MAN AG

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MAN AG

Type	Public (ISIN: DE0005937007, FWB: EDF1)
Founded	1758
Headquarters	Munich, Germany; manufacturing facilities in the Ruhr area, Augsburg, Saarland and abroad
Key people	Håkan Samuelsson, President and CEO
Industry	Manufacturing
Products	commercial vehicles, industrial services, Diesel and hybrid diesel-electric engines, Turbomachines
Revenue	€ 15 billion (2005)
Employees	60,000 (2005)
Website	www.MAN.de

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

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

MAN specialises in:

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

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.). Today it is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of engineering equipment and vehicles. In 2005, its 60,000 employees generated annual sales of around €15 billion in 120 different countries. It is continuously trying to strengthen its market presence and 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 in the field of transport engineering, having won numerous prizes. The latest ones achieved were in 2006 with the title "Truck of the year" and "coach of the year".

On 18 September 2006, MAN made a €10.3 billion heavy offer for a takeover of Scania AB, one of the leading truck and bus companies in Sweden. If the merger sees fruition, they would become Europe's biggest truck maker. MAN AG bought 14.5 % voting shares in Scania AB. Volkswagen AG, Scania's largest shareholder, acquired a stake of 20% of MAN, and has applied for permission to increase to 30%. It is expected that a combined MAN-Scania will also absorb Volkswagen's Brazilian Heavy Truck operations (and possibly the European Van operations, although this has yet to be officially confirmed). Volkswagen is expected to have a blocking minority stake of at least 25.1% in the merged entity.

1 Divisions
2 Products - MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG division
- 2.1 Trucks
- 2.2 Buses
3 Electrodynamic moving-off element
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Divisions

This logo is on the front of all MAN trucks and buses. The lion comes from Büssing AG, a company that MAN adopted in 1971.

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 B&W Diesel AG

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

MAN tractor and semitrailer

MAN low cabin waste collection truck

MAN Lion's coach

A container-ship with a MAN B&W Diesel engine

[edit] Products - MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG division

[edit] Trucks

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

[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.