Discover our history and find out about the most interesting and important milestones in the story of LAIB.
Discover our history and find out about the most interesting and important milestones in the story of LAIB.
Helmut Laib founds the company
LAIB designs and builds an insertion probe for IBM, various industry contacts
LAIB sets up a mechanical production facility with its own staff
LAIB produces complete systems for the automotive industry, including control and automation
Construction of the new company building in Weissach-Flacht near Stuttgart
LAIB moves to the new building
Eva Laib joins the company
LAIB delivers a test stand for injection timing mechanisms to South Korea, alongside an increasing number of international projects
LAIB Maschinenbau GmbH is founded, with Eva Laib as Managing Partner
Eva Laib assumes full ownership of the company
Eva Laib marries and takes her husband’s surname Rist
Further expansion sees the company move to Stuttgart-Stammheim
LAIB constructs a robot-loaded cell with leak test system, vacuum dryer and interlinking
LAIB develops a pipe cleaning system that delivers residual contamination levels of < 100 μm
LAIB produces various test stands for quality assurance, including visual presentation of the measurement results and documentation in the customer’s database
LAIB delivers a drag torque measurement system integrated in a short-engine assembly line, in order to monitor engine assembly quality
LAIB develops an end-of-belt testing system for an engine assembly line that records the torque and pressure gradients throughout an engine cycle, including ignition on all cylinders.
LAIB performs leak testing on an engine in three assembly stages with over 60 automatically adjusting seals
Expansion of the electronics department
Bespoke conditioning systems for leading Formula 1 teams
LAIB develops highly dynamic conditioning systems for Formula 1 engine test stands
LAIB develops a fully automatic testing and assembly station for complex engines
... Maybe the next milestone will be a system we develop or a problem we solve for you