Having been nominated in the Large Companies category, MAN Truck & Bus has been awarded the Prize for Civic Engagement by the Bavarian capital. MAN also received special recognition for its efforts to help refugees integrate into the labor market.
Taking delivery of 89 MAN semitrailer tractors in October 2018, petroleum logistics company HOYER Petrolog made a net addition of 14 vehicles to its fleet, while replacing 75 older units.
On the penultimate day of the 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018, beverage logistics company Splendid Drinks Deutschland GmbH, represented by Fleet Manager Tobias Schuck, purchased the 10,000th MAN TGE van. The Luxembourg-based company, which has its German headquarters in Berlin, has consistently dedicated itself to the subject of beverages. In Hanover, Splendid Drinks is acquiring a total of 10 vehicles belonging to the MAN TGE 3.180 panel van design. One of the ten TGEs is the 10,000th MAN TGE from the vehicle production plant in the Polish town of Września. In Germany, the beverage specialist uses the vans to supply its customers to the last mile.
MAN crowned Design Team of the Year at the Automotive Brand Contest 2018, receiving the most prestigious design award in the automotive industry
With numerous highlights in electromobility, automation and digital innovation as well as extraordinarily high demand for trucks, buses and vans, MAN Truck & Bus scored one of its best IAA Commercial Vehicles trade fair appearances of all time. As per the MAN motto, “Simplifying business”, making its customers’ jobs easier was the central maxim at the heart of it all.
Forward-looking project partnership between MAN Truck & Bus and Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG // Field trials at the Hamburg Container Terminal // Development of innovative automation solutions in customer-specific applications
A world première will be celebrated at the IAA’s 2018 commercial vehicles fair in Hanover: that of the all-electric MAN eTGE 3.140. With a range of around 160 kilometres and a one-metric-ton payload, this “electric lion” is perfect for “last mile” logistics. MAN’s mass produced eTGE “powers up” the very latest vehicle technology with proven electrical components. The first four MAN eTGEs will be deployed in Berlin. The BVG (Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe) is not only looking at an ecological future, it is also set to benefit from a variety of economic advantages.
MAN Truck & Bus has won the first Truck Innovation Award for 2019 with its ‘aFAS – Driverless Safety Vehicle on Motorways’, an automated Level 4 safety truck. This first-ever award is presented by the jury of the International Truck of the Year (IToY). The jury is comprised of editors and journalists representing important commercial vehicle magazines from Europe and South Africa. MAN Truck & Bus CEO Joachim Drees accepted the award at MAN's IAA press conference in Hanover.
Commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus presents its innovations to the world at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 – under the trade show motto “Simplifying Business”.
