SIBA Elektrik G.m.b.H

SIBA Elektrik G.m.b.H

SIBA Elektrik G.m.b.H is a former German automotive electrical manufacturer, noted as manufacturers of the Dynastart combined starter motor and alternator, used on many cars, motorcycles and scooters in the 1950s and notable for providing an electronic method of reversing the engines running...

is a former German automotive electrical manufacturer, noted as manufacturers of the Dynastart combined starter motor and alternator

Alternator

An alternator is an electromechanical device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current.Most alternators use a rotating magnetic field but linear alternators are occasionally used...

, used on many cars, motorcycles and scooters in the 1950s and notable for providing an electronic method of reversing the engines running direction, thus providing a way to reverse a vehicle without a reverse gear in the gearbox. A British company SIBA Electric Ltd was established in 1954 to import the Dynastart units, eventually manufacturing themselves from 1957. The German company was sold to BOSCH

Robert Bosch GmbH

Robert Bosch GmbH is a multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It is the world's largest supplier of automotive components...

 in 1957, whilst the British company was taken over by Lucas in the same year.