Carbuss - Indústria de Carrocerias Catarinense Ltda. is a Brazilian

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manufacturer. The company is based in

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in the south of Brazil, where it was industrial premises that covers , including a building of .

History

The business had its origins in a firm created on the purchase of the Joinville

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. For the business is to be deposited R$ 9.4

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in cash and another R$ 57.74 million to be paid in 52 installments with monetary correction. On June 12, 2017 the company received the name ''Carbuss - Indústria de Carrocerias Catarinense Ltda''. By the year 2018, 500

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s must be hired. After five years of stop, the factory would return to produce buses from 2018 with

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that would go from

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100

. After all the material goes through

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to see what can still be used, begins the hiring of the production staff. 80 employees works in

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and in mechanical and building

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. The production of buses would occur in the first half of 2018. Some ten thousand resumes have already been received, and preference was given to employees who have been dismissed by the former

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administration. Owner said that had a complete redesign of the product line, including the commercial names of the models, but following old Busscar, with the quality and differentiated design that has always marked the company. Thus, some lines of the design is to be modified, but following the traditional design of the bodies. The new products had been updated in functional, as from Euro 3 to 5, and aesthetic solutions, but without losing the DNA of Busscar's lines and finishes. Investor group acquired the ''Busscar''

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, equipment,

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s and industrial parks. The company assumed none of the old

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s. ''Busscar Colombia'' continues to operate as an independent company. Although 'Caio' and 'Busscar' are different companies,

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in the

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of both,

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exchanges, utilisation of

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structure,

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, etc. are common. Ten months after the acquisition, the new owners had already hired 180 employees and the goal is to have 500 to 800 employees until the end of 2018. The production line started on May 2, 2018 with three buses, Vissta Bus 360 to ''Viação Paraty'', in

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, a customer who asked to receive the car No. 001, a Vissta Bus 340 for ''Viação Osasco'', to run in the Greater

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, EMTU line (Metropolitan Urban Transport Company) and a Vissta Bus DD demonstrative.

Models

*El Buss 320 2019 *Vissta Buss 340 *Vissta Buss 360 *Vissta Buss 400 LD *Vissta Buss DD

References

External links

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