History

  • 1979
  • Erich Hein founds the engineering consultancy
  • 1982
  • Part manufacture and repair are added to the enterprise.
  • 1983
  • Extension of services to include special purpose machinery for the aerospace industry (design, manufacture and initial operation)
  • 1986
  • Marco Hein joins company management
  • 1987
  • Extension of services to include devices for the chemical industry (design, manufacture and initial operation)
  • 1988
  • Expansion into the tool manufacturing sector
  • 1988
  • Acquisition of the company's own facility on Adam-Opel-Straße in Braunschweig
  • 1992
  • A second building for production assembly is added to expand capacity in the facility on Adam-Opel-Straße in Braunschweig
  • 1993
  • Extension of services to include special purpose machinery for the automobile industry (design, manufacture and initial operation)
  • 1995
  • The company begins to manufacture complex measuring and control equipment, including e-technology
  • 1998
  • MAIKO takes over the areas of customer service and spare parts for can sealing machines from the IMPRESS-Group
  • 2001
  • Founding member of the Maschinenbauinitiative Braunschweig ("Made in Braunschweig")
  • 2003
  • Integration of a company production facility in the production area of the VW factory in Wolfsburg: 1500 square metres, of which 500 are an assembly area
  • 2004
  • Expansion of the office and manufacturing area by another 1000 square metres
  • 2004
  • MAIKO takes over the areas of customer service and spare parts for KARGES-HAMMER machines from the SOUDRONIC AG