BUSMAKERS' NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* India - Ashok Leyland to shift the offerings to fully-built buses
Tiruchirapalli,Tamil Nadu,India -My Digital FC, by G Balachandar -Feb 19 2010: -- With changing market dynamics and customer preferences in the bus segment in the wake of entry of new big players, Hinduja flagship Ashok Leyland is gearing up to have larger share of fully-built buses in its offering over the next three years... The company, which earlier used to market mostly bus chassis, is keen to increase the share of fully-built bus in it offerings from the present level of 30 per cent to 60 per cent next year and 85-90 per cent over the next three years. “Though some customers are still opting for chassis, there is a shift towards fully-built buses. We are also moving towards offering more fully-built buses,” R Seshasayee, managing director, Ashok Leyland Ltd said at the launch of Irizar-TVS new bus assembly lines at Viralimalai, about 320 km south of Chennai... (Photo from ashokleyland: Panther bus* USA - More layoffs are slated for a Mohawk Valley bus company
Oriskany,N.Y.,USA -WKTV, by PAT BAILEY -Feb 18, 2010: -- Daimler Buses of North America announced Thursday that 27 people will be laid off at Orion Bus in Oriskany... In December, employees were asked to enroll in the voluntary termination of employment program... Six from Orion did so, but their parent company, Daimler, decided more layoffs were needed... As a result, 27 union employees at Orion will be terminated next Friday... The company says the layoffs are a result of many factors, including the overall economic downturn... The Oriskany company employs 429 unionized workers... Labels: busmakers' news worldwide
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