Mašinska industrija Niš (Serbian Cyrillic: MИН Машинска индустрија Ниш; abbr.
It is engaged in the energy, mining, process engineering, equipment for agriculture and a railways program.
MIN was founded in 1884 as Railways workshop (Serbian: Железничке радионице / Železničke radionice) for the maintenance and repair of rolling stock.
By the year 1890 the assembly, sawmills, steel foundry, forge, pattern shop and tool room were established.
[citation needed] MIN was one of the main companies who maintained Yugoslav Railways diesel locomotives.