MAN SE facts for kids

MAN logo

MAN SE is a German mechanical engineering company and parent company of the MAN Group. It is a subsidiary of automaker Volkswagen. MAN SE is based in Munich. Its primary output is for the automotive industry, particularly heavy trucks. Further activities include the production of diesel engines for various applications, including boats. The company also builds turbomachinery.

British licence

In the 1950s, the North British Locomotive Company of Scotland held a licence to build diesel engines of MAN design. These engines were used in some British Railways diesel locomotives, such as the Class 21.

This logo is on the front of all MAN trucks and buses. The lion comes from Büssing AG, a company that MAN acquired in 1971. It resembles the coat of arms of the city of Brunswick.
Share of the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG, issued 10. March 1914
St. Antony
Suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany, construction MAN-Werk Gustavsburg
Rudolf Diesel's first engine
Panzer V "Panther"
MAN truck 11-136
Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Constellation truck
A 2016 MAN TGS 26.480 6X4 BL (30S) truck
MAN steam turbine