The eastern part of Thuringia is traditionally an
industrial region of mechanical engineers. In 1841
Moritz Jahr already founded a mechanical factory
including iron foundry and boiler making plant in Gera.
The location became to small. For this reason the VEB
Maschinen- und Dampfkesselbau Gera was founded on
1^st June 1948. In co-operation with NAGEMA Dresden
the product line was enlarged to the construction
and production of equipments of the drinks producing
industry and bottle cleaning machines.

After the German Reunion the NAGEMA became the
Geraer Maschinenbau GmbH. Parts of the product
range were taken over, but the factory at Salzstrasse
went bankrupt in 1997. On 1^st November 1997 the GM
and the LASER Blechbe-&-verarbeitungs GmbH were
founded.