MAN

Table of Contents

Introduction


Part One
Gutehoffnungshütte: From Ironworks to Business Group (1758–1920)
By Ralf Banken, translated by Steven Rendall

1 Foundation and Development in the Pre-Industrial Age:
The St. Antony, Gutehoffnungshütte, and Neu-Essen Ironworks, 1758–1808
2 Pacesetter for Industrialization, 1808–1872
3 Development Into an Integrated Large Enterprise, 1872–1908
4 Beginnings of the Group, 1908–1920


Part Two
M.A.N.: Prehistory, Origin and Rise (1840–1920)
By Johannes Bähr, translated by Bill Chilcott

Introduction
1 The Origins in Augsburg: the Sander and
   C. Reichenbach Machine Factory
2 The Rise of the Augsburg Machine Factory under
    Heinrich von Buz
3 The Augsburg Machine Factory and the Origin of
   the Diesel Engine
4 The Beginnings in Nuremberg: Klett & Co
5 Maschinenbau-Actien-Gesellschaft Nürnberg (Nuremberg
   machine-building AG): Crisis and Renewal of the Cramer-Klett Company
6 Merger of Partners: the Machine Factories in Augsburg and
   Nuremberg become M.A.N
7 Innovation, Growth and Labor Disputes: the Expansion Phase
   before the First World War
8 Armament Production and the Beginnings of Truck Building;
   M.A.N. in World War I


Part Three
GHH and M.A.N. in the Weimar Republic, in National Socialism,
and in the Post-war Era (1920–1960)
By Johannes Bähr, translated by Jeffrey Verhey

1 From Mining to Vehicle Manufacturing: The Growth of GHH
   under Paul Reusch
2 GHH Acquires the M.A.N.
3 The Gutehoffnungshütte, Paul Reusch, and the Crisis of the Weimar Republic
4 Setting the Company’s Future Direction: M.A.N. and the
   Difficult Early Years in Commercial Vehicle Manufacturing
5 Cooperation and Conflicts with the National Socialist
   Regime (1933–1939)
6 The Concern in the Second World War–Arms Production and Forced Labor
7 Breaking-up the Concern and the Return to World Markets


Part Four
The Way to Today’s MAN Group (1960–2008)
By Thomas Flemming, translated by Timothy Slater

1 Restructuring and Focusing the Group: GHH in the 1960s
2 Restructuring of the Group in Stages, 1965–69
3 Conflicts over Increases in Share Capital
4 Growth and Take-overs in the 1970s
5 Expansion and Crisis Management
6 From GHH to MAN AG: Crisis and Restructuring (1983–1986)
7 MAN after the Epochal Year 1989–90

Concluding Remarks

Appendix
Notes
Tables
Illustrations and Permissions
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index of Persons
Index of Companies