MAN AG

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MAN AG (German: Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG, ISIN: DE0005937007) is a German transportation company.

The MAN Group is mostly known for producing buses and trucks also big diesel engines for oceangoing ships though the group is primarily involved in engineering activities.^{[citation needed]}

MAN specializes in:

• Commercial vehicles
• Diesel and hybrid diesel-electric engines
• Turbomachines
• Industrial services

[edit] History

In 1898 the Maschinenbau-AG Nürnberg (founded in 1841) and the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg AG (founded in 1840) merged to become the Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg und Maschinenbaugesellschaft Nürnberg A.G., Augsburg. The company was renamed in 1908 to Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG, Augsburg (M.A.N.). From 1894 to 1897, Rudolf Diesel developed diesel engine technology together with engineers of MAN in the Augsburg plant of MAN.

In 1924, the company showed a diesel truck at the Berlin Motor Show, which was purchased in numbers by the Bavarian Post Office.^[1]

During the 1930s, MAN marine diesels were licence-produced in the U.S. and installed in fleet submarines, were they proved troublesome and unpopular in the Pacific War.^[2]

Today, MAN is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of engineering equipment and vehicles. In 2006, its 50,000 employees generated annual sales of around €13 billion in 120 different countries. The company has joint ventures and other cooperations with local companies in India, Poland, Turkey, and the United States.

MAN is listed on the DAX and is well respected^{[attribution needed]} in the field of transport engineering, having won numerous prizes. The latest ones achieved were in 2007 with the title "Truck of the year" and 2006 "coach of the year".^{[citation needed]}

On September 18, 2006, MAN made a €10.3 billion offer for a takeover of Scania AB, one of the leading truck and bus companies in Sweden. MAN AG bought 15.6% of the voting shares in Scania AB. Volkswagen AG, Scania's largest shareholder, acquired a stake of 20% of MAN, and has since raised that stake to 29%. Together MAN and VW owned 52% of the Scania shares. It is expected that a combined MAN-Scania will also absorb Volkswagen's Brazilian heavy truck operations.

In 2008 MAN will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the company with a gala event in Munich, exibitions in Munich and Oberhausen. One highlight should be an Oldtimer Truck Convoy on a historical route from Nuremberg over Augsburg to Munich.

[edit] Divisions

• MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG [1] (roughly 50% of overall sales; 88% of division sales come from European market)

Commercial vehicles: trucks (61% of group sales), aftermarket parts and service (18%), buses (14%), engines and components (7%)

• MAN Diesel SE

2-stroke and 4-stroke diesel and gasoline engines: large marine and stationary diesel engines, engines for vehicles, industrial applications, power stations, yachts, passenger ships, ships, and work-boats (tankers, tugboats, icebreakers), railways.

• MAN Turbo AG [2]

Turbomachines: compressors and turbines for process industry and power generation worldwide; used in oil & natural gas, refinery, chemical & petrochemical, fertilizers, industrial gases, iron & steel processing and mining, power generation applications.

• MAN Ferrostaal AG [3] (roughly 20% of sales)

Industrial services: projecting, delivery, assembly, including steel-based structures

[edit] Products - MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG division

[edit] Trucks/military

• LE Series
• FE Series
• HX Series - military
• SX Series - military
• TGL Series, with hybrid trucks ( MAN TGL OPTISTRANG and TGL EDA).
• TGM Series
• TGA Series
• TGX/S Series
• ERF - a UK only brand, bought from Paccar in 2000
• Hazmat tender
• Angloco foam tender
• Command unit

[edit] Buses

Main article: MAN AG Buses

• Lion's City city/interurban bus
• Lion's Classic city/interurban bus
• Lion's Regio interurban bus
• Americana city bus
• NM 223/283
• NL/ÜL 313/363 F (LF)
• NL 202/232 (LF)
• NL 262 R
• NG 263/313/363 F (LF)
• ND 243 F
• 10.225 FOCL midi coach
• 11.190 HOCL midi (LF)
• 12.220 HOCL
• 14.280 HOCL
• 12.220 HOCL-NL
• 14.220 HOCL-NL
• 16.200
• 18.220/ 260/ 280 HOCL-SL
• 18.220/ 260/ 280/ 310/ 360 HOCL-SÜ
• 18.220/ 260/ 310 HOCL-NL (LF)
• 18.260/ 310/ 360/ 410/ 460 HOCL
• 24.310/ 360/ 410/ 460 HOCLN
• 28.310 HGOCL

[edit] Electrodynamic moving-off element

MAN EDA concept is examining the stop-start automatic system, the requirement-specific electric drive for secondary units, the implementation of the clutch function, the synchronisation of gear changes with the aid of an electrodynamic moving-off element (EDA) and the booster function for extra power.

Two distribution vehicles with parallel hybrid drives are currently being tested: one vehicle features a starter-alternator (MAN TGL OPTISTRANG) integrated in the clutch housing, the other vehicle, an MAN TGL EDA, is equipped with an electrodynamic moving-off element (EDA) developed together with ZF Friedrichshafen.

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Ultracap
• ZF Friedrichshafen

[edit] External links

• MAN website (English)
• MAN website (German)
• MAN UK Website
• MAN Hybrid trucks and EDA - Electrodynamic moving-off element-.
• MAN Military Trucks

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