Manufacturer of trucks, buses and vans with diesel and electric drive, as well as engines, batteries and transport solutions
MAN Truck & Bus SE
Munich · Nuremberg · Salzgitter · Kraków (Niepołomice) · Starachowice · Bánovce · Ankara (Akyurt) · Pinetown · OlifantsfonteinNew on Amplifa
About MAN Truck & Bus
MAN Truck & Bus SE is a European commercial vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Munich and a company of the TRATON GROUP. The product portfolio includes trucks of the TGX, TGS, TGM and TGL series as well as their battery-electric variants eTGX, eTGS, eTGM and eTGL, intercity and city buses of the MAN and NEOPLAN brands, and the MAN TGE van. In addition, the company manufactures diesel and gas engines as well as batteries and offers services for passenger transport and freight transport. Production takes place in a global production network: heavy-series trucks and eTrucks are built at the parent plant in Munich, the volume plant in Kraków covers the entire truck portfolio, buses are produced in Ankara, Starachowice and Olifantsfontein, and components are manufactured in Salzgitter and Bánovce. Engine and battery production is concentrated in Nuremberg. With around 32,000 employees and revenue of approximately 14.1 billion euros (2025), MAN serves customers in long-haul and distribution transport, public transport, courier and delivery services as well as municipal and special operations, and is active in more than 120 countries.
- Site
- München
- Processes
- Workshop and service network (over 1,600 locations in Europe), MAN Mobile24 24/7 breakdown assistance, MAN Genuine Parts & Accessories (approx. 95% parts availability the following day), MAN Genuine ecoline (remanufactured parts), Service contracts and maintenance management, MAN ProfiDrive driver training, MAN TopUsed used vehicles, Customer-specific vehicle modifications (Truck Modification Center)
- Materials
- Diesel engines, Gas engines, Battery-electric drive
- Certificates
- EMAS, OHSAS 18001:2007
- Founded
- 1840
- Employees
- approx. 32,000
- Industries
- Road freight transport (long-haul and distribution transport), Passenger transport / public transport and coaches, Courier and delivery services (last mile), Municipal and special operations, Construction site/transport trade (commercial vehicles in general)
- 01
Component and parts production (Salzgitter, Bánovce)
- 02
Engine and battery manufacturing (Nuremberg)
- 03
Cab and body production, axles and transmissions (Munich)
- 04
Truck assembly (Munich, Kraków, Pinetown)
- 05
Bus and chassis production (Ankara, Starachowice, Olifantsfontein)
- 06
Customer-specific modifications (Truck Modification Center Kraków)
- 07
Service and parts supply (over 1,600 locations)
Products and Technologies
Diesel engines
Vehicle diesel engines, including the first series-production direct-injection engine (1924) for trucks and buses.
Gas engines
Gas drive for city buses such as the Lion’s City G with reduced pollutant emissions.
Battery-electric drive
Electric drives and batteries from Nuremberg for the eTruck portfolio from 12 to 50 tonnes and electric buses.
Production Sites
Munich
DENuremberg
DEEngine and battery production
Salzgitter
DEComponents plant and international parts supplier
Kraków (Niepołomice)
PLTruck volume plant (entire portfolio), Truck Modification Center (10,000 m²)
- Lot size
- Three-shift operation, over 200 vehicles per day, up to 300 in the future
- Truck Modification Center (10,000 m²)
- In-house cab outfitting
- Pellet heating plant
Starachowice
PLCity bus and bus chassis production
Bánovce
SKComponents plant and parts production center
Ankara (Akyurt)
TRBus production MAN and NEOPLAN, MAN's largest bus production center
Pinetown
ZATruck production
Olifantsfontein
ZABus production
Vehicles
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality and Certification
The Kraków plant has been certified under the EMAS system since 2011 and under OHSAS 18001:2007 for occupational health and safety since 2014. Quality and vehicle availability are safeguarded by a service network with over 1,600 locations and approximately 95% parts availability the following day.
| Evidence | Kraków (Niepołomice) |
|---|---|
| EMAS | |
| OHSAS 18001:2007 |
Company History
- 1758
Foundation of the St. Antony ironworks in Oberhausen (indirect predecessor, first heavy industry company in the Ruhr region)
- 1808
Merger of the ironworks with neighboring ironworks to form the Hüttengewerkschaft und Handlung Jacobi, Haniel & Huyssen
- 1840
Foundation of the Sander'sche Maschinenfabrik in Augsburg (first direct predecessor company) by Ludwig Sander and Jean Gaspard Dollfus
- 1841
Foundation of the iron foundry and machine factory Klett & Comp in Nuremberg
- 1844
Renaming to C. Reichenbach'sche Maschinenfabrik
- 1857
Renaming to Maschinenfabrik Augsburg
- 1873
Renaming of Klett & Comp to Maschinenbau-Actiengesellschaft Nürnberg; foundation of Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH)
- 1898
Merger of the Augsburg and Nuremberg companies to form Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg und Maschinenbaugesellschaft Nürnberg A.G.
- 1908
Renaming to Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG (M.A.N.)
- 1915
Start of commercial vehicle production in Lindau as M.A.N.-Saurer Lastwagenwerke (joint venture with Adolph Saurer AG)
- 1916
Relocation of commercial vehicle production to Nuremberg
- 1921
GHH acquires the majority stake in M.A.N.
- 1924
MAN presents the world's first vehicle diesel engine with direct injection
- 1966
First production site outside Germany begins operation: MAN Türkiye, Ankara