MAN Features
Press Newsletter December 2010
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Christmastruck from MAN on tour
- Just like every year, this year will again see two MAN TGX trucks, specially decorated for Christmas, bringing a sparkle to eyes—not only of the children—at Children's Villages and kindergartens all round Germany, from the first Sunday in Advent to Christmas Eve.
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Transparent climate protection reporting
- International investor group Carbon Disclosure Project has listed MAN in the well-known Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) of German companies for the first time.
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“Boundless opportunities for investors“
- Once a crisis-ridden region, Latin America currently finds itself in a better economic position than Europe, says Antonio Roberto Cortes, CEO and President of MAN Latin America. In this interview, he explains why his native Brazil offers interesting prospects to German companies—and how MAN will benefit from these opportunities.
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From late bloomer to trailblazer
- Latin America is growing into an increasingly important market, headed by Brazil as a new economic power. The government will be investing several billions in the construction of stadiums, airports, rail track and roads in the coming years.
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“Like a bird on wheels”
- She is the star of South American Formula Truck racing: For more than nine years, former Playboy magazine playmate Débora Rodrigues has been driving for the Volkswagen works team. A meeting with the only female truck racer of the Formula Truck at the Autodromo in Buenos Aires.
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Collectibles with growing value
- Shortly before the dawn of the 20th century, the first enamel signs showed up on business buildings and railroad stations. Their colorful motifs highlighted companies such as Maggi, Dr. Oetker, Nivea—and also MAN.
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Alstom relies on MAN engines
- MAN Nutzfahrzeuge has secured three orders in the rail industry to supply 3,200 engines worth hundreds of millions. French train maker Alstom relies on MAN engines to run its new Coradia Polyvalent railcar with diesel-electric drive.
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Steel giant for Taiwan
- MAN Diesel & Turbo has delivered a petrochemical reactor weighing in at more than 600 tons to a state-owned petroleum company in Taiwan. The steel giant was built at the Deggendorf location and loaded directly on board at the plant’s own dockside situated on the Danube. At the Black Sea port Constanza, 2,000 kilometers down the river, the reactor then began its second leg of the journey aboard a heavy-duty cargo ship en route to Taiwan.
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