MAN Features
Press Newsletter July 2010
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Creators of new shores
- Designed to supply offshore wind parks with parts, a base port of 92 hectares is under construction on the banks of the Elbe River at Cuxhaven, Germany. The world’s largest dredger vessel, Cristóbal Colón, sucks sand into its hold, flushing it out on land through a floating pipeline: more than 60,000 cubic meters a day.
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“We want to be number one”
- Georg Pachta-Reyhofen, who assumed leadership of MAN in late 2009, outlines his conception of where MAN is headed. An interview.
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Renowned prize for Executive Development
- The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) has awarded the MAN Group with the "EFMD Excellence in Practice Award 2010". The organization's jury selected MAN and its partners, the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management as well as the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford as first-prize winner in the "Executive Development" category.
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Truck with pure biodiesel
- MAN Latin America has supplied the first trucks to run on 100% biodiesel (B100) and feature a new dual fuel technology.
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Munich starts using first MAN hybrid city bus
- The Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG—Munich Transportation Company) has put the first MAN Lion’s City Hybrid into service. MAN’s new hybrid bus consumes up to 30 less fuel than a conventional city bus, which translates into a CO2 reduction of up to 30 percent.
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World’s largest wind and diesel power plant
- The world’s largest wind and diesel power plant recently began supplying green energy to the idyllic Caribbean island of Bonaire. MAN Diesel & Turbo engines serve as a backup if either a dead calm or gale brings the wind park to a halt.
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Taking the rough road
- For many people, Brazil means the Copacabana and Carnival, but not for MAN technicians—they’re thinking of mud and heavy loads.
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Doing well by doing good
- Increasingly, investors are considering the social and ecological awareness of enterprises. And rightly so: Some studies now indicate that sustainable companies actually achieve a better-than-average performance.
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