Merak - more than 50 years of experience in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning for Railway Vehicles
1963
- Stone Ibérica is founded as a representation office in Spain of Stone International
1965
- Start of the commercial activities
1970
- Maintenance and retrofit contracts with RENFE
1972
- Manufacturing of the first HVAC equipment in Spain
1974
- First exports of HVAC equipment
1997
- Knorr-Bremse enters the body of shareholders
2000
- Stone Ibérica becomes Merak
2005
- Acquisition of all Merak shares by Knorr-Bremse
2007
- Founding of Merak-Jinxin joint venture in China
2008
- Move to new Knorr-Bremse Technological Centre in Getafe, with Group sister company Frenos
2010
- Knorr-Bremse acquires and rebrands Sigma
2011
- Acquisition of TechLanka
2013
- Sigma moves to new factory in Granville with Knorr-Bremse Australia
2014
- Integration of Merak and Frenos into Knorr-Bremse España
2016
- Launch of Global R&D Team
2017
- Acquisiton by Knorr-Bremse of the electrical activities of Vossloh Kiepe
2018
- Integration of Sigma into Knorr-Bremse Australia
- "0 Defects" Initiative
2020
- Official re-branding of all HVAC brands to MERAK