The history of Everllence

Milestones

• 1787 – Construction of Germany’s first (horse-drawn) railroad, the Rauendahler Kohlenweg
• 1814 – First steam engine
  
• 1857 – First compressor
• 1893 to 1897 – Development and construction of the world’s first diesel engine together with Rudolf Diesel
• 1897 – Müngsten Bridge
• 1904 – First turbo compressor, first steam turbine, first large-scale diesel power plant
• 1912 – First sea-going ship ‘Selandia’ with diesel propulsion
• 1915 – Truck construction begins
• 1923 – The world’s first vehicle diesel engine with direct injection
• 1932 – The world’s most powerful diesel truck at 150 hp/110 kW
• 1938 – Diesel tractor production starts
• 1951 – Germany’s first exhaust gas turbocharger for trucks with power increase of 35%
  

• 1977 – Largest elevator system in the world for Danish hospital
• 1981 – Europe’s first solar farm
• 1982 – First two-stroke large diesel engine with over 50% efficiency
• 1987 – The world’s largest diesel-electric drive for a civilian ship
• 1998 – Construction of the magnetic rings for the world’s largest electromagnet for CERN
• 2003 – Compressor train for the world’s largest gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant)
• 2013 – MAX1 axial compressor market launch
• 2018 – Two-stroke dual-fuel MAN B&W ME-LGIP engine concept for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) operation
• 2021 – Takeover of Quest One
• 2022 – Market launch of the new MAN 49/60 four-stroke engine family
• 2023 – Provision of three RG compressor trains for the Dutch “Porthos” project for CO2 capture, utilization, and storage
• 2023 - First high-speed four-stroke engine Everllence 175D ready for operation with 100 % biofuel

Rudolf Diesel: Inventor of the diesel engine

The collaboration between Rudolf Diesel and Maschinenfabrik Augsburg began more than 130 years ago. The result: A revolutionary new combustion engine. By agreeing to support this invention both financially and technically until it was ready for the market, the then General Director, Heinrich von Buz, showed great entrepreneurial courage. No other manufacturer was as convinced by Diesel’s idea or recognized its global potential. The invention of the diesel engine represents the most significant and best-known technological change in Everllences’s history to date – a change that would have never come about without Heinrich von Buz’s foresight. Everllence still demonstrates this foresight today. ‘Moving big things to zero’ focuses on solutions for decarbonizing the global economy and outlines the company’s transformation from a pure product supplier to a provider of complex new solutions in shipping, energy generation and industry.