MAN Diesel & Turbo SE is multinational company based in Germany that produces large-bore diesel engine

Diesel engine

A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...

s for railway-locomotives, marine propulsion

Marine propulsion

Marine propulsion is the mechanism or system used to generate thrust to move a ship or boat across water. While paddles and sails are still used on some smaller boats, most modern ships are propelled by mechanical systems consisting a motor or engine turning a propeller, or less frequently, in jet...

 systems, power plant applications and turbocharger

Turbocharger

A turbocharger, or turbo , from the Greek "τύρβη" is a centrifugal compressor powered by a turbine that is driven by an engine's exhaust gases. Its benefit lies with the compressor increasing the mass of air entering the engine , thereby resulting in greater performance...

s. The company was formed in 2010 from the merger of MAN Diesel and MAN Turbo

MAN Turbo

MAN Turbo AG was a company based in Munich, Germany, that produced turbochargers, and previously also turbine aeroengines. It was owned by the German conglomerate MAN SE...

. MAN Diesel & Turbo is a subsidiary of the German multi-national MAN SE corporation.

The Danish part of the company was formed out of the Burmeister & Wain

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 grew successfully into a strong company through the end...

 ship building company, and the marketing name for the largest two-stroke engines still has "B&W" in it.

MAN is providing diesel engines for the Maersk Triple E class

Maersk Triple E class

The Maersk Triple E class is a planned family of large, fuel-efficient container ships, designed as a successor to the Mærsk E-class. In February 2011, Maersk awarded Daewoo Shipbuilding a US$1.9 billion contract to build twenty of the ships....

of containerships, which will be the world's largest ships.