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Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles comes or happens next. However, Rheinmetall is inter-
Type GmbH ested in the manufacturing of buses, in which MAN Nutz-
fahrzeuge is experienced. In October 2010, Rheinmetall
Industry defence company
MAN Military Vehicles agreed to cooperate with Timon-
Founded 12 January 2010 ey Technology, who would make independent suspen-
sion and transmission systems for new types of RMMV
Headquarters Munich, Bavaria, Germany
vehicles.[5] The first example of this partnership is the
Area served worldwide Wisent.
Key people MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG:
Georg Pachta-Reyhofen
Rheinmetall AG:
Products
Klaus Eberhardt • The Wisent armoured 8x8 truck
Employees 370 (January 2010) • A new product idea is an armored bus for the
Afghanistan mission which will be for the
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH or short
GmbH, transportation of Bundeswehr soldiers. This vehicle
RMMV is a joint venture company between the both Ger-
RMMV, will be the first developed product of the RMMV.
man companies MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG and Rheinmetall Series production of it will start in the late 2011. Up
AG to merge their Military Division (MAN Nutzfahrzeuge) to this time the older models will provide the model
and Corporate Sector Defence (Rheinmetall). The new firm range.[6]
was founded on 12 January 2010. The headquarter is in • Armored tracked vehicles like the Rheinmetall
Munich and the production facilities are located in Kas- PHZ2000 and the Rheinmetall Puma are built by the
sel, Germany and Vienna, Austria. The approval for the Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH which is not a part
merging was given by the Bundeskartellamt on the 22 Fe- of the RMMV joint venture.[7]
bruary.[1] The remit of the company is to manufacturing
wheeled military vehicles. At the present there are 370 capital participation of the
employees working in the company. Up to the late 2012
the firm will have 1300 employees.[2][3] joint venture
• Rheinmetall AG: 51 %
Corporate strategy • MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG: 49 %
The aim of the company is to bundle the partners’
military-technological know-how. MAN announced that Model overview
they are planning an national and later an European con-
solidation of the production of complete built (also no
CKD and SKD kits) military vehicles. The vehicles will be
sold worldwide. The companies merged in May 2010 after
gaining approval from the Bundeskartellamt, and hope to
generate profits of up to €1 billion. The first public ap-
pearance of the RMMV was at IDEB 2010 (International
Defence Exhibition Bratislava).[4]
Insiders are saying that the fusion of the both com-
pany divisions was a last minute rescue.[citation needed] So
the main problem of MAN should be an insufficient link-
age to other defense companies. As an result, MAN Nutz-
fahrzeuge bought in many components, like the driver • MAN MAC
cabin, from other firms. Even the ailing sales network Modular Armoured Cabin
of MAN Nutzfahrzeuge will be responsible for a signifi- since 2010
cant economic loss, because not all markets have could • MAN HX/SX Series
be supplied. According to this situation, the department Mobility Elite Series
was living from one job to another and never knew what HX: High Mobility Truck
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[2] "MAN Nutzfahrzeuge and Rheinmetall form joint
company for wheeled military vehicles".
militarytrucks.man-mn.com. 12 January 2010.
http://www.militarytrucks.man-mn.com/en/
PressMedia/Press_releases/
show_press.jsp?id=207586. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
[3] AD HOC NEWS. "MAN: Gründung von Rheinmetall
MAN Military Vehicles GmbH wirksam geworden".
ad-hoc-news.de. http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/
man-gruendung-von-rheinmetall-man-military-
vehicles-gmbh--/de/News/21264858. Retrieved 22
July 2010.
[4] "Medzinárodný Veľtrh Obrannej Techniky
Bratislava". ideb.sk. http://www.ideb.sk/.
SX: Extreme Mobility Truck Retrieved 22 July 2010.
since 2010 [5] "defence.professionals". http://www.defpro.com/
news/details/18772/. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
[6] Thomas Katzensteiner, Andreas Wildhagen
(WirtschaftsWoche) (19 January 2010).
"Gemeinschaftsunternehmen: Was MAN das Joint-
Venture mit Rheinmetall bringt". wiwo.de.
http://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen-maerkte/was-
man-das-joint-venture-mit-rheinmetall-
bringt-419237/. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
[7] Oliver Hoffmann (Rheinmetall AG) (3 May 2010).
"Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH
(RMMV) – Closing nach Kartellfreigabe erfolgt".
rheinmetall.de. http://www.rheinmetall.de/
index.php?fid=2217&qid=&qpage=0&lang=2&query=Rheinmetall%
• MAN TGA Series Retrieved 22 July 2010.
Medium Mobility Truck
since 2010 External links
• Official website of the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG Military
References Division
[1] "Fallbericht B5-16/10 zur Gründung eines • Official website of the Rheinmetall AG Corporate Sector
Gemeinschaftsunternehmens zwischen der Defence
Rheinmetall AG und der MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG".
bundeskartellamt.de. 23 March 2010.
http://www.bundeskartellamt.de/wDeutsch/
download/pdf/Fusion/Fusion10/Kurzberichte/
B05-016-10-Fallbeschreibung.pdf. Retrieved 22 July
2010.
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