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'MAN AG' (German: ''Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG'', ) 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..
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 September 18, 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 goes ahead, 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 since raised that stake to 29%. 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.

Contents

Divisions

Products - MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG division

Trucks

Buses

Electrodynamic moving-off element

See also

External links

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 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

Products - MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG division

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

★ TGX/S Series

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

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.

See also

★ Ultracap

★ ZF Friedrichshafen

External links

★ MAN website (English)

★ MAN website (German)

★ MAN UK Website

★ MAN Hybrid trucks and EDA - Electrodynamic moving-off element-.

★ MAN Military Trucks