With components for gearboxes and brakes, Miba is already a household name in wind energy. The family business from Laakirchen is now pleased with orders worth more than 50 million euros because special machines are needed for the construction of wind turbines at sea.
Rotor blades with a diameter of 400 meters, wind turbines that are 500 meters high – “it’s all so big, you can’t even imagine it,” said F. Peter Mitterbauer when the owner of Miba presented the project figures for the fiscal year last April and spoke about wind energy projects for the family business he heads.
Development work over the years
Plain bearings for gearboxes, friction linings for brakes, plain bearing bushings – when it comes to wind energy, Laakirchner’s know-how is in demand for various components. A lot of money – and a lot of time – goes into the developments. ‘Ten years,’ Mitterbauer calculated.
Miba has tripled its sales of wind energy in the past two years. Now the next sign of confidence in the energy industry has come: special machinery has been ordered for the construction of huge wind turbines, which will then be placed at sea, for more than 50 million euros.
Miba Automation Systems, the company’s in-house mechanical engineering specialist based in Aurachkirchen, will deliver these milling systems to the Dutch Sif Group and GS Entec from Korea at the end of 2026. The two companies are among the world market leaders for foundation tubes up to 120 meters high, which anchor wind towers to the seabed.
Source: Krone
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