IBG Automation Malta

How about one unique car – unusual, exceptional, special, in a class by itself – having automation systems designed, developed and manufactured in Malta?

German company IBG Automation can make it happen.

IBG Automation is part of Goeke Technology Group, established in 1982 in Neuenrade, not far from Düsseldorf. Its work started in Germany, but it kept growing round the world and can be found in North America, Japan, China and Malta with more than 250 employees.

Malta Enterprise established the first contact with IBG Automation during the previous edition of Hannover Messe, the most prominent industry fair in the world. IBG Automation settled in Malta and had its grand opening last March.

Goeke Technology Group designs customer-specific-production-systems. The main focus lies on innovative robotics and automation systems for assembly or inspection tasks. The applications developed by IBG can be found in nearly every industrial sector as automotive, pharmaceutical/chemical industry, food, aeronautics, electronics, energy, consumer goods, furniture, communications and other sectors.

In the sector of electric vehicles, IBG developed automated manufacturing concepts for the series production of newly developed electric vehicles and their components in conjunction with research centres and universities, considering ecological responsibility as a fundamental part of IBG.

The service package ranges from development, design, engineering and prototyping to series production of complex carbon fibre reinforced plastic structures.

Moving to Malta, IBG brought with itself well-known robot names as KUKA, ABB, Bosch, Siemens and Festo, who fostered successful cooperations with companies like BMW, Bayer and Miele.

The company plans to start with small-sized projects that involve lightweight parts and robots. It also plans to set up a machine design and simulation cell for the design of larger machines and to insert the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, to its work. This revolution is about introducing cyber-physical-systems that blur the line between operator and machine and dramatically increase manufacturing efficiency.