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BUSMAKERS' NEWS WORLDWIDE * Mexico - Wheeling in Innovation: Volvo Buses Mexico
Today the company is the leading manufacturer of coach buses
Tultlitan,Mexico City,DF,MEX -Industry Today -12 Oct 2010: -- Since it first entered the Mexican market in 1998, Volvo Buses Mexico has steadily worked its way to the top of its industry. Today the company is the leading manufacturer of coach buses in Mexico and is blazing new paths with its development of innovative bus systems in major Mexican cities... Volvo Buses Mexico got its start 12 years ago, when Volvo Group, a leading global supplier of commercial transport solutions based in Sweden, took over Mexicana de Autobuses (MASA). At the time, MASA was manufacturing approximately half of the large buses produced in Mexico. After the acquisition, Volvo continued to produce popular MASA models... Shortly after Volvo entered the Mexican market, it spotted a growing interest from customers in big, modern coaches built to European standards. This led to changes in the company’s manufacturing process, and soon it began producing new models such as the 7550 series tourist coaches. It received an order from IAMSA Group for 900 buses, followed by an order from the same company for 1,800 more buses... For coach buses, its product line includes the Volvo 8300 and the Volvo 9700... In addition, Volvo Buses Mexico produces four models for urban use: the Volvo 7300 articulated bus, the Volvo 7300 bi-articulated bus, Volvo Access, and Procity... (Photo from portalautomotriz: Volvo 8300)
* China - Busmakers have achieved initial success in breaking into the EU market
(Photo: A King Log Bus)
Xiamen,Fujian,P.R.China -China Automotive Review, by Wayne Xing -11 Oct 2010: ... Two Chinese busmakers, King Long United Automotive Industry Co., Ltd. (King Long) and Youngman Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Youngman) have successfully sold their buses in Germany... King Long achieved European whole-vehicle type approval five years ago in 2005 and Youngman did so in 2009 for two of its models...
Yutong Group, China's largest bus and coach manufacturer, and Zonda, a relatively later comer, are also close to achieving whole-vehicle type approvals in the EU soon... Significantly, in its second appearance in Hannover, King Long signed an agreement at its stand with a UK transport company, Arriva, to supply Malta the next generation of city buses, replacing the old existing fleet of buses made in the 1950s... Chinese busmakers have become the envy of Chinese carmakers in setting foot into the European market...Labels: busmakers news worldwide
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