In 1840, the German engineer Ludwig Sander founded in Augsburg the first predecessing enterprise of MAN in Southern Germany: the "Sander'sche Maschinenfabrik."
En 1840, o enxeñeiro alemán German Ludwig Sander fundou en Augsburgo a primeira empresa predecesora de MAN no sur de Alemaña: "Sander'sche Maschinenfabrik".