Joachim Milberg

Summary

Joachim Milberg (born 10 April 1943 in Verl (Westfalen)) is a German engineer and manager who served as CEO of Bayerischen Motorenwerke AG (BMW). He was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW until July 2015.

Joachim Milberg

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. Milberg stopped the Rover venture and reestablished the BMW success story.

Milberg was the founding President of acatech – the German Academy of Science and Engineering.

Early life edit

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 continued 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 edit

In 1972, Milberg became senior manager at the machine tool factory Gildemeister AG. From 1978 to 1981, he was head of the Automatic Lathe Division.[1]

In 1981, Milberg 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.[2]

In 1993, Milberg became member of the board of management of BMW, responsible for production. After having just overseen the successful launch of the BMW 3 Series, he was named by the supervisory board of BMW – then led by Eberhard von Kuenheim – as the company’s new CEO in 1999. He succeeded Bernd Pischetsrieder, who resigned along with Wolfgang Reitzle, another manager widely viewed as potential successor at the time.[3] He was heavily criticized by the German media for BMW's decision to sell its unprofitable U.K. subsidiary Rover in 2000. In 2002, he decided to step down a year ahead of schedule and handed over to Helmut Panke, in an effort to avoid media speculation about who would succeed him in what would be the final year of his tenure at BMW.[4] He subsequently became chairman of the supervisory board in 2004.[1]

Other activities edit

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Awards and honours edit

Publications edit

  • 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.

References edit

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  2. ^ "Board Chairman". BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  3. ^ Brian Coleman (8 February 1999), BMW's Chairman Resigns; Milberg Is Named as Successor Wall Street Journal.
  4. ^ Scott Miller and Marcus Walker (5 December 2001), BMW Chairman Unexpectedly Steps Down To Avoid Media Speculation About Successor Wall Street Journal.
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  20. ^ "Senate Committee". acatech. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  21. ^ Board of Trustees Allensbach Institute.
  22. ^ Joachim Milberg BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt.
  23. ^ Board of TrusteesDeutsches Museum.
  24. ^ Honorary Senate Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
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  33. ^ "Ehrung für Verdienste um Umweltschutz in Bayern: Geehrte Persönlichkeiten im Jahr 2002" (in German). Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Gesundheit. Retrieved 13 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
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  36. ^ "Neu gewählte Mitglieder 2005" (PDF) (in German). Leopoldina. 2006. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  37. ^ "Hanns Martin Schleyer-Preis: Preisträger" (in German). Hanns Martin Schleyer-Stiftung. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  38. ^ "Träger des Bayerischer Maximiliansordens 2010" (in German). Bayerische Staatsregierung. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  39. ^ BMW-Chefaufseher Milberg übernimmt Professur, manager magazin, 2 September 2010
  40. ^ Pressemitteilung der Uni Duisburg-Essen

External links edit

  • WHO'S WHO Online (German)
  • Munzinger (German)
  • ifp – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Milberg Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH & Co.KG