10 Facts About MAN SE

1.

MAN SE was a manufacturing and engineering company based in Munich, Germany.

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2.

The early predecessors of MAN SE were responsible for numerous technological innovations.

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3.

MAN SE produced gun parts, including Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle bolts.

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4.

In 2006, MAN SE entered into an agreement with Indian company Force Motors to establish a 50:50 joint venture for the production of trucks and buses in India for the domestic and export markets.

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5.

MAN SE ended production and sales in India and sold the Pithampur plant back to Force Motors in 2018.

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6.

In September 2006, MAN SE produced an offer for the take-over of the Swedish competitor Scania AB.

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7.

Nevertheless, MAN SE voluntarily withdrew the offer on 23 January 2007, after Scania's major shareholders Volkswagen AG and the influential Wallenberg family had declined the offer.

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8.

In 2008, the MAN SE group celebrated its 250th anniversary with numerous events, such as exhibitions in several museums, a vintage car tour with the motto "MAN SE on the road again", and a great anniversary gala.

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9.

At the beginning of December 2008, MAN SE took over Volkswagen's Brazilian truck and bus operation, Volkswagen Caminhoes e Onibus, putting the division under the control of MAN SE Latin America.

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10.

In 2009, investigators of the Munich Prosecutor's Office uncovered a corruption affair, in which MAN SE had been bribing business partners and governments in over 20 countries from 2001 to 2007, to get large orders for buses and trucks.

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