which rotates the workpiece on its axis to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object which has symmetry about an axis of rotation.Lathes are used in woodturning,...
Division.
In 1981 he became full professor for machine tools and business administration at Technische Universität München, head of the Center for Production Automation and Robotics in Munich and the Production Application Center in Augsburg. From 1991 to 1993 he was Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
In 1993 he became member of the board of management of BMW AG responsible for production. 1999 he was promoted to CEO and chairman of the board of management. He left in 2002 and became chairman of the supervisory board in 2004.
Business Affiliations
- Member of Supervisory Boards
- BMW AGBMWBayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...
, München (Chairman) since 2002, since 2004 Chairman - FestoFestoFesto is a German industrial control and automation company based in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. Festo is an engineering-driven company that sells pneumatic and electric transducers primarily to the automation industry.-History:...
AG & Co. KG, Esslingen (Chairman) since 2003, since 2011 Chairman - Bertelsmann AG, Gütersloh since 2005
- John Deere & CompanyJohn DeereJohn Deere was an American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the world...
, Moline/Illinois (USA) since 2003 - SAP AGSAP AGSAP AG is a German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software...
, Walldorf since 2007 - ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen since 2008
- BMW AG
- Other
- Member of the Senate Committee of acatech – Deutsche Akademie der TechnikwissenschaftenAcatechacatech, established as the German Academy of Science and Engineering on 1 January 2008, represents the interests of German technical sciences independently, in self-determination and guided by the common good, at home and abroad...
- Member of the shareholder's committee of ifp - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Milberg Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH & Co.KG, Garching b. München
- Member of the Senate Committee of acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften
- past supervsiory board affiliations
- Allianz Versicherungs AG until 2006
- Leipziger Messe GmbH, Leipzig until 2007
- MAN AGMAN AGMAN SE , formerly MAN AG, is a mechanical engineering company and parent company of the MAN Group. MAN SE is based in Munich, in the German State of Bavaria. Its primary output is for the automotive industry, particularly heavy trucks...
2005 to 2007 - Royal Dutch Petroleum Company/Shell until 2003
Awards and Honours
- 1989 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeThe Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years...
by the Deutschen ForschungsgemeinschaftDeutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftThe Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is an important German research funding organization and the largest such organization in Europe.-Function:...
(DFG) - the highest German research prize - 1992 Herwart-Opitz-Commemorative Medal of the VDIVerein Deutscher IngenieureVerein Deutscher Ingenieure is an organization of 139,000 engineers and natural scientists.Established in 1856, the VDI is today the largest engineering association in Western Europe....
-Society Production Engineering - 1994 Verdienstkreuz am Bande (Cross) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1994 Honorary doctorate of the University of LjubljanaUniversity of LjubljanaThe University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. With 64,000 enrolled graduate and postgraduate students, it is among the largest universities in Europe.-Beginnings:...
, SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of... - 1996 Honorary doctorate of the University of Hanover
- 2000 GrashofFranz GrashofFranz Grashof was a German engineer. He was a professor of Applied Mechanics at the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe. He is one of the founding directors of Verein Deutscher Ingenieure in 1855. He developed some early steam-flow formulas but made no significant contribution to free convection.The...
Commemorative Medal of Verein Deutscher IngenieureVerein Deutscher IngenieureVerein Deutscher Ingenieure is an organization of 139,000 engineers and natural scientists.Established in 1856, the VDI is today the largest engineering association in Western Europe....
(the highest distinction of the Association of German Engineers) - 2001 Bayerischer Verdienstorden
- 2001 General Pierre Nicolau Award der CIRP (College International pour la Recherche en Productique - The International Academy for Production Engineering)
- 2001 Ehrenpreis "Goldenes Lenkrad" des Axel Springer Verlags
- 2002 Honorary doctorate of the Cranfield UniversityCranfield UniversityCranfield University is a British postgraduate university based on two campuses, with a research-oriented focus. The main campus is at Cranfield, Bedfordshire and the second is the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom based at Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. The main campus is unique in the United...
, England (UK) - 2002 Bayerische Umweltmedaille für besondere Verdienste um Umweltschutz und Landesentwicklung
- 2004 Honorary doctorate of the Technischen Universität Berlin
- 2005 Arthur-Burkhardt-Preis
- 2005 Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2009 Hanns Martin Schleyer-Preis
- 2010 Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst
- 2010 HonorarprofessorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
at the Universität Duisburg-Essen
Publications
- Milberg, J.: Analytische und experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Stabilitätsgrenze bei der Drehbearbeitung. Diss. Techn. Univ. Berlin 1971.
- Milberg, J. (Hrsg.): Wettbewerbsfähigkeit durch Integration. Springer Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg New York 1988.
- Milberg, J. (Hrsg.): Wettbewerbsfaktor Zeit in Produktionsunternehmen. Springer Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 1991.
- Milberg, J. (Hrsg.): Von CAD(CAM zu CIM. Verlag TÜV Rheinland. Köln 1992.
- VDI-Gemeinschaftsausschuss CIM (Hrsg.) Obmann: Milberg, J.: Rechnerintegrierte Konstruktion und Produktion. VDI-Verlag. Düsseldorf 1992.
- Band 1: CIM Management
- Band 2: Integrierte Produktdatenverarbeitung
- Band 3: Auftragsabwicklung
- Band 4: Flexible Fertigung
- Band 5: Produktionslogistik
- Band 6: Kommunikations- und Datenbanktechnik
- Band 7: Qualitätssicherung
- Band 8: Flexible Montage
- Milberg, J. (Hrsg.): Werkzeugmaschinen Grundlagen. Springer Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 1992.
- Milberg, J.; Reinhart, G. (Hrsg.): Unsere Stärken stärken - Der Weg zu Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Standortsicherung. mi Verlag. Landberg 1994.
- Milberg, J.; Reinhart, G. (Hrsg.): Mit Schwung zum Aufschwung - Information, Inspiration, Innovation. mi Verlag. Landberg 1997.
- Milberg, J.; Schuh, G. (Hrsg.): Erfolg in Netzwerken. Springer Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 2002.