MAN Features
Press Newsletter January 2009
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MAN acquires VW Truck & Bus
- MAN AG acquires VW Truck & Bus from Volkswagen AG. Volkswagen Truck & Bus is Brazil’s largest truck manufacturer and leads the market for trucks with a gross vehicle weight of more than five tons.
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Alternative energy gets a boost
- Alpha Ventus, Germany’s first wind farm at sea, rises up in the North Sea. The Borkum-West testing area is quite remote, requiring entirely new technology for construction and maintenance. Gear units from Augsburg specialist RENK are the centerpiece of the windmills.
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Biggest power plant in Costa Rica
- Augsburg-based engine builder MAN Diesel has further expanded its turnkey diesel power business.
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MAN expands business in China
- MAN trucks and buses can be found on all of China's roads. MAN is the market leader for large marine Diesel engines in that country's rapidly growing shipbuilding industry. The Group's compressors and turbines are recording high growth rates in China.
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80 MAN trucks to take part in Dakar Rally 2009
- The favorites in the race for victory in the Dakar will be setting out in MAN rally trucks. Besides these 30 trucks, 50 MAN service vehicles will be used.
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Lifesaver aboard
- Driver assistance systems for trucks begin where human perception reaches its limits – thus saving many lives. For numerous years, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge has developed modern safety technologies, such as the Electronic Stability Program (ESP), Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and the Lane Guard System (LGS).
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Steam turbine for solar power station
- MAN Turbo AG is supplying a steam turbo-generating set with an output of 50 MW for the Spanish solar power plant “Andasol 3”.
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Manufacturing in flux
- MAN Diesel is investing in all its locations – such as Augsburg, where the changeover to moving assembly lines is in full swing.
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