MAN is going to cut 860 jobs at its Starachowice plant in Poland where the electric bus range Lion’s City E is built The news is covered on the German media Busblickpunkt and was first reported on infoPOL.PRESS The group invested some 27 million euros to implement e-bus production there The cut is due to the decline in sales of buses and coaches. The Polish agency says that “from 2019, sales fell from 7,400 to 4,600 last year. This decline had continued in 2022. By the end of October, only around 2,837 buses bearing the Lion and Neoplan logos had been sold”. 860 workers is about one third of the workforce employed in the Starachowice plant. Production volumes will decrease accordingly: eight buses will be produced daily in future instead of the previous twelve. MAN Executive Board member Michael Kobriger is quoted as saying: “As in the past, MAN is aware of its social responsibility and intends to work with the trade unions in the coming weeks to find viable solutions for the company and the employees in Starachowice”. In Starachowice, only eight buses will be produced in future instead of the previous twelve, explained Kobriger, Executive Board Member for Production at MAN Truck & Bus SE. Negotiations with the trade unions will lead to socially acceptable solutions for the resulting loss of 860 jobs. To this end, the Executive Board is proposing a relocation of workers to MAN’s newest truck assembly plant near Krakow (Niepołomice) and to Banovce in neighbouring Slovakia. Still quoting from infoPOL.PRESS: “The decision to massively cut jobs in Starachowice is attributed to the fact that in the past there was no agreement with the trade unions on the introduction of a flexible working time model at the Polish MAN bus plant. At the second MAN bus factory in Turkey, activity has so far been normal. In the first three quarters of this year, 1318 buses were produced there, 90 buses more than in the same period last year”. © Copyright 2012 - 2025 | Vado e Torno Edizioni | All rights reserved | P.I. : 08514160152 The Nature and Technology Museum in Starachowice is a place that I associate most with this city in terms of tourism! I have been there several times and I think it has a lot of potential. It nicely combines several different themes, so there’s a good chance that even if one doesn’t catch your interest, the next will suit your taste! There is a parking lot in front of the museum where you can easily leave your car The institution is about 2 kilometers away from the Starachowice market square Starachowice is located in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship and the nearest larger (county) cities are Skarżysko-Kamienna (20 km) and Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (30 km) The city is about 50 kilometers away from the capital of the voivodeship – Kielce Tickets for the Nature and Technology Museum in Starachowice during the winter season cost 15 PLN for adults and 8 PLN for visitors with a discount You can combine your visit to the museum with a trip to Wąchock and purchase a combined ticket to explore both sites The tour route varies depending on the season In the winter season (November 1 – March 31) and the Paleontological Exhibition are available for visitors I will describe these three exhibitions to you as we had the opportunity to visit the Nature and Technology Museum in Starachowice in winter During the summer season (April 1 – October 31) you can additionally explore the remains of the Great Furnace Plant from the 19th century Reserve about one hour for the winter season tour and about one and a half hours for the summer season The museum’s opening hours also vary it is open from Tuesday to Thursday from 8:00 to 16:00 and on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 to 16:00 the museum welcomes visitors from Tuesday to Friday from 8:00 to 16:00 and on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 to 16:00 Entry to the museum is only with a guide at the full hour check the information on the museum’s website the Nature and Technology Museum in Starachowice offers three exhibitions and I will write a few words about them for you Each one covers a completely different topic and will appeal to a completely different group of visitors The first exhibit and part of the Nature and Technology Museum in Starachowice Here we will learn everything about iron production at this site We will see where the raw material arrived from but also how the finished product and waste left the plant The guide will also present to us all the necessary raw materials that were used for production We get an up-close look at the Great Furnace and learn everything about iron production An interesting story concerns the bricks made from the waste of the great furnace which were used to build many buildings in the area as research showed they were not too healthy for the residents It now contains seating and is perfectly suited for various cultural events The paleontological exhibition could be a perfect reason for the youngest visitors to visit the Nature and Technology Museum in Starachowice not only will you find animal tracks from millions of years ago but also many models showing what these organisms looked like Why is this exhibition located in Starachowice One of these locations near Starachowice is Wióry you will find specimens from locations such as Sołtyków The exhibition will introduce you to animals that lived in our region during the Triassic and Jurassic periods The tracks come from various environments such as river The tracks found in Wióry are considered to be some of the oldest in the world from the Triassic period of archosaurs You can read about each set of tracks and the creature that left them on the informational panels The last part of the museum exhibition you will visit pertains to the STAR brand from Starachowice These iconic trucks have strongly marked the history of the city You can encounter them on the streets as part of the “STAR Trail” project you will find STAR trucks in various versions and applications but also vehicles that served for years in the Fire Brigade There is also a replica of the Popemobile – the vehicle in which Pope John Paul II traveled during one of his pilgrimages to Poland This replica was recreated based on the original documentation as the original(s) (there were two) did not survive An interesting feature at the Nature and Technology Museum in Starachowice may also be a STAR prepared for off-road racing at the exit stands one of the youngest models that left the factory in Starachowice The patron of the Nature and Technology Museum in Starachowice is Jan Pazdur He was the author of the idea to establish the museum in the Kamienna River Valley He was a Polish historian and archivist with a rich scientific output His Monograph of Kielce is considered by many to be the most comprehensive of that period Professor Jan Pazdur died in 2001 in Warsaw Although Starachowice is not strongly associated with tourism there are a lot of curiosities waiting to be discovered where you will find beautifully restored Star brand cars that were produced in Starachowice The Jewish community is also an integral part of the history of Starachowice A remnant left by this community is the cemetery but the tombstones are preserved in very good condition The Jewish cemetery in Starachowice is located in the Wierzbnik district check out the Skały pod Adamowem reserve or the Skały w Krynkach reserve you will find sandstone outcrops there that take on interesting forms The Nature and Technology Museum in Starachowice is a cool place The variety of exhibitions means that both children and adults will find something for themselves but if you are in Starachowice or the surrounding area My name is Jakub Juszyński and I create this place Nie zabraknie tu lokalnych smaków i ciekawostek 2013-2023 © tymrazem.pl | made with ♥ by fajne studio kreatywne series production of battery-powered city buses was successfully launched at the beginning of October The first customer vehicle to come off the assembly line is the 12 metre solo version of the Lion’s City E These will be heading off to the Hamburg-Holstein public transportation company (VHH) The all-electric Lion’s City E in the articulated bus version will follow approximately six months later and should go into series production in the first half of 2021 Electrifying Europe: That’s exactly what the MAN Lion’s City E does the all-electric city bus shows what it is capable of and inspires bus operators Since the first two vehicles were handed over for everyday use in Hamburg at the end of 2019 the MAN eBus demo fleet has been cruising around the streets of Europe – negotiating extensive field trials in scheduled service operation and spending time with numerous customers in countries such as Germany With series production successfully launched at the beginning of October these electric buses will now be accelerating away from the assembly line as standard The Lion’s City E will be manufactured at MAN’s plant in Starachowice Poland – the 12 metre solo version will be manufactured during the initial series production launch; the electric articulated bus Lion’s City 18 E will go into production around six months later “I am delighted that we are now able to supply the innovative and multi-award-winning Lion’s City E as a series-produced vehicle The start of series production is an important milestone on the e-mobility roadmap for MAN Truck & Bus and for the site in Starachowice we are expanding our production portfolio and taking another strategic step towards sustainable mobility,” says Michael Kobriger Executive Board Member for Production & Logistics at MAN Truck & Bus and Board Mentor for the Business Unit Bus the company has been preparing the bus production setup and its employees for the challenges of e-mobility with the utmost care “Now that series production has been launched I would like to express my gratitude to the entire team who have worked tirelessly and in collaboration with different departments to develop a reliable electric bus and successfully integrate it into the production system,” says Kobriger Flexible bus production: The eBus will be fully integrated into the existing production setup The all-electric MAN Lion’s City E will be built in a flexible manner in the same production sequence as the other models in the new city bus generation on a single production line and without any bridging facilities A great deal of thought went into finding ways to fully integrate the production sequence into the existing setup around 30 to 40% of the body shell alone is different to that of its conventional counterpart the batteries and other high-voltage components As part of the production preparation process in Starachowice new systems had to be purchased or existing ones upgraded processes had to be re-engineered and around 3,500 employees had to go through extensive training All of this in the aid of an overarching objective: To start integrated series production of the Lion’s City 12 E by the start of the fourth quarter of 2020 – with the entire process carried out on a single production line together with the conventional city bus types series-produced solo vehicles are now coming off the assembly line to fulfil customer orders 17 new electric buses are to be handed over to the Hamburg-Holstein public transportation company (VHH) by the end of the year this is the first major delivery to a customer off the back of a tender process Other cities have followed Hamburg’s suit by ordering the Lion’s City E and introducing zero-emission vehicles into their public transport network One of these orders has come from Malmö in Sweden: Nobina Sverige AB has placed an order for 22 MAN Lion’s City E buses Residents in and around Malmö can now look forward to experiencing these clean and quiet vehicles from the series production plant in Starachowice The engineers from MAN's development department spared no effort in ensuring that the Lion's City E could be easily integrated into customers' operational activities MAN trucks and buses have been sent to northern Sweden for winter testing for more than 30 years now No surprise then that the new electric bus also showed off its ability to withstand icy temperatures of minus 30 degrees and below at the Arctic Circle A trip to the intense heat of the Sierra Nevada in Spain last summer posed another challenge in the comprehensive trial and testing programme In addition to the traditional winter and summer testing programme the Lion's City E also had to cope with extreme conditions in the climatic wind tunnel in order to produce results in a far quicker and more comprehensive manner it also passed this test with flying colours this year’s testing trip to Andalucia in Spain was cancelled MAN bus testing took place in Freiburg in southern Germany where the Lion's City E was put through its paces once again “The results of summer testing show that our electric bus clearly meets the ambitious targets we have set for important issues such as heating and air conditioning The longitudinal dynamics of the bus have also undergone extensive testing to ensure that passengers always have a safe and comfortable journey even in the event of significant inclination and power requests,” says Jörg Junginger who then says in summary: “We can proudly announce that our Lion’s City E is ready for series production!” The MAN electric bus provided proof of this in a customer test in Badajoz In challenging temperatures of over 35 degrees the Lion’s City E completed a full 16-hour shift and covered the entire route: an impressive distance of 284 km These results highlight the reliability of the vehicle and even dwarf assertions by MAN that the Lion’s City E reliably ensures a range of 200 km and up to 270 km in favourable conditions over the entire service life of the batteries Poland is the competence centre for the production of low-floor city buses and bus chassis More than 2,300 complete buses and around 1,400 bus chassis were manufactured at the plant last year Despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic production continues to run at full speed thanks to the stable city bus market To ensure the highest level of product quality MAN has invested in state-of-the-art production systems for its Starachowice site and extremely well-trained specialist personnel The plant has its own welding training centre as well as extensively equipped measurement and chemistry laboratories – many of the parts required for production are manufactured at the plant MAN in Starachowice is the only bus manufacturer in Poland to have a cataphoretic dip coating system that meets the most stringent requirements regarding corrosion resistance and paint adhesion properties All of the buses that are built in Starachowice leave the factory with a cataphoretic dip coating and therefore have optimum protection against corrosion MAN has continued to push ahead with the modernisation of its business premises consistently and meticulously preparing the production site and its employees for e-mobility This will provide MAN Truck & Bus with the fundamental basis it requires to supply electric buses that meet the levels of quality that its customers have come to expect the 2018 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence at USC Shoah Foundation’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research talks about the changing attitudes about witness testimony and how the process of gathering it has changed since the end of World War II the renowned Holocaust historian Christopher Browning the 2018 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research gave the annual Shapiro Scholar public lecture based on his 2010 book Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave-labor Camp entitled “Holocaust History and Survivor Testimony: The Case of the Starachowice Factory Slave Labor Camp,” examined the use and value of eyewitness testimonies for historiographic research Professor Browning opened his lecture with the story of the infamous 1972 trial of Walther Becker who was a chief of police in the Polish town of Starachowice from 1940 to 1945 Becker was tried for his involvement in three forced labor camps that existed in Starachowice during the war; he was in charge of the liquidation of a nearby ghetto from which he sent nearly 4,000 Jews to Treblinka and 1,600 Jews to these forced labor camps Becker was acquitted in what Professor Browning characterized as one of the two worst judgements he has ever encountered in his research Among the reasons the judge acquitted Becker was the judge’s perspective that eyewitness testimonies were weak and unreliable which was unfortunate considering that the case against Becker was almost entirely built on the testimonies of survivors of the slave labor camps Professor Browning explained that out of the 42,000 Nazi internment sites during World War II Holocaust historians were slow to explore these camps The story about Becker’s acquittal piqued Professor Browning’s interest in Starachowice as a case to learn more about the dynamics of factory-owned slave labor camps Instead they were run and secured by factory staff only he needed to rely almost entirely on survivor testimonies because businessmen in charge of these factories were much quicker in destroying their documents than the German government officials in order to learn about the Starachowice camps a source that many historians have been reluctant to use because of the problem of traumatic memory Professor Browning then focused his discussion on the types and sources for the testimonies he used in his research Considering their respective characteristics and differences he ordered the testimonies into five groups The first group he named “early testimonies.” These were the testimonies collected between 1945 and 1948 Most of the 11 of these early testimonies were mainly “itineraries” of the survivors’ internment were “classic” early testimonies characterized by the depth of details and clarity The second group of testimonies were records of judicial investigations This group of testimonies contained survivor interviews conducted by German officials for the purposes of prosecution Professor Browning worked with 125 of these interviews and they were important because they provided details including the names of perpetrators and details about killings The third group of testimonies included local collections of survivor testimonies conducted by various organizations in the late 1970s and early 1980s namely the interviews of the Fortunoff Video Archive at Yale University and the interviews collected by the United States Holocaust Museum before its opening These two collections were characterized by free-ranging interviews that were often chaotic and in which survivors did not tell their stories in chronological order The fourth group contained the interviews collected by the USC Shoah Foundation that are housed in the Visual History Archive these testimonies are structured life histories that offer a broader context to the survivor’s story Noting that he was often frustrated by these testimonies in various respects Professor Browning discussed both positive and negative aspects of the methods used in the collection of these interviews Professor Browning then described the fifth group of testimonies he worked with: 15 personal interviews that he conducted with survivors after 2000 These interviews were conversational and became very important for his research He concluded this part of the lecture by stating that all approaches to interviewing survivors are useful in their own ways and that there is no best way to interview a survivor Professor Browning then focused on the uses of testimony namely the fine line between neglect and uncritical use of testimony He emphasized that he is interested in accuracy and that he does not see authenticity of testimonies (that is their emphasis on the way survivors experienced certain events and not necessarily the way those events really happened) and their accuracy as mutually exclusive he expected the testimonies to become homogenous over time but also ripped off of all sensitive topics such as sexual violence against women and revenge killings among the Jews Although there were three respective communities of Starachowice survivors – one settled around Toronto in Canada and the third around Haifa in Israel – that were pretty self-contained core memory remained consistent in all three groups and all survivors agreed on some basic facts Professor Browning noted that some sensitive topics raising interesting questions about the temporal dimensions of telling one’s story and when one is ready to recount certain stories or when communities and researchers are ready to hear them Professor Browning then turned his attention to the fact that dealing with testimony means dealing with memory he devised four rough categories or layers of memory he is grappling with in his research: 1) repressed memory or traumatic memory survivors repressed in order to cope and survive; 2) secret memory or memory that the survivor does not share with others until she decides to; 3) communal memory or memory of a group of people who experienced the same event but are aware that those who do not know a context may misjudge some events Professor Browning listed two great challenges of work with memory: the challenge of collective memory Professor Browning stated that collective memory is memory that is shaped and transformed after the event and becomes a selection of what is to be remembered and what is to be forgotten tells us more about what a community wants to know thirty years later than what actually happened thirty years before he encountered this collective memory most in how survivors described their memories of pre-war life in Wierzbnik-Starachowice Professor Browning described the challenge of “incorporated memory” as the difficulty in differentiating between the memory of what a survivor experienced and what they learned from others and incorporated into their own story Professor Browning concluded his lecture by arguing that while historians are often reluctant to use survivor testimonies as a source because they consider testimony problematic evidence all historical evidence is problematic in some way He closed by stating that the issue is not whether to use testimony but how to use it so that we can write an accurate and respectable history A lively Q&A with the large audience followed Professor Browning’s lecture Some of the questions raised included the question about the proportions and differences between the three slave labor camps in Starachowice; the current existence of corporations that ran these camps; the explanation of survivors’ silence during the 1950s about their experiences; a question about whether anyone can commit atrocities; whether there is any historical value where there is therapeutic value especially when it comes to repressed memories; the personal history of a judge involved in the Becker trial; lessons we can learn from history in the current climate of alternative facts and fake news; and the question about the use of interviews with perpetrators in historiographic research Sign Up Today! Be the first to learn about new articles and personal stories like the one you've just read Digital Accessibility | Accessibility Guidelines Since the Russia–Ukraine war began in February 2022 The Salvation Army has been at the forefront of serving those affected by the conflict supporting people in Ukraine and also in 28 other countries across Europe where many have been forced to flee The Salvation Army plans to continue its efforts during and after the hostilities We will ensure that people are supported now and in the future Find out more about The Salvation Army's response at this Gallery 101 exhibition from February 2024 The Salvation Army has eight church and community centres initial support was offered to displaced people and those who could not leave the country through the provision of temporary accommodation this has been supplemented by meeting longer-term needs such as creative and playful activities for children space for online schooling and meeting practical hygiene requirements The Salvation Army has been working to support those most affected through the provision of essential supplies in part due to its proximity to the border with many people unable to leave the city.In the Saltivka area of Kharkiv the damage has been heavy collapsed roofs and burnt and destroyed homes commonplace ‘My house was not damaged at all during the German occupation in the Second World War,’ he said it becomes more damaged as each day passes and he is unable to keep on top of the repairs The Salvation Army has plans to run after-school programmes to support children whose education has been disrupted by schools being too unsafe to open and irregular timetables temporary housing complex has been set up and is supported by The Salvation Army It provides accommodation to people who have been displaced due to their homes being destroyed Two rows of prefabricated dormitories were placed together in a car park each including communal bathrooms and kitchens The Salvation Army supplied equipment for furnishing these homes and continues to provide regular support through the distribution of food and hygiene items After receiving donations of portable power stations from other countries The Salvation Army has been able to offer places providing power and connection at its centres electricity and mobile communication are available with the intention that supply remains uninterrupted as far as possible These statistics show the officially recorded figures for support given by The Salvation Army in Ukraine in 2023: The Salvation Army is responding to the needs of displaced people from Ukraine The Salvation Army provides breakfast for around 70 refugees three times a week Temporary accommodation has also been offered in various locations across the country is providing 130 hot meals a day to refugees from Ukraine Operating from newly refurbished facilities at its centre in the city the scheme offers nutritious food and a space for community to those displaced by the war The feeding programme runs five days a week at The Salvation Army’s church in Batumi with approximately 4,000 meals served every month to registered beneficiaries the corps employs four people to help run the programme – two cooks a cleaner and a coordinator – with additional support from the corps officers who came to Batumi from Ukraine’s Kherson region with her daughter and granddaughter described the impact of The Salvation Army’s work: ‘We are very grateful to this organisation that provides us with assistance: for delicious dinners We thank them for everything.’ This programme is not just about food and nutrition Four Salvation Army centres in Poland are distributing supermarket vouchers to displaced people from Ukraine in need of support Vouchers present several advantages over distributing groceries Not only does it reduce the administration and storage issues of physical goods importantly it allows people to choose the products they need the most Dignity is an important part of The Salvation Army’s humanitarian response provides a supermarket voucher to a refugee from Ukraine people are visited by Salvation Army personnel rather than having to attend the organisation's centre allowing deeper relationships to be formed A family from Ukraine being supported in Starachowice After seeking practical assistance from the organisation they have also found community in The Salvation Army as a church As a result of The Salvation Army’s efforts around 500 refugees have been supported through accommodation and community in Le Havre The biggest challenge was finding a large amount of housing at short notice the organisation’s director of social work in Le Havre: ‘When the Ukrainian community arrived We had to go everywhere to find some places.’ The apartments are rented by The Salvation Army People are supported to find training – including French language lessons – and work meaning that they are able to fund their own accommodation in the long term spoke positively about The Salvation Army: ‘They helped us with many things: with the place for living All that we have now is because The Salvation Army helped us.’ Florence is positive about the impact of The Salvation Army on those displaced by the Russia–Ukraine war ‘I cannot say Ukrainians are happy in France; they are very sad about the situation,’ she noted Read more about The Salvation Army's work supporting those affected by the war: Response to the Russia-Ukraine war At MAN’s Polish plant in Starachowice series production of battery-powered city buses has got off to a successful start The Lion’s City E will initially be produced in the 12-meter solo version The first customer vehicles are now rolling off the production line for the Hamburg Holstein public transport company (VHH), Germany. The articulated Lion’s City E will follow about six months later and is scheduled to go into series production in the first half of 2021 MAN presented the series version of the Lion’s City Electric at Busworld in Brussels in October 2019 The 12-metre bus has 35 seats and can carry up to 88 passengers The drive train delivers 160 kW to a maximum of 270 kW MAN estimates the range at 200 to 270 kilometres from the modular batteries with 480 kWh installed capacity Charging happens via CCS2 combo plugs at the depot While German auto manufacturers have largely slept through the surge in demand for electric buses globally, MAN Truck & Bus, owned by Volkswagen Group appears to be getting going in Poland, now alongside the Netherlands as the largest electric bus producing country in Europe The MAN site in Starachowice is the company’s competence centre for the production of low-floor city buses and bus chassis MAN says that it is pushing ahead with the modernisation of its business premises in preparing the production site and its employees for e-mobility Now that the company has completed a comprehensive trial and testing programme illustrated in the video below the MAN electric bus is ready for series production the first two vehicles were handed over for everyday use in Hamburg and the MAN eBus demo fleet has been negotiating extensive field trials in scheduled service operation in Germany “I am delighted that we are now able to supply the innovative and multi-award-winning Lion’s City E as a series-produced vehicle we are expanding our production portfolio and taking another strategic step towards sustainable mobility,” says Michael Kobriger Like Škoda is manufacturing both combustion and electric cars along the same production line the all-electric MAN Lion’s City E will be built in the same production sequence as the other models in the new city bus generation on a single production line and without bridging facilities As is now increasingly the case, manufacturers or long-distance and heavy-duty vehicles are also looking at hydrogen fuel cell systems. MAN has only just got started on this front and last month announced that they would be focussing on H2 trucks. As yet the company has not mentioned hydrogen fuel cell buses which are similarly enjoying increased focus MAN will be handing over 17 new electric buses to the Hamburg-Holstein public transportation company (VHH) by the end of the year. The order was announced at the end of last year mantruckandbus.com I agree with the Privacy policy electrive has been following the development of electric mobility with journalistic passion and expertise since 2013 we offer comprehensive coverage of the highest quality — as a central platform for the rapid development of this technology the HEINRICH WAGNER SINTO MASCHINENFABRIK GmbH company from Laasphe (Germany) in collaboration with a long-time trading partner - BITECH PRODUCENT URZĄDZEŃ I LINII TECHNOLOGICZNYCH Sp company from Bytom (Poland) executed a molding line modernization project: „Increasing the output and replacing of molding machine in an automatic molding line along with associated machines” in ODLEWNIE POLSKIE S.A in Starachowice.Execution of the project in ODLEWNIE POLSKIE S.A occurred due to increasing the number of orders and therefore increasing the production on the molding line The first work related to increasing the output on the molding line started after signing the contract It was the result of several trilateral meetings where all details and issues related to the project  were clarified.The next stage of work related to the modernization of the molding line was to make  a design then select the appropriate elements to buy that meet all customer requirements and expectations It can be divided into modernization of the electrical system construction of the cooling house and the main assembly.MODERNIZATION OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMModernization works in ODLEWNIE POLSKIE began at the end of September 2015 and were related to the reorganization and expansion of cable routes for the new devices designed by SINTO HWS engineers.Construction of the new cable infrastructure was successful because the old molding line was working correctly until the stage of main assembly 2015.CONSTRUCTION OF THE COOLING HOUSEThe next stage of works was construction of the cooling house Due to the work of the molding line during the week all modernization works had to be done only during the weekends BITECH assembly team had to be fully mobilized and prepared to do assembly works during weekend in order to achieve the desired effect within the specified time schedule.The goal of the cooling house is cooling of the castings within the specified time This time mostly depends on the size and degree of complexity of their construction.After deep analysis and findings of project teams of both companies it was established that the cooling house consists of two levels High cooling efficiency of the packets in the cooling house was achieved thanks to additional transfer truck lifting station and smaller hydraulic transfer truck mounted in the inner part of the cooling house.MAIN ASSEMBLYOnce the above mentioned two stages of assembly were successfully completed the last stage started - main assembly stage.The main assembly stage began after the complete shutdown of the molding line This stage consisted in the delivery of all other elements from SINTO HWS and BITECH companies as well as the disassembly of old useless devices and molding line elements The disassembly process was done very quickly and efficiently strictly according to the previously prepared assembly schedule The next days of the assembly works included the installation of the supporting structure of the molding machine and the "heart" of the entire system - SEIATSU molding machine „EFA-SD 4” with multi-ram press and turn table.All equipment that cooperates with the molding machine was successively assembled on the molding line and all the people associated with the investment were interested in it and really impressed.The following devices were mounted on the molding line: which was achieved by the installation of the new SEIATSU molding machine „EFA-SD 4” the construction of 2-storey cooling house and the installation of new equipment was successfully completed.All stages of the properly made project the commissioning of the new molding line in such a short time shows very well a professional and responsible realization of this pioneer investment in Poland.Certificate of final acceptance was signed with a week in advance which was the culmination of a very good cooperation between the investor - ODLEWNIE POLSKIE and Consortium of contractors of the investment - SINTO HWS and BITECH.  I would like to receive the bi-weekly Foundry-Planet newsletter with all latest news Plus the special newsletters – all can be cancelled anytime and at no cost MAN is approaching the beginning of its ‘electric’ era and invests 27.4 million euros in Starachowice plant where the complete electric bus will be produced the first electric bus realized by the company that belongs to Traton group will begin mass production in the second half of 2020 The modernization of the plant will be completed for the end of 2021 The next phase of the plant location’s modernization and preparation for electric transport is already underway at MAN’s plant in the Polish town of Starachowice MAN Truck & Bus reports in a press release received approval in August 2018 to expand its activities to include manufacturing complete electric buses within the “Starachowice” Special Economic Zone The capital expenditure related to accommodating electric-powered bus production is estimated at close to 118 million Polish złoty (around €27.4 million) Completion of the works is planned for the end of 2021 In Starachowice are already produced low-floor city buses 1,724 buses have rolled off the production line in the past year alone © Copyright 2012 - 2025 | Vado e Torno Edizioni | All rights reserved | P.I An online publication of Appalachian State University BOONE—The keynote lecture of the 2016 annual meeting of the North Carolina Jewish Studies Consortium at Appalachian State University will be delivered by Dr Browning’s talk will take place from 2 – 4 p.m in Belk Library and Information Commons Room 114 on Appalachian’s campus Browning’s talk is titled “Holocaust History and Survivor Testimony: The Starachowice Factory Slave Labor Camps” and is based on his recent book “Remembering Survival.” The event is free and open to the public The lecture will examine the suffering and memories of the Jewish inmates of a factory slave labor camp in German-occupied Poland during World War II and investigate a crucial part of the Nazi genocide that His work largely draws on accounts from survivors of the Starachowice camp many of which originated in oral history interviews he conducted with former camp inmates Browning is one of the foremost experts and key pioneers in the field of Holocaust Studies His publications include influential works such as “Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland,” which redefined the subfield of perpetrator studies and “Origins of the Final Solution” which was described by The Guardian as “a study of decision-making painstakingly traced through the chaos of competing Nazi institutions.” His latest book is “Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave Labor Camp.” A sought-after lecturer and internationally recognized authority on the Holocaust Browning has provided expert witness testimony for Canadian Australian and British prosecutors in trials against alleged Nazi perpetrators and Holocaust deniers and he delivers lectures about his research around the globe Browning is the Frank Porter Graham Professor Emeritus in the Department History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Browning’s visit is organized by Appalachian’s Center for Judaic and Peace Studies and co-sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Carolina Center for Jewish Studies Jewish Studies at North Carolina State University For more information, email [email protected] or call 828-262-2311 Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic Holocaust and Peace Studies was founded in 2002 to develop new educational opportunities for students Located administratively within the College of Arts and Sciences understanding and remembrance by increasing the knowledge of Jewish culture and history teaching the history and meaning of the Holocaust and utilizing these experiences to explore peaceful avenues for human improvement and the prevention of further genocides Share your feedback on this story Appalachian Today is an online publication of Appalachian State University If you cannot find what you're looking for here Copyright 2025 Appalachian State University University CommunicationsASU Box 32153Boone, NC 28608828-262-6156[email protected] Disclaimer | EO Policy | Accessibility | Website manager: montaldipa (beltmr) .. | Website Feedback Despite the testimony of many witnesses to his Nazi-era crimes Walther Becker walked out of a German courtroom a free man The judge in the case – who was later revealed to have his own Nazi sympathies – gave little credence to survivor testimony when he handed down his 1972 verdict Historian Christopher Browning used Becker’s story as a springboard for his March 29 lecture about his research into a little-known Nazi labor camp in Poland and how the role of survivor testimony has evolved in the ensuing decades “The outcome of that trial was a judicial disaster and disgrace,” Browning said to an audience of several hundred gathered to hear his talk at Wallis Annenberg Hall talked about the changing attitudes about witness testimony and how the process of gathering it has changed since the end of World War II “Holocaust History and Survivor Testimony: The Case of the Starachowice Factory Slave Labor Camp,” focused on the value – as well as some of the misconceptions – of witness accounts of history Browning said that by combining traditional historical research with survivor testimony he was able to assemble a more complete picture of life in the camp “I wanted testimony to provide me with enough evidence so I could write a historically accurate history of Starachowice slave labor camps,” he said “Authenticity and accuracy were a double goal.” Browning said that different ways of taking testimony provide unique perspectives for historians to use in their research Testimonies taken in the years immediately after the war are valued because they provide fresh memories and are highly detailed There was very little testimony taken in the 1950s because the general consensus was that survivors needed to focus on the future and not the past The 1960s saw the rise of judicial testimonies These were conducted for court proceedings and were focused on evidence and conviction of perpetrators with little thought to chronology or structure these testimonies can be chaotic and hard to navigate With the founding of USC Shoah Foundation in 1994 the methodology of testimony changed once again These interviews were standardized and covered survivors’ entire lives Trained interviewers could keep survivors on track Browning told about one testimony where the survivor barely touched on his experience at Starachowice but after being prodded by the interviewer Browning also found that people were willing to share different kinds of memories during different periods in their lives many survivors were uncomfortable talking about Jews killing other Jews for acts of betrayal while others were reluctant to talk about sexual assault in the camps for decades “Only later did women talk about it,” he said One person’s memory can influence another’s Reading something in a book can alter the way one remembers something These are all challenges that Browning said can be largely overcome with rigorous research “Using survivor testimony has difficulties,” he said “It is problematic evidence But all historical evidence is problematic in one way or another Anybody who relies on uncomplicated evidence isn’t going to be able to write history To not use survivor memories is to lose whole areas of the Holocaust that we have no other set of evidence for.” the 1,000th MAN Lion’s City E rolled off the production line at the MAN plant in Starachowice the Lion’s City 12 E will be deployed in Madrid as the vehicles has just been order by the transport company Auto Periferia S.A. Across Europe, the market for electric buses grew by 45% in the first half of 2023 A total of 2,567 battery-electric buses were registered during the period This means that more than one in three new city buses (37.5 percent) in Europe is now emission-free MAN Truck & Bus ranks second in terms of new registrations in Europe And MAN e-buses are also proving extremely popular in the German market: of the 297 new electric buses registered in Germany in the first six months of this year “By 2025, half of our new city buses will be electric, and just five years later, up to 90 percent of our buses in Europe will be battery-powered. We also have our sights set on the electrification of intercity buses and coaches.”, says Barbaros Oktay, Head of Bus at MAN Truck & Bus The high-voltage batteries for the electric buses and trucks will be mass-produced in Nuremberg from the beginning of 2025. MAN is investing around 100 million euros in this over the next five years (and received a 24-million euros grant from German Federal government) The aim is to expand production capacity to over 100,000 batteries per year that could be used to equip around 15,000 to 25,000 e-buses or e-trucks – depending on the configuration the charging infrastructure is to be expanded as part of the Milence joint venture which the TRATON Group founded together with Daimler Truck and the Volvo Group: the plan is to set up at least 1,700 high-performance charging points at or near freeways and logistics hubs across Europe in the next few years MAN Truck & Bus already received its first e-bus order at the end of 2019 – a year before the start of production: Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH) ordered 17 MAN Lion’s City E VHH has been consistently pursuing its path toward a completely zero-emission bus fleet The next order covered a further 20 electric buses. In 2022, VHH opted for eBuses from MAN for the third time: the order included 30 eSolobuses and 6 eArticulated buses. The latest order from this year includes the delivery of up to 100 more electric buses by MAN Truck & Bus The majority of the vehicles are to be delivered and put into service this year Head of Sales & Product Bus at MAN Truck & Bus “Almost exactly three years ago – at the beginning of October 2020 – series production for our battery-electric city buses successfully started in Starachowice more and more e-buses have been reliably rolling off the production line,” says Barbaros Oktay “We have a great team to thank for this who are tirelessly committed and deliver outstanding work our plant in Poland has developed into a center of excellence for electric city buses in recent years.” and the demand from our customers clearly show that our Lion’s City E is becoming increasingly popular,” makes Robert Katzer “The many follow-up orders in particular prove how satisfied operators are with the vehicle.” MAN therefore aims to become greenhouse gas neutral in terms of its balance sheet by 2050 at the latest MAN Truck & Bus is focusing primarily on the electrification of the products it sells which are responsible for around 97% of the company’s CO2 emissions we are relying fully on electric drive in the bus business we are consistently converting our portfolio in the city bus and intercity segment to electric vehicles over the next few years,” Oktay makes clear MAN is also focusing on battery-electric drives because the vehicles are economically convincing “BEV simply offers the best TCO for our customers That’s why we’re also focusing on the electric variant for coaches in the next step.” The first customer vehicle to come off the assembly line is the 12 metre solo version of the Lion’s City E The all-electric Lion’s City E in the articulated bus version will follow approximately six months later Since the first two vehicles were handed over for everyday use in Hamburg at the end of 2019, the MAN eBus demo fleet has been cruising around the streets of Europe – negotiating extensive field trials in scheduled service operation and spending time with numerous customers in countries such as Germany With series production launched at the beginning of October The Lion’s City E will be manufactured at MAN’s plant in Starachowice Poland – the 12 metre solo version will be manufactured during the initial series production launch; the electric articulated bus Lion’s City 18 E will go into production around six months later The all-electric MAN Lion’s City E will be built in a flexible manner in the same production sequence as the other models in the new city bus generation All of this in the aid of an overarching objective: to start integrated series production of the Lion’s City 12 E by the start of the fourth quarter of 2020 – with the entire process carried out on a single production line together with the conventional city bus types in challenging temperatures of over 35 degrees the Lion’s City E completed a full 16-hour shift and covered the entire route: an impressive distance of 284 km “I am delighted that we are now able to supply the innovative and multi-award-winning Lion’s City E as a series-produced vehicle we are expanding our production portfolio and taking another strategic step towards sustainable mobility,” says Michael Kobriger “Now that series production has been launched who have worked tirelessly and in collaboration with different departments to develop a reliable electric bus and successfully integrate it into the production system,” says Kobriger “The results of summer testing show that our electric bus clearly meets the ambitious targets we have set for important issues such as heating and air conditioning even in the event of significant inclination and power requests,” says Jörg Junginger Series production of the Lion's City E started in fall 2020 MAN has produced the 1,000th all-electric city bus at its Polish plant in Starachowice This is one of many milestones in the success story of the eBus which is now in successful operation throughout Europe and impresses day after day with its reliability MAN Truck & Bus continues to drive sustainable mobility forward and is fully committed to electric drive It is another milestone in an electrifying success story: in mid-September the 1,000th MAN Lion's City E rolled off the production line at the MAN plant in Starachowice the Lion's City 12 E will take passengers in the greater Madrid area to their destinations safely The eBus was ordered by the transport company Auto Periferia S.A. "Almost exactly three years ago - at the beginning of October 2020 - series production for our battery-electric city buses successfully started in Starachowice more and more eBuses have been reliably rolling off the production line," says Barbaros Oktay our plant in Poland has developed into a center of excellence for electric city buses in recent years." To be able to take this developmental step MAN Truck & Bus has invested heavily in eMobility and taken great care to prepare its employees and production facilities for the requirements of electric mobility this was an important investment for us in the future," says Oktay Because more and more public transport operators are switching to a completely emission-free bus fleet and relying on fully electric vehicles such as the MAN Lion's City E The city bus is already operating successfully throughout Europe drivers and passengers with its reliability and the demand from our customers clearly show that our Lion's City E is becoming increasingly popular," makes Robert Katzer "The many follow-up orders in particular prove how satisfied operators are with the vehicle." Grupo Ruiz - incidentally the first Spanish customer to order MAN electric buses - also already has 20 MAN eBuses in operation and plans to have 60 vehicles by the end of 2023 the company is by no means the only public transport operator in Spain to rely on the MAN Lion's City E - on the contrary: to date more than 175 MAN eBuses have been ordered for Spanish cities such as Alicante there is a demand for city buses that are emission-free and quiet on the road - like our eBus," says Katzer MAN electrifies Scandinavia: More than 370 eBuses in operation But it's not "only" in Spain that eBuses are increasingly seen making their rounds in the cities Scandinavia in particular is regarded as one of the pioneers when it comes to electromobility This is also reflected in the order figures: By the end of 2023 more than 370 electrically powered MAN city buses are expected to be in operation here The latest orders include 45 MAN Lion's City 12 E buses ordered by VIKINGBUS Danmark A/S the transport company will operate routes in Copenhagen as well as in Frederiksberg Anchersen A/S had already ordered 25 eBuses from MAN in 2021 which are now in use on the central Copenhagen bus route 7A "But our MAN Lion's City E has also been excellently received in Norway and Sweden has ordered 76 MAN Lion's City E from us," says Katzer MAN Truck & Bus already received its first eBus order at the end of 2019 - a year before the start of production: Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH) ordered 17 MAN Lion's City E The next order covered a further 20 electric buses VHH opted for eBuses from MAN for the third time: the order included 30 eSolobuses and 6 eArticulated buses The latest order from this year includes the delivery of up to 100 more electric buses by MAN Truck & Bus European eBus market grows by 45% in HY1 2023: MAN second largest supplier the market for electric buses grew by 45% in the first half of 2023 And MAN eBuses are also proving extremely popular in the German market: Of the 297 new electric buses registered in Germany in the first six months of this year "We are very pleased about this great success," explains Barbaros Oktay and goes on to say "But we want to put even significantly more electric buses on the road half of our new city buses will be electric up to 90 percent of our buses in Europe will be battery-powered We also have our sights set on the electrification of intercity buses and coaches." Sustainable mobility: focus on environmental and climate protection MAN is driving forward sustainable mobility together with partners and customers to take account of environmental and climate protection "We are fully committed to the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement we are genuinely committed to acting responsibly and making a positive contribution to society," Oktay said The company therefore aims to become greenhouse gas neutral in terms of its balance sheet by 2050 at the latest which are responsible for around 97% of the company's CO2 emissions we are consistently converting our portfolio in the city bus and intercity segment to electric vehicles over the next few years," Oktay makes clear "BEV simply offers the best TCO for our customers That's why we're also focusing on the electric variant for coaches in the next step." The high-voltage batteries for the electric buses and trucks will be mass-produced in Nuremberg from the beginning of 2025 MAN is investing around 100 million euros in this over the next five years MAN is laying the foundations for the industrialization of electric drives This is because they could be used to equip around 15,000 to 25,000 eBuses or eTrucks - depending on the configuration which the TRATON Group founded together with Daimler Truck and the Volvo Group: The plan is to set up at least 1,700 high-performance charging points at or near freeways and logistics hubs across Europe in the next few years "It is important to us to advance electromobility put outstanding eVehicles suitable for everyday use on the road and offer our customers innovative technology we are working on a wide range of different levers and giving our best every day," says Oktay The 2014 Richard Dean Winchell History lecture will focus on the stories of survivors from the Starachowice slave labor camp OMAHA – Almost 70 years after the end of World War II and the Holocaust a special lecture on the use of slave labor camps by the Nazis will take place on the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) campus this November On Thursday, Nov. 13, Holocaust scholar and author Christopher Browning a professor emeritus from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill will speak about his research and survivor testimonies from the labor camps in Starachowice will serve as the 2014 Richard Dean Winchell History lecture As one of the world’s foremost experts on the Holocaust, Browning is the author of eight books, including the most recent “Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave Labor Camp,” which relies on survivor testimony to describe life and death inside the Starachowice camp The book received the Yad Vashem Book Prize in 2012 and the National Jewish Book Award in 2011 For additional information, please contact Charley Reed, UNO media relations coordinator, at unonews@unomaha.edu or 402.554.2129 Become a fan of UNO on Facebook: www.facebook.com/unomaha and follow UNO's Twitter updates at http://twitter.com/unomaha If you have a story idea, news tip, or other question, please email the UNO News team at unonews@unomaha.edu About the Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications (MarComm) MAN Truck & Bus has presented a fully electric bus chassis for the global market The Lion’s Chassis E is based on technologies from the MAN Lion’s City E electric bus model and is scheduled to roll off the production line at MAN’s Polish plant in Starachowice from 2024 onwards MAN has chosen the Australasia Bus & Coach Expo trade fair in Sydney as the venue for the world premiere. The Traton subsidiary, which is part of the Volkswagen Group, already announced its intention to present the chassis to global markets earlier this year The German commercial vehicle manufacturer has also published key points about the chassis It will initially be offered as a two-axle vehicle for use as a low-floor (“Lion’s Chassis E LF”) low-entry (“Lion’s Chassis E LE”) and high-floor (“Lion’s Chassis E HF”) buses the chassis is to receive both left- and right-hand drive variants This is primarily because the launch of the Lion’s Chassis E is aimed at markets beyond Europe Head of Business Unit Bus at MAN Truck & Bus describes the electric chassis as “MAN’s electric bus solution for the international markets in order to provide customers outside Europe with emission-free solutions” The manufacturer says that for the market entry it wants to work together with a worldwide network of body manufacturers “in order to be able to serve local customer requirements in Asia New Zealand and Australia in the best possible way” The Volkswagen subsidiary is offering two battery alternatives for its electric buses: In addition to the NMC batteries familiar from the Lion’s City E The German bus and truck makers say that this is to meet the sometimes enormously different requirements of international bus companies in terms of daily range MAN plans to deliver the first demonstration vehicles in 2023 and test the performance of the chassis in possible target markets where the company specifically mentions Australia The Lion’s Chassis E will then go into series production in 2024 in Starachowice where the Lion’s City E has also been manufactured since 2020 “The experience our employees have gained in development and production around our e-bus and its series production will of course be incorporated into the production of the electric chassis,” says Kuchta Head of MAN Bus and Coach at Penske Australia exclusive MAN partner in Australia and New Zealand says: “This success in Europe combined with MAN’s continued investment in electric technology – such as the construction of a battery factory in Nuremberg – and the strong partnership with Penske on the ground in Australia builds confidence with our customers.” The batteries will be supplied from Germany MAN plans to manufacture high-voltage batteries for electric trucks and buses in large-scale production at the Nuremberg site from the beginning of 2025 the company is pumping around 100 million euros into the tradition-steeped production site for combustion engines over the next five years mantruckandbus.com By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org Arbeiter spent his life trying to honor what his father told him just before they were separated at the Treblinka death camp BOSTON (JTA) – Israel “Izzy” Arbeiter a Holocaust survivor who became an indefatigable leader for other survivors and a prominent voice in Holocaust remembrance A passionate advocate for Holocaust survivor justice and Holocaust education Arbeiter founded a Boston-based Holocaust memorial and organization for local survivors; testified at four trials of German Nazi war criminals; and spoke at schools and other programs across Germany Arbeiter was honored widely for his efforts the German president awarded Arbeiter the Order of Merit for fostering German-Jewish relations he was appointed by President Barack Obama to the Presidential Delegation of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau he received the Order of the Merit medal from his native Poland Arbeiter’s son Jack said at his funeral that his father’s recognition from Germany was “one of his proudest awards.”  “He was never vengeful,” Jack Arbeiter said “He wanted to build a better future for everyone.” It was nearly 80 years ago when Srulek Arbeiter then 17 and living under the Nazi occupation of Poland was rounded up in the liquidation of the Starachowice ghetto had been confined among other Jews for two years His parents and 7-year-old brother were sent to one lineup bound for the Treblinka death camp He and two other brothers were sent to a separate labor camp line When he risked his life to join his parents in the first lineup, his father intervened. “Children, go back, and if you survive, remember to carry on with Jewish life and Jewish tradition,” Arbeiter later recalled his father saying, tearing up as he conjured the words in a conversation earlier this year That was the last time Arbeiter saw his parents and younger brother Arbeiter’s recollection of the haunting events of that day remained a vivid typhus and hunger as he was forced through a succession of camps including Auschwitz before being liberated by French forces during a death march in Southern Germany a Jewish woman who’d sneaked him bread in one of the concentration camps they Americanized their names to Israel and Anna; Arbeiter built a successful tailoring and dry cleaning business with his brother He spent the next seven decades of his life guided by his father’s parting words and strived to carry on Jewish life however he could he founded an advocacy organization for Holocaust survivors now the American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors of Greater Boston Arbeiter was uncompromising on behalf of survivors the association’s current president Janet Stein Calm said at his funeral Monday Along with the late Stephan Ross, he helped found the New England Holocaust Memorial As part of his devotion to sharing his experiences with young people he presided over the annual Israel Arbeiter Essay contest for middle and high school students in public and private schools overseen by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston “Izzy dedicated his life to retelling and reliving the horrors he witnessed so that thousands of people of all ages could learn from a survivor,” Marc Baker president and CEO of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston said in a comment emailed to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency “Izzy will be remembered as a moral beacon – as a Holocaust survivor who reached out his hand in the name of reconciliation even after all that he had suffered That will be his lasting legacy,” Nicole Menzenbach Arbeiter understood the power of his firsthand account of the atrocities he lived through “You will remember when you heard it from a former Holocaust survivor: Never should you allow this to happen again.” as do their three children and their grandchildren and great-grandchildren JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent I accept the Privacy Policy Rush frontman Geddy Lee is mourning the death of his mother Weinrib died on July 2, as revealed in an obituary from Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel Her bond with her son was recently on display as Weinrib appeared with Geddy Lee on Dave and Virginia Grohl's From Cradle to Stage series Lee spoke of growing up in a house where he was aware that his parents had been holocaust survivors a Jewish shtetl that was part of Starachowice which was occupied by the Germans beginning in 1939 She worked at a labor camp at the munition's factory in Starachowice and the concentration camps at Auschwitz where she met and fell in love with her husband Morris Weinrib where she was finally liberated in April 1945 Mary was an early supporter and a fixture at Rush concerts Mary plastered the windows of her store with Rush posters and gave albums away to any kids who wanted them but didn't have the money to buy them Mary also appeared in the 2010 Rush documentary Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage As part of her obit, the family has asked that donations be made in Mary Weinrib's name to the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies The Rush vocalist recently appeared with his mother on 'From Cradle to Stage.'\nRead More Rush frontman Geddy Lee is mourning the death of his mother Weinrib died on July 2, as revealed in an obituary from Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel As part of her obit, the family has asked that donations be made in Mary Weinrib's name to the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Geddy Lee (@geddyimages) Log in and download the free e-publication of the latest A&B The printed version is available for sale online in our store and press salons throughout Poland unique e-mail [will also be used as login in the portal] Only name - check the correctness of the data Only the last name - check the correctness of the data password must be at least 8 characters long * fields required for registration; data can be completed in account settings after logging in ** establishment of a student account follows verification of the validity of the student ID card Please try later or let us know: contact Technology: aitnet.pl Ⓒ AiB Publishing House 2025 The Rush vocalist recently appeared with his mother on 'From Cradle to Stage.'\nRead More MAN has announced that the series production of the Lion’s City 18 E articulated bus will start in Poland in April Some vehicles that are still assembled in pre-series will be in service earlier: one such Lion’s City 18 E will go into regular service in Cologne from April According to Volkswagen-owned MAN, the vehicle for Cologne, Germany was the first delivery of the company’s own electric articulated bus. From the beginning of April, the Lion’s City 18 E will be used by the Cologne public transport company (KVB) on line 127 which is one of the longest lines in the KVB bus network a second articulated bus is soon to be delivered in Barcelona The vehicles in Germany and Spain are part of a field trial “Working together with transportation companies which will then be used to continually improve our city buses,” says Rudi Kuchta Head Business Unit Bus at MAN Truck & Bus Series production of the electric articulated bus is scheduled to start in April at the Polish MAN plant in Starachowice where the Lion’s City 12 E has already been rolling off the production line as a solo bus since October 2020 “The aim was and is to fully integrate the series production of our electrically powered city buses with the production of conventional city bus types together on one production line And we have succeeded,” Rudi Kuchta explains The first examples of the series-produced version built in Poland will go to Nuremberg in Germany. At the beginning of this year VAG Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nuremberg ordered 28 MAN Lion’s City 18 E buses in addition to eleven Lion’s City 12 E buses this was the largest electric bus order to date and the company’s first order ever to include articulated e-buses Another order for the Lion’s City 18 E currently comes from Uppsala where Gamla Uppsala Buss AB (GUB) has ordered twelve electric articulated buses The framework agreement with Gamla Uppsala Buss includes an option for a further 65 MAN electric buses by 2023 – 45 of which are Lion’s City 18 E and 20 Lion’s City 12 E solo buses The Lion’s City 18 E will be able to carry up to 120 passengers The drive is provided by two electric central motors on the second and third axles that produce 320 kW to a maximum of 480 kW Eight batteries on the roof of the articulated bus give a total capacity of 640 kWh MAN says it uses NMC cell technology from the group’s modular system The manufacturer puts the range of the Lion’s City 18 E at 200 kilometres or up to 270 kilometres under favourable conditions over the entire service life of the batteries mantruckandbus.com Designed to transport up to 35 people across some of Earth’s harshest environments the PRAETORIAN is a 10-tonne 4x4 off-road bus based on an upgraded powered by a 6.9L six-cylinder MAN diesel engine with 286bhp and 1,150Nm of torque The vehicles are first built at MAN’s plant in Kraków then transferred to a second plant at Starachowice where several upgrades are made before the PRAETORIAN is delivered to the TORSUS factory in Slovakia for final assembly Having worked together on the PRAETORIAN since 2017 the two eastern European companies have now signed an agreement to expand cooperation securing the vehicle’s production for the foreseeable future “We are extremely proud to build on our longstanding relationship with MAN Truck & Bus we have been working very closely with them to develop the world’s toughest off-road bus and we are delighted to continue our cooperation with this new agreement “MAN Truck & Bus are the experts in producing high-quality buses and coaches of all kinds and the skeleton chassis they will build for our PRAETORIANs will be stronger and stiffer than ever before We couldn’t wish for a better collaboration partner to develop the very best heavy-duty off-road bus.” The PRAETORIAN’s welded chassis consists of 780 components including 273m of 1182kg steel profiles and 351kg of sheet metal parts Using similar processes and techniques to those used in the manufacture of its own buses MAN deploys protective gases during the precision welding process of the PRAETORIAN’s skeleton before it undergoes cataphoretic painting for protection against corrosion The MAN Truck & Bus Starachowice plant produces over 1,600 buses and 520 bus chassis a year exported to customers in countries including Germany Joseph Friedenson, the founder and long-time editor of the Agudath Israel organ Dos Yiddishe Vort, passed away February 23 at his home in Manhattan, the Forverts reported. Friedenson founded the monthly Yiddish journal in the Feldafing and Landesberg displaced persons camps in Germany and edited it continually in New York since 1953 was one of the leaders of the Beis Yaakov school movement in Poland After the outbreak of World War II the family fled to Warsaw where they were imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto and were reunited a few months after the end of the war In a 2007 profile of Friedenson for the Forward Toby Appleton Perl described him as “an avid newspaperman” who read multiple publications daily in several languages Dos Yiddishe Vort boasted a readership of up to 8,000 people and published many highly regarded Yiddish writers Watch Forverts editor Boris Sandler interview Joseph Friedenson in 2011: The Forward’s staff contributors are listed in our masthead I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward American Jews need independent news they can trust At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S rising antisemitism and polarized discourse This is a great time to support independent Jewish journalism you rely on See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs subject line “republish,” with any questions or to let us know what stories you’re picking up Copyright © 2025 The Forward Association Gain instant access to virtual editions.Don't have an account? 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Can't find what you're looking for?Search here New Lion’s Coach not for UK but extra Tourliner variant is With the Busworld exhibition at Kortrijk in Belgium in October fast approaching MAN staged its preview last week in the Polish capital the press also took the opportunity to include a visit to their bus production facility at Starachowice and a ride & drive experience in a fleet of Neoplan Tourliners The event started on a sombre note with a minute’s silence for the passengers who died and were injured in the previous week’s coach crash in Bavaria Bus & Coach for MAN told how the business was developing Ten new generation Neoplan Tourliners were lined up outside the Palace of Culture in Warsaw to provide a ‘ride & drive’ experience for journalists on the return three-hour journey to the plant at Starachowice Sales in 2016 had increased from 5,025 in 2014 and 6,105 in 2015 to 6126 units over eight tonnes this figure included 3,648 units sold in Western Europe Neoplan-branded vehicles accounted for around 1,000 of those Total deliveries for this year to the end of June total 2,622 but adding in the outstanding order intake for 2017 build at 3,608 units already exceeds the total of deliveries in 2016 with the projected total for 2017 standing at around 6,500 Not everything was yet as they wanted it to be but sales were growing and there was a plan for the future that projected a rise to 8,020 units by 2021 After running through sales in regions and key markets Rudi Kuchta explained that the strategic pillars of the bus programme were: international key accounts the aftersales operation and support network who UK operators will recall from his spell as MD of the EvoBus operation in Coventry then revealed a number of new developments and plans for the future Among these was a new design of electric-hydraulically driven door for buses that saves 15kg in weight per entrance needs less maintenance and can be integrated to work in conjunction with an electric wheelchair ramp Restating the company’s position on the road to zero emissions he said it would offer a full range of 12m and 18m battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) the first demonstration vehicles going on test in the fourth quarter of 2018 with partners in Hamburg Production vehicles would start to come off the line late in 2019 and would become the third option in propulsion systems along with diesel and gas with hybrid seen as a clear bridge to electromobility MAN’s approach would be to offer a modular system applicable to bus and truck that could be tailored to meet operators’ needs in respect of capacity heating/cooling system and charging strategy it had been decided to prioritise overnight charging over opportunity charging: “We see the future clearly as overnight and both the 12m and 18m will be developed solely for overnight charging,” said Jan To help operators with electromobility-related issues such as those relating to energy a new operation called MAN Transport Solutions had been set up under Stefan Sahlmann to give customer specific consultancy advice Initial research with partners in cities suggested that 55% of existing routes were suitable for conversion to overnight charging operation as they were a further 25% could be operated if there was off-peak depot charging with changes and 10% would need adaptation of the existing route to be suitable for electric operation because they were beyond the current range capacity Looking at a graph of the likely peak recharging demand Stefan said that operators would need to minimise their peak load requirements in order to reduce their peak demand infrastructure costs MAN’s big launch on the coach front is the new generation of the Lion’s Coach range Since the range-topping Lion’s Star was discontinued before Euro5 in 2009 the Lion’s Coach has been the MAN brand’s sole integral coach offering It was explained that the impetus for the introduction of the new model at this time came with the impending requirement to satisfy ECE R66.02 with effect from the end of October this year This will see the end of several group products including the long serving Lion’s Regio interurban bus and (after a run of only a few years) the Neoplan Jetliner New and continuing models have stronger structures achieved through the use of higher grade steels with no gain in weight and only minimal internal changes This projection during the launch of the Lion’s Coach graphically illustrates the evolution of MAN coach design Incorporating the ‘smart edge’ design that is to be a feature of new products from the group the Lion’s Coach has a completely new yet clearly MAN look that is intended to project efficiency and power A useful 20% more aerodynamic than the previous model the main design emphasis has been on separating the driver’s compartment luggage compartment and the drive unit areas of the vehicle A variety of new materials and manufacturing processes have been employed in its manufacture It is being offered in four different length variants with 12.101m and 13.091m two-axle versions and 13.361m and 13.901m options on three axles both the two-axle 13.091m and the 13.361m tri-axle are marketed as the Lion’s Coach C while the shorter two-axle is just the Lion’s Coach and the 13.901m is the Lion’s Coach L 11.8 and 13.2 although I believe this may include internal racks To German three-star specification without toilet A 20 per cent aerodynamic improvement has been achieved compared with the current generation MAN Lion’s Coach All versions are powered by 12.419-litre D2676 LOH six-cylinder common rail diesel units mounted vertically at the rear On two-axle coaches the options are either 420hp/309kW with maximum torque of 2,100Nm or 460hp/338kW with peak torque of 2,300Nm Tri-axle Lion’s Coach options are either the 460hp unit or a more powerful 500hp/368kW alternative that gives you 2,500Nm the engine output is 20hp more than previously and the rear axle ratio has been extended to 2.73:1 All versions have as standard the MAN TipMatic transmission derived from the ZF AS Tronic embodying a new strategy for pulling away and shifting All but the 500hp can have the ZF EcoLife six-speed automatic as an option There was talk of a change from the TipMatic to a Volkswagen group derived transmission but any change before the introduction of Euro 6D was ruled out Service intervals have been extended to 140,000km and depending on application diesel particulate filters should be good for 850,000km or more The interior of one of the MAN Lion’s Coach launch vehicles Inside there is a new LED strip light illuminating the floor the racks have been extended further forward and have new closures there are new integrated service sets and USB points are fitted on every seat a new heated side window and more clearly laid out switches Somewhat to the amusement of some European journalists my predictable enquiries about a right-hand drive version of the Lion’s City were met with the anticipated negative response I asked about chassis and was told that the new colour dash display would come to coach chassis around the middle of 2018 but otherwise no big developments were planned The drive trains had been developed for Euro 6C so it would likely be Euro 6D before the next changes Separate conversations revealed that although there are no current plans to do so it would be feasible to develop the A95 12m tri-axle double decker that is already sold in Singapore If MAN did decide to go down this route it would need an alliance with a UK bodybuilder and no talks on the subject have taken place.This chassis originally developed from the A22 single decker has already been developed in right-hand drive for Euro 6 though the first deliveries have not yet been made As MAN’s electric system will be available in all chassis the possibility of an electric A95 was not ruled out and a CNG version could technically also be offered At present the only MAN buses on order for the UK are 16 destined for the Runcorn Busway operation where similar buses are already operating with Arriva the fact remains that it will only be the Neoplan Tourliner range that is offered to the UK coach market in integral form though chassis mounted products will add to the available options there are no plans for right-hand drive versions of the Cityliner or double-deck Skyliner; similarly there is no intention to offer the new Lion’s Coach The good news for loyal Neoplan customers is that there is a new Tourliner model or P10 if you like MAN’s confusing in house model designations This additional model follows the well-trodden path to offering a longer option on two axles Slightly shorter than the existing 13.4m long P20 tri-axle Tourliner C is 13.1m long and will be available in right-hand drive with up to 57 seats There will be a left-hand drive option with a reduced height toilet compartment with a double seat on top taking the total capacity to 59 but there are no current plans to offer this in the UK Production of the Tourliner C begins on 1 October and the right-hand drive and low toilet models will follow at the beginning of 2018 The design has been developed to take advantage of the 19.5tonnes GVW limit that will be standard in Europe and albeit with less leeway on luggage-carrying capability MAN quote a luggage capacity of 14.3 cubic metres without a toilet but within this they include around two cubic metres for the capacity of the interior racks A new option soon to be offered on all Tourliner length variants is the ZF EcoLife transmission This can be specified with all engine options up to 460hp/2300Nm The company is in the latter stages of finalising the installation which I understand is already running in a Cityliner test coach Also coming is the new PCV (Premium Comfort Valve) independent suspension system that will be used across the MAN/Neoplan coach range maintenance-free system with no electronics that is fitted on all axles and adjusts the damping curve for an improved ride will come in on Tourliner during the fourth quarter of this year LED lights including main and dip beam are now standard across the Neoplan range and an option for the first time on the Tourliner is the MAN AttentionGuard system which monitors the driver’s reactions and warns of drowsiness if he becomes tired The driver’s display screen is an inch larger and offers a much improved resolution so that it is easier to read There are also changes to the Skyliner model which is celebrating 50 years since the first one took to the road on 27 April 1967 though unfortunately there are categorically no plans to reintroduce it in the UK New will be a Class 2 version with 91 high-back seats integrated handrails rather than overhead luggage racks an integrated destination screen and the space normally used for the kitchen used to house electrical systems An order for 100 has already been placed by Cotral SPA in Italy 40 of which are scheduled for delivery this year MAN utilised the necessity to travel by road from Warsaw to Starachowice and back to give journalists the opportunity to travel on and drive the latest generation Tourliners A fleet of ten examples of the three current variants was lined up outside the Palace of Culture in Warsaw I travelled on a two-axle 12.1m variant with 44 seats on a return journey that gave me a total of close to six hours on the coach The previous Tourliner interior employed a different colour palette with a lot of pale blue in the ceiling area; this one had a light grey ceiling with air conditioning vents and rack edges in bronze and light coloured wood-effect flooring The seats were Brusa manufactured MAN Erino which featured predominately textile trim with perforated leather side pieces and headrest centre as well as piping They were also fitted with seat-back tables with cup-holders and magazines nets and proved comfortable throughout An observation I would make as a passenger is that the LGS lane departure warning system is disconcerting for passengers when it works audibly (as on the standard version) rather than silently as the optional driver’s in-seat warning does It was equipped with the 12.419 litre MAN D2676LOH six-cylinder engine which develops 420hp/309kW at 1,800rpm and peak torque of 2,100Nm at between 930 and 1,350rpm it had the MAN TipMatic transmission with intarder which is developed from ZF’s AS-Tronic fully automated manual To increase the driveability by reducing vibrations and noise from the engine Idle speed shifting (a crawling function) on gears one to six keeps the clutch closed after changes and ensures that the coach does not start to accelerate on its own when pressure on the brake is released until the accelerator is pressed Speed shifting on the top three gears (10-12) maintains comfort but prevents momentum being lost when ascending This last feature is particularly useful on higher-ratio axle options though our coach had the standard 2.73:1 ratio The low rev level at which the engine achieves maximum torque is accomplished by twin turbo charging with high- and low-speed turbines and After the second turbine there is another stage of charge air cooling I didn’t drive it but those who did reported it was good to drive had unobstructed mirrors and pulled very well at low revs It didn’t go into 12th (overdrive) gear until around 60mph and at 62mph/100kph was only doing 1,100rpm the coach goes into neutral and coasts when it can Negative aspects were a tendency to be affected by side winds which as a passenger you were occasionally aware of though for a 3.84m high two-axle this wasn’t surprising Rather more annoying as a passenger was the regular ping as the automatic toll device acknowledged the passing toll transmitters possibly from the mirrors and the central area of the steering wheel obscured the fuel gauge and water temperature gauge when driving Somewhat surprisingly one of the footrests used by a colleague fell off when deployed The existing MAN Lion’s City bus family has been in production for well over a decade albeit updated with new technologies and successive generations of new engine technology as and when required A new generation has been expected for some time and though no details about it had been revealed during the previous day’s press conference as part of a visit to the Starachowice plant journalists were not only shown images of what the new family will look like but also given a virtual tour around the bus in the plant’s impressive ‘3D Cave’ it follows the design language seen in the Lion’s Star coach and is consequently much more stylish and less heavy looking than the existing bus range A brief press release provided the information that the new model had been developed from scratch; it will be offered with LED lights including headlights and tail lights; road testing prototypes will begin in September; and the official launch will follow in spring 2018 A lower total cost of ownership is promised There is a completely new driver’s cab said to be more ergonomic comfortable and safe with a raised door and a higher mounted seat as well as repositioned switches and instruments to make it more user friendly The new Lion’s City is to be built at the Starachowice plant in Poland where all MAN service buses are manufactured and has a long history stretching back to before World War Two when it was a munitions factory the Government selected it as the headquarters for the Star commercial vehicle business It was acquired by MAN in 1999 and a lot of investment has taken place since Today it builds 1,500 buses and chassis annually and can build the InterCity range if demand at the Ankara facility requires it the facility built the frame of the MAN city bus range which was then shipped the 420km/261miles to Poznan for completion Under a €20m plan developed in 2014 and completed last October the entire process has been transferred to Starachowice and the Poznan facility closed All employees were given the opportunity to transfer to either Starachowice or the VW van plant in Poznan or take redundancy packages The vehicle in the centre is a CNG fuel Lion’s City for Tbilisi in Georgia which has taken 100 The move was accomplished without losing any days of production with those who were going to be undertaking the transferred work spending time at Poznan learning the job before the transfer was achieved in eight stages For the most skilled roles involving the electrical installations Lion’s City buses on the finishing lines at Starachowice The plant builds chassis as well as complete buses Arriva’s order for CNG-fuelled Lion’s City bus chassis for Runcorn will pass down these lines There are now around 2,600 employees at the plant 1,600 of them on production and 1,000 on assembly and of these The total includes 150 research and development engineers the plant is becoming increasingly vertically integrated though it does still rely on some parts brought in Around 99% of parts for production (though not finishing/assembly) are produced within Some 90% of metal parts required are made on site and parts are also manufactured for use at the Ankara and Salzgitter facilities It is becoming increasingly automated with heavy investment in new laser cutting equipment There are plans to replace the manual painting facility with an automated one next year ‘green production with green products’ the plant has reduced emissions by 30% compared with 2008 levels and from 2019 will be producing MAN’s electric buses This board in the plant showing complete buses in build demonstrates the wide variety of customers and variants offered A47 and A49 are mentioned and there were also chassis such as the A22 in production roof and front sections are united in one of two massive jigs At the heart of the longevity that purchasers expect from their buses is the biggest cathodic dip facility in Poland which electrostatically coats the frame with a protective layer in a 70-minute process this facility can cope with two buses simultaneously racks of parts are dipped in the vacant space ahead of shorter vehicles it is on to the assembly section for completion This area has been increased from two lines to seven and the average age of the workforce is lower than in the production section largely because so many were newly recruited as a consequence of the relocation of the work it is astonishing to see the variety of colours on vehicles for all over the world It is not only the production facilities that have seen extensive equipment As well as the 3D Cave with its projectors stereoscopic computers and infra-red cameras that enable the Automatic Vehicle Environment to be generated new office provision and a new customer-care centre At Kortrijk’s last Busworld from 20-25 October From Neoplan will be the Tourliner and Skyliner while the MAN brand will be represented by the Lion’s Coach Supporting them will be displays and representatives from MAN Transport Solutions MAN has invested heavily in its bus and coach offerings in recent years showing the Volkswagen Group’s clear intention to maintain and develop the brands as it has done with its car marques There is little sign yet of closer working with Scania Both the Lion’s Coach and the Neoplan Tourliner are competent renewals of established models that will be further enhanced in the relatively short term launch of a new generation of buses that will be crucial to the business maintaining the growth it looks for Web Design & SEO by Brave Agency This site uses some unobtrusive cookies to store information on your computer these are in place to ensure that you receive the best possible experience when using the Bus & Coach Buyer website.