MAN Features
Press Newsletter May 2012
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MAN commits to clear climate target
- MAN will be playing a significant role in CO2 reduction: it intends to reduce its own CO2 emissions at MAN sites by 25 percent worldwide by 2020 (baseline: 2008).
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Room for innovation
- In its Augsburg-based Research & Development Forum, MAN Diesel & Turbo presents the latest technologies in a modern high-tech ambiance.
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School for smooth operators
- MAN’s trucks, buses, engines and turbines are built for a very long service life. To ensure their high performance in this long run, however, the customers must operate them correctly. At the MAN Academies, they can learn how to best handle the equipment.
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Touring in concert
- The most valuable possessions of any orchestra are certainly its instruments. All the more important to protect them against damage during travel. That’s why the Royal Scottish National Orchestra counts on a TGX from MAN, coupled with an air-conditioned trailer from the firm Gray & Adams.
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MAN keeps top racing teams on the move
- In the 2012 season, which has just started, several of the top racing teams are using MAN TGX transporters to get them to the V8 Supercars Championship races in Australia.
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New leading position for MAN in Denmark
- MAN recorded its highest ever market share in the Danish truck market in fiscal year 2011 at 23.3 percent. This enabled MAN to confirm its top position in Denmark, where it was already at a leading level the previous year with 20.8 percent.
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Engineer without borders
- Simon Bucher is a component developer at MAN Truck & Bus in Nuremberg. In early 2009, the 27-year-old and a few other engineers founded the local group of the non-profit organization "Engineers Without Borders", which conducts technical projects in developing countries. An interview.
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Trucks in the underbelly
- Europe’s largest shipping terminal for cars sits in Bremerhaven. MAN trucks are also dispatched from here—such as in the hold of the “Grand Phoenix”. This car carrier is powered by an MAN engine with an output of nearly 23,000 hp
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