The four partners Horst Briel, Manfred Klein, Ralf Muth and Friedrich Koch, founded the KBM GmbH mechanical and electrical engineering in December 1998. In 2000, the engineering company Johannsen was purchased.
In addition to the mechanical engineering, in recent years the areas small parts assembly, reservoir engineering, electrical and control engineering expanded. After that was added the department heating and plumbing. In 2006, a Quality Management System was successfully introduced certified by EN ISO 9001.