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 Lithu ...

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 ...

. 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) 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 The Belarusian Telegraph Agency or BelTA ( be, Беларускае Тэлеграфнае Агенцтва, russian: link=no, Белорусское Телеграфное Агентство, БелТА) is the state-owned national news agency ...

It also produced fire trucks AC-40, buses PAZ-3205, vans

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. 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 MZKT (''МЗКТ'' or ''МЗКЦ'', be, Мінскі завод колавых цягачоў, , Minsk Wheel(ed) Tractor Plant (MWTP)) is a manufacturer of heavy off-road vehicles, especially military trucks, based in Minsk, in Belarus; it was ...

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