| 1840 | Augsburg: Initiated by textile industry Ludwig Sander and Gaspard Dollfus established machinery factory |
| 1841 | Nürnberg: By railway development foundation iron foundry and machine factory Klett & Comp. |
| 1844 | Augsburg: They lease it to Carl Buz and Carl August Reichenbach |
| 1844 | Nürnberg: Main supplier of royal 'Wagenbauanstalt' |
| 1847 | Nürnberg: Klett dies, son in law takes over company |
| 1848 | Nürnberg: Entry of the engineer Ludwig Werner |
| 1849 | Nürnberg: Own wagon building |
| 1852 | Nürnberg: Entry into the high steel construction, corn hall at Viktualienmarkt, several other large structures in Munich |
| 1852 | Nürnberg: First iron railway bridge in Bavaria |
| 1855 | Augsburg: Buz and Reichenbach will the owner of the factory |
| 1855 | Nürnberg: First export of iron construction wagons |
| 1857 | Augsburg: Carl Buz' son Heinrich joined the company, joint stock company' Maschinenfabrik Augsburg 'was founded. |
| 1864 | Augsburg: Heinrich Buz: sole management of the machine factory |
| 1873 | Augsburg: First German rotary printing machine |
| 1873 | Augsburg: Work on Linde's refrigeration machine |
| 1876 | Augsburg: Patent application refrigeration machine |
| 1882 | Augsburg: Machine for two-tone printing |
| 1886 | Augsburg: Own Department of refrigerating machines |
| 1893 | Augsburg: Patent for the diesel engine, contract between Diesel, Krupp and Maschinenfabrik Augsburg |
| 1897 | Augsburg: First diesel engine runs with 26 percent efficiency |
| 1897 | Nürnberg: Construction of the Müngsten bridge (formerlyKaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke), highest railway bridge in Germany |
| 1898 | Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg and Maschinenbaugesellschaft Nürnberg AG |
| 1900 | Augsburg: Machine for six-colour printing |
| 1908 | Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nürnberg AG |
| 1913 | Augsburg: Withdrawal of Buz |
| 1915 | MAN Saurer Lastwagen GmbH |
| 1918 | MAN-Lastwagenwerke by withdrawal of Saurer |
| 1919 | MAN garbage truck with tilting hydraulics |
| 1925 | MAN KVB, first truck produced in large series |
| 1931 | Termination of the contracts with Saurer |
| 1932 | The strongest diesel truck in the world: MAN S1 H6 |
| 1937 | Models E2, Z2, D1, M1 and F4 |
| 1939 | War truck ML 4500S and 4500A |
| 1945 | Nürnberg plant destroyed to two-thirds, start MK production |
| 1950 | MK 25 with 5 tons, MK 26 with 6,5 tons payload |
| 1954 | Mittenkugel process |
| 1955 | Round bonnet |