MAN Features
Press Newsletter December 2008
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250 years old and still going strong
- Even at 250 years of age, you can still be young at heart and in a mood for partying – as MAN proved this year on the occasion of the company's 250-year jubilee celebrations, which comprised a wide range of activities.
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Dialogue rather than decree
- The success of new strategies depends on staff motivation and their openness toward change. Thus, change communication has evolved into an important discipline in the corporate communications field.
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Competence in open waters
- The global hunger for energy results in the exploitation of ever more underwater oil and natural gas fields. It takes highly sophisticated technology and refined logistics, however, to reach these sources.
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The perfect wave of green
- Drivers feel like they are shown the red card whenever the traffic light changes right in front of their noses. Seeking to optimize the traffic flow while providing relief for the environment, researchers are working on an “intelligent traffic light”. Its name: Travolution.
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Columbus vacuums the bottom of the sea
- The world’s largest suction dredger, “Cristóbal Colón”, named after the explorer Christopher Columbus, has been launched in Spain. MAN Diesel has supplied two engines complete with power trains for the colossus.
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Engineering know-how follows design
- Professor of Business Communication Peter Zec is deemed Germany’s most eminent design authority. An interview with the head of the Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen about the impact of design on capital goods.
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Rejuvenating cure for workhorses
- High fuel costs are motivating shipping companies to improve the efficiency of older vessels, while also reducing emission levels. MAN Diesel supports them by offering customer-specific retrofit packages.
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