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Mašinska Industrija Niš


MIN - Mašinska industrija Niš (Serbian Cyrillic: MИН Машинска индустрија Ниш) - Mechanical Industry Niš, is holding corporation that engaged in the energy, mining, process engineering, equipment for agriculture and a railways program.

It maintains production facilities in Niš, Svrljig, Gadžin Han, Žitorađa, Merošina, and Veliki Bonjic in Serbia. Its headquarters and main production facilities are located in the city of Niš.

MIN was founded in 1884 as Railways workshop (Serbian Cyrillic: Железничке радионице, Železničke radionice) for the maintenance and repair of rolling stock. It was founded after construction of Belgrade-Niš railway. By the year 1890 the assembly, sawmills, steel foundry, forge, pattern shop and tool room were established. With their integration and the integration of other sectors that have emerged later, the Mechanical Industry Niš was founded.

MIN was one of the main companies who maintained Yugoslav Railways diesel locomotives. It has also produced several diesel locomotives series for both railways and industry.



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