Half-Century Highlights

Until 1995, complex trademark issues prevented our company’s use of the Bayer name in the United States. That’s why Bayer arrived in Pittsburgh in 1958 as Mobay Chemical Company, a joint venture of our German parent, Bayer AG and Monsanto Chemical Corporation. Over 30 years later, after the integration of our parent’s principal businesses in the United States, our name changed to Miles, Inc. Finally in April, 1995, we gained the rights to use our name and logo in the United States. From then to now, and for all time to come, we are Bayer Corporation. To trace highlights of our evolution and Pittsburgh’s own transformation over the last 50 years, click here.