Lida Buses ''Neman'' ( be, Лідскія аўтобусы "Нёман") is a state-owned bus manufacturer located in
Lida
Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region.
Etymology
The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuani ...
,
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
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The company was founded in May 1984 by the Ministry of Radio Industry of the Soviet Union to produce industrial equipment (assembly and testing machinery) for its parent Association Agat.
[Краткая история ОАО"Лидские автобусы"Неман"]
/ref> In 1988, the plant was designated as pilot plant to manufacture prototypes. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
, the plant reoriented itself to produce household items (gas burners, electric motors, fans). Since the factory still had unused capacity, it entered into agreement with the Likino Bus Factory
LiAZ () is a bus manufacturing company located in Likino-Dulyovo, Russia. It is now a wholly owned subsidiary of GAZ. Specializes in designing and manufacturing buses large and extra large class (length 10.5 m and +).
Starting in 2015, th ...
(LiAZ) to produce LiAZ-5256 buses. It produced its first bus in 1994.[The 1000th Neman bus rolls off the line]
. 2011-06-03. Belarusian Telegraph Agency It also produced fire trucks AC-40, buses PAZ-3205, vans GAZelle. In 1998, the company began to produce its own original Neman buses.[ In June 2011, the company produced its 1000th bus.][
Neman became part of MZKT in 2014
]
Buses
Main models are:Pilot-Plant NEMAN
National Centre for Marketing and Price Study
*Neman-5201 (big city)
*Neman-52012 (suburban)
*Neman-3231 (small class)
*Neman-4202 (school bus)
References
External links
Official website
Official website of the distributor's plant in the Russian Federation
{{Soviet Automotive Makers
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1984
Bus manufacturers of Belarus
1984 establishments in the Soviet Union
Belarusian brands