MAN Features
Press Newsletter September 2008
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Premiere at IAA 2008
- As a premiere MAN will be presenting a new generation of engines at the IAA 2008 trade show. These already meet the requirements of the Euro 5 and EEV standards – without any complicated after-treatment of exhaust gases or fuel additives.
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From the top down
- In Sepetiba, Brazil, a steelworks for ThyssenKrupp Companhia Siderúrgica with an annual production capacity of five million tonnes of steel will be commissioned in 2009. MAN Ferrostal is constructing the gas management system for this major project.
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New thrust for turbochargers
- Both fuel consumption and emissions of large-bore diesels can be significantly reduced by turbocharger technology.
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Biopower for Italy
- Italy is pinning its hopes on biopower. In that country energy production from biofuels, using engines of medium rotational speed and coupled with co-generation technology, is a rapidly expanding field.
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An early bridge to China
- In the most adverse circumstances, a MAN bridge was completed in faraway China in the year 1912. This was perhaps MAN's most astonishing international project in the early 20th century.
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Floating hospital
- The largest private hospital ship in the world brings hope to many Africans.
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Partnership with SOS-Kinderdorf
- MAN Nutzfahrzeuge and SOS-Kinderdorf International (the umbrella organization of SOS Children's Villages) have entered into a longterm, worldwide partnership, starting off with the comprehensive sponsoring of a training center in Ethiopia
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Veteran heroes
- Big, red and powerful: Service vehicles of local fire departments are the pride of every community.
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