MBB SE is a family-run mid sized group of companies, headquartered in Berlin. The company name derives from a former subsidiary MBB Gelma Industrieelektronik GmbH, taken over in 1997 from Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG.
The company was founded in 1995 as Nesemeier & Freimuth GmbH. It purchased MBB Gelma Industrieelektronik GmbH from Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG. MBB Industries AG had its IPO in 2006 and was converted into MBB SE (Societas Europaea) in March 2015. MBB stands for Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm. Today, MBB is the only independent company to have emerged directly from the original MBB Group.[1] The company founders remained major shareholders also after the IPO to date.[2]
Today, the group includes seven subsidiaries with more than 1,500 employees.[3]
MBB group revenues in 2015 are approx. 270 million US-$. For 2020 MBB is planning with more than 500 million US-$ while keeping up an EBITDA margin of 10%.[4][5]
