1950 - 1960.. With energy and enthusiasm from nothing to an Economic Miracle. The first car tyre changer was launched in 1955 and was referred to as the “M1”. Osmond Beissbarth had other things on his mind than truck and car repairs. He wanted to invent, produce and sell – just like his father. He was thinking of equipment for motor-vehicle servicing. However, the money for these developments would first of all have to be earned. In 1949, he opened a filling station at the corner of Kohlstrasse and Erhardstrasse, and from 1950 onwards the rear of the large Beissbarth car workshop was used for engineering, while the front became Munich’s first large garage after the war. His brother Hermann joined the company and the first Beissbarth wheel balancing machine for passenger cars, the “Nürburg” appeared as early as 1951. 1953 saw the appearance of the “Model 0” wheel balancing machine for trucks and buses, and in the same year Beissbarth presented his developments to the public at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt. They were a great success. At the time, his small company had just 14 employees. Throughout Germany, the Economic Miracle was taking off under the guidance of the first Chancellor of the fledgling Federal Republic, Konrad Adenauer. He was succeeded in 1966 by Ludwig Erhard. Just for the record, the population of Munich reached 1 million on December 15th, 1957.