MAN Diesel SE was a German manufacturer of large-bore

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s for marine propulsion systems and

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applications. In 2010 it was merged with MAN Turbo to form MAN Diesel & Turbo.

History

* In 1980, MAN acquired the

Burmeister & Wain Burmeister & Wain was a large established Danish shipyard and leading diesel engine producer headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded by two Danes and an Englishman, its earliest roots stretch back to 1846. Over its 150-year history, it ...

Danish shipyard and diesel engine producer. Though engine production at Christianshavn was later discontinued in 1987, successful engine programs were rolled out. At Teglholmen in 1988 a spare parts and key components production factory was established as was an R&D Centre at the same site in 1992. Though all Copenhagen operations were consolidated at Teglholmen in 1994 and the last volume production unit at the B&W Shipyard was delivered in 1996, in 2000 MAN B&W Diesel two-stroke diesel engines had over 70% market share, with a substantial number of MC-line engines on order. * The electronically controlled line of ME diesel two-stroke engines was added in 2002 with a maximum cylinder bore of 108 cm. MAN B&W Diesel, Denmark, employed approximately 2,200 at the end of 2003 and had 100 GW, or more than 8000 MC engines, in service or on order by 2004. * In 2006 the MAN Diesel AG established a common European corporation named MAN Diesel SE (Societas Europaea). * Copenhagen, 22 February 2006: The first diesel engine with more than has gone into service. MAN B&W Diesel licensee Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea has built the 12K98MC with . * The engine is installed in the first of a series of container ships with a capacity over 9,000 teu being built for Greek owner Costamare. The vessels will be chartered to COSCON (COSCO Container Lines) in China. * In 2010, MAN Diesel and MAN Turbo were merged to form MAN Diesel & Turbo.

British acquisitions

In 2000, MAN Diesel (then known as MAN B&W Diesel) acquired Alstom Engines from GEC. This included the former diesel businesses of

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, Mirrlees Blackstone, Napier & Son, Paxman and Ruston. Mirrlees Blackstone Limited was formed on June 1, 1969 by the merger of Mirrlees National Limited (formerly Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day) and Blackstone & Company Limited. All were, at the time, members of the

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Group.

Locations

MAN Diesel has production facilities in

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, Frederikshavn,

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, Aurangabad and

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References

Sources

* Johannes Lehmann, ''A Century of Burmeister & Wain'', Copenhagen, 1948.

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