Historical archive I Everllence

The future needs a past

The Historical Archive was created in 1938 and is made up of several factory archives of the former Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG (M.A.N.).

The archive’s main objective is to document and preserve our company’s technical and product history and to make it accessible. Only the most significant documents, contracts and other types of sources are made available here for posterity. It enables us to retrace history, reconstruct past events and preserve important information and knowledge for future generations. This also enables customers and employees to identify with our products and the company. Our archive is therefore an important tool for preserving the company’s history while at the same time improving the company’s efficiency and effectiveness.

“The Historical Archive is the memory of our company.”

Archive Management

Our inventory

The Historical Archive houses around two million documents from the Augsburg, Nuremberg, Gustavsburg and Hamburg plants. These mainly include:

Brochures
Operating instructions
Sales and delivery lists
Press releases
Employee and company magazines
Annual reports
Publications and literature
Photo and film material
Objects (calendars, medals)
Estates

Usage

Internal enquiries (e.g. for historical publications, anniversaries, lectures)
External enquiries (e.g. from journalists, scientists, students)

Please e-mail us at museum-archive@everllence.com – we will do the research for you and provide you with the documents digitally if possible.

It is also possible to visit the archive by arrangement. Documents relating to our MAN commercial vehicles can be found in the MAN Truck & Bus Historical Archive in Munich. Archival material on our rail vehicles/locomotives can mostly be found in the Deutsche Bahn archives.

Interesting examples from the Historical Archive

Thermal engine based on the diesel patent

In 1893/95, Rudolf Diesel was able to ‘ignite’ his idea of the diesel engine with the support of Heinrich von Buz. The company has been manufacturing diesel engines ever since. Here you can see the machine label for the second diesel engine ever sold, dating from 1895.

histrorical picture of Frankfurter Festhalle

Festhalle Frankfurt

At the beginning of the 20th century, the city of Frankfurt gained a prestigious exhibition hall. The design by architect Friedrich von Thiersch and Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG was chosen in 1907. The Festhalle was completed in 1909.

15 hp steam engine

Until the beginning of the 20th century, steam engines were the most important way of powering ships, locomotives and factories until they were replaced by the invention of the diesel engine. Everllence also once built steam engines, such as the 15 hp one shown here.

St Antony winery label

This label belonged to a wine that came from Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH)’s own vineyard. In 1912, GHH acquired a lime pit along with some neighboring vineyards and concentrated on wine production just a few years later. The popular winery became part of the MAN Group with the restructuring in 1986.

Augsburg factory sign from 1907

This example of a sign shows one of the many names the company has gone by in its 260-year history. Since the merger of the original Augsburg and Nuremberg companies in 1898, the company has been known as the “Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg und Maschinenbaugesellschaft Nürnberg”. The name was not abbreviated to M.A.N. until 1908.

Million

Documents in the archive

1938

Foundation of the Historical Archive in Augsburg

Our MAN Museum in Augsburg

The MAN Museum in Augsburg opened in April 1953. The permanent exhibition gives you an insight into our comany's entire history, from the beginnings of Sander’s machine factory to Everllence today. .

Learn more about the MAN Museum