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Name
Joachim Milberg
Books
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Born
10 April 1943 (age 74), Germany
Education
Technical University of Berlin (1971)
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SWITZERLAND: BMW CHAIRMAN MILBERG SPEECH ON THE FUTURE
Joachim Milberg (born 10 April 1943 in Verl (Westfalen)) is a German Professor of Production Engineering and past CEO of Bayerischen Motorenwerke AG (BMW). He was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW until July 2015.
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 BMW 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.
Joachim Milberg was the founding President of acatech - the German Academy of Science and Engineering.
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Early life
Milberg grew up on a farm in Sennestadt, today part of the city of Bielefeld. From 1953 to 1959 Milberg went to secondary school. From 1959 to 1962 he trained as a mechanic at Gildemeister AG and, from 1962 to 1965, studied 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 obtained his Dipl.-Ing. in 1969. From 1970 to 1972, he was research assistant at the Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik of the Technischen Universität Berlin (Günter Spur). In 1971, he was awarded his doctorate in production engineering.
Career
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 with 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, responsible for production. In 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.
In 2003, he was appointed to the board of Deere & Co.
Business Affiliations
Member of Supervisory Boards
BMW AG, München (Chairman) since 2002, since 2004 Chairman
Festo AG & Co. KG, Esslingen (Chairman) since 2003, since 2011 Chairman
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
