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About MAN:
Dreams of the future made of machine noise
The future of MAN is digital, automated and electric. On its way to becoming one of the leading international suppliers of commercial vehicles, the growing company had to overcome a number of technical hurdles and face world-historical upheavals. A company history in five acts.
Act 1: The beginnings
In 1840, the entrepreneur Ludwig Sander, together with the engineer Jean Gaspard Dollfus, founded the first direct predecessor of MAN, the Sander?sche Maschinenfabrik, in Augsburg. In 1844, it is renamed to C. Reichenbach?sche Maschinenfabrik, after the printing press pioneer Carl August Reichenbach, who made the company famous with his innovative invention. In 1857, the company is again renamed to Maschinenfabrik Augsburg. At the same time, the iron foundry and machine factory Klett & Comp is founded in Nuremberg in 1841, which is renamed to Maschinenbau-Actiengesellschaft N?rnberg in 1873. In 1898, the companies in Augsburg and Nuremberg merge to Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg und Maschinenbaugesellschaft N?rnberg A.G. ? and finally operate as Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-N?rnberg AG, abbreviated M.A.N., in 1908.
Independently of this, MAN?s roots also go back to another indirect predecessor company: the St. Antony ironworks in Oberhausen, founded in 1758, which was the first heavy industry company in the Ruhr region. In 1808, the smelter is merged with two neighbouring ironworks to form the Jacobi, Haniel & Huyssen ironworks and trading company. In 1873, the company becomes Gutehoffnungsh?tte, Aktienverein f?r Bergbau und H?ttenbetrieb, or GHH for short. In 1921, it takes over the majority of the then financially troubled Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-N?rnberg (M.A.N.). Through this merger, the supply of coal, iron and steel for Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-N?rnberg AG can be guaranteed in the long term.
A photograph of the Augsburg machine factory from 1859.
An aerial view of the factory in Nuremberg from 1905, which by then had already merged with the Augsburg machine factory. The renaming to M.A.N. followed in 1908.
In a joint venture with the Swiss Adolph Saurer AG, MAN produces its first commercial vehicles in Lindau in 1915.
A brochure of the M.A.N.-Saurer truck works from the early days of MAN commercial vehicle production.
Act 2: The Golden Twenties and the Second World War
The birth of commercial vehicle production dates back to 1915: At that time, production of commercial vehicles begins in a small assembly plant in Lindau on Lake Constance. At that time still under the name of M.A.N.-Saurer Lastwagenwerke ? a joint venture with the Swiss Adolph Saurer AG. Light cardan trucks and the heavier tracked trucks are produced. Just one year later, the commercial vehicle production is relocated from Lindau to Nuremberg. In the midst of the Golden Twenties, in 1924, MAN presents the world?s first vehicle diesel engine with direct injection and completely redesigned buses built on a low-frame chassis. Only a few years after the world premiere, MAN builds the first three-axle buses as well as trolleybuses. With 140/150 HP, they create the most powerful diesel heavy-duty truck internationally at the time in the 1930s. In addition to the development of exhaust gas turbochargers for diesel engines and all-wheel drive for commercial vehicles, MAN introduces assembly line production.
During the Second World War, the Nuremberg and Augsburg plants are repeatedly the target of air raids. There, mainly tanks or also buses and trucks are produced as army vehicles, e.g. the ?Einheitsdiesel? (light standard off-road truck) with all-wheel drive ? until the halls and production machines are almost completely destroyed at the end of 1944. For a long time, the production of civilian commercial vehicles is also maintained.
An aerial view of the Nuremberg factory from 1920.
MAN presents the world?s first truck with diesel direct injection in 1924.
A brochure from 1928 advertising MAN buses.
1929: A MAN bus in front of the Berlin Cathedral.
Assembly line production at the MAN plant in Nuremberg in the 1930s.
MAN introduces all-wheel drive for commercial vehicles. Here an ?Einheitsdiesel? of the German Wehrmacht during a winter test in 1940.
A photograph from 1945: The MAN plant in Nuremberg destroyed by the war.
Act 3: Reconstruction and economic miracle
In 1953, in the course of reconstruction and the onset of the economic miracle, the F8 bonnet cars and buses as MKN versions with alligator bonnets dominate the scene on German roads. In the off-road sector, it is the agricultural tractors or agricultural diesels from MAN that are used primarily in agriculture and timber operations.
At this time, the tractors, buses and trucks are built in Nuremberg. Due to increasing production, MAN moves to the new larger plant in Munich-Allach in 1955. There, on 15 November of the same year, the first truck rolls off the assembly line, a 515 L1. MAN ends the production of tractors in 1963.
In 1965, after only ten years, 100,000 trucks were already produced there. In this decade, it is above all the bulky hauber and front steerers, known as ?Pausbacke? (chubby cheeks), that dominate the picture on and off-road. Not only are the products becoming more innovative ? MAN?s product logo is also changing. At the beginning of the 1970s, MAN takes over the B?ssing company. This is how the Braunschweig heraldic lion finds its way into the logo. In cooperation with the French commercial vehicle manufacturer Saviem and later also with Volkswagen, MAN enters into the joint production and sale of light truck models. At the end of the 1970s, in 1978, the MAN 19.280 is voted ?Truck of the Year? ? many other awards were to follow.
MAN tractors have also been used in agriculture since the 1950s. Here a MAN Ackerdiesel.
In the 1950s, front-wheel drive and bonnet trucks like this legendary MAN F8 dominate the road scene.
MAN buses like this white and red type MKN26 bus are an integral part of the reconstruction period in the 1950s.
The first truck leaves the new MAN plant in Munich-Allach on 15 November 1955.
The newly opened MAN plant in Munich in 1957.
Ten years after the move to the Munich plant, the 100,000th MAN truck rolls off the production line there.
MAN?s product logo changes when MAN takes over the B?ssing company in the early 1970s. The Braunschweig heraldic lion from the B?ssing logo finds its way into the MAN logo.
In 1978, a MAN truck is voted ?Truck of the Year? for the first time. It was the MAN 19.280.
Act 4: Globalisation and internationalisation
In the 1970s and 1980s, MAN expands, first and foremost internationally. The commercial vehicle manufacturer now also produces and sells trucks and buses in South Africa, the USA and Turkey. In addition, the acquisition of the ?AF, Gr?f & Stift and Steyr brands adds considerable production capacity in Austria. Not only the locations are expanded ? with the G90, M90 and F90 MAN establishes a vehicle family consisting of a series of light, medium and heavy trucks that still exist in a comparable form today. Bus production takes place at the former B?ssing plant in Salzgitter, which MAN takes over in 1971. MAN also acquires the premium bus brand NEOPLAN in 2001.
In 2007, the new TGX and TGS heavy-duty truck series serve as successors to the TGA series introduced in 2000, setting another milestone for MAN in international transport solutions: The V8 variant with 680 HP is the most powerful series production truck in Europe at the time.
There are also innovations in the city buses: With the MAN Lion?s City Hybrid, the fourth generation of hybrid buses enters series production. Thanks to the innovative hybrid drive concept, the model saves up to 25% fuel and is awarded the ?EcoGlobe? and the ?Red Dot Design? award in 2011.
In 2016, downsizing starts at MAN: The Munich-based company enters the world of vans for the first time. With the new MAN TGE from 3.0 to 5.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight, MAN rounds off its product range downwards. MAN thus becomes a full-range supplier.
In the 1970s and 1980s, MAN expands into the US, among other countries. This articulated bus of the model SG 192 is destined for the American market in 1974.
Two MAN-VW G90s on the test track in 1981.
The former MAN vehicle family G90, M90 and F90
In 1987, the F90 is awarded ?Truck of the Year?.
The MAN Lion?s Star coach is presented in 1992 and wins the title ?Coach of the Year? in 1994.
MAN buses are produced at the former B?ssing plant, which MAN takes over in 1971.
In 2001 MAN takes over the premium bus brand NEOPLAN. Here are three generations of NEOPLAN buses.
The dual leadership of the trucks: The heavy truck series TGX and TGS follow the TGA series ? and promptly win the ?Truck of the Year? award in 2008.
The MAN Lion?s City Hybrid buses bring sustainability to European urban transport ? see here in Vienna.
The MAN Truck family is complete in 2016 with the new TGE and serves the full range from 3 to 44 tonnes gross vehicle weight.
Act 5: Electrification and digitalisation
Digitalisation and automation have been anchored in the company?s history from an early stage. But in 2017, MAN initiates a real digital offensive and is launching several major projects at the same time: All trucks are connected to the open, manufacturer-independent platform RIO. RIO makes it possible to standardise route planning, route optimisation and maintenance management of complex vehicle fleets.
Building on this platform, MAN offers its customers since 2018 customised digital solutions for MAN vehicles under the name ?MAN DigitalServices?. This gives MAN customers access to their vehicle data in real time and regardless of location. In addition, the MAN Transport Solutions department is founded to support customers entering the field of e-mobility with qualified expertise and customised solutions.
Since autumn 2018, companies in Austria and Germany have been gathering experience with e-mobility in daily use with a small series of the MAN eTGM. MAN is also presenting the MAN CitE study at the IAA, an electrically powered city truck that is full of new ideas and creative solutions. Developed in just 18 months, the 15-tonne truck is designed for inner-city distribution transport.
In addition, MAN launches its new generation of city buses ? the Lion?s City series offers future-proof solutions for all challenges in public transport. With the completely newly developed diesel and gas engines, the new MAN EfficientHybrid System and the all-electric MAN Lion?s City E, the entire range of clean and efficient drive systems will be available from 2018.
MAN is also conducting the world?s first practical test of platooning technology in cooperation with DB Schenker and the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences. With truck platooning, two or more vehicles are electronically coupled with one another at a close distance. This technology increases road safety and the slipstream effect enables fuel savings and reduces CO
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With ?MAN DigitalServices?, MAN is offering customised digital solutions for MAN vehicles for the first time in 2018, e.g. for viewing vehicle data regardless of location.
The IAA 2018 is all about e-mobility. MAN presents the eTGE: a battery-electric variant of the van. There is also an eTGM to admire at the IAA.
The MAN Lion?s Coach is voted ?Coach of the Year 2020?. The coach is characterised by particularly efficient and intelligent features.
The new MAN Truck Generation: Everything new in 2020 ? more efficient, more digital, simply better.
Various Lion?s City E models bring electric mobility to European cities. Series production starts in 2020 at the Polish plant in Starachowice

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