Iveco Bus, formerly Irisbus, is a bus manufacturer with headquarters in

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. Iveco Bus is now only a brand division of

Iveco Iveco S.p.A., an acronym for Industrial Vehicles Corporation, is an Italian multinational transport vehicle manufacturing company with headquarters in Turin, Italy. It designs and builds light, medium, and heavy Commercial vehicle, commercial veh ...

which is a company incorporated under Dutch law and listed on

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History

Iveco (1975–1999)

In 1975 Fiat Bus created the brand Iveco (Industrial Vehicle Corporation) which gradually took over operations of

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(OM) and Orlandi in Italy,

Berliet Berliet was a French manufacturer of automobiles, buses, trucks and military vehicles among other vehicles based in Vénissieux, outside of Lyon, France. Founded in 1899, and apart from a five-year period from 1944 to 1949 when it was put into 'a ...

Renault Renault S.A., commonly referred to as Groupe Renault ( , , , also known as the Renault Group in English), is a French Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company curr ...

, Chausson, and Saviem in France,

Karosa Karosa (, ) was a bus manufacturer in Vysoké Mýto in the Czech Republic. It was the biggest manufacturer of buses in Czechoslovakia. In 2007, its name was changed to Iveco, Iveco Czech Republic, and now the company produces buses under the name ...

in the Czech Republic, Magirus-Deutz in Germany, and

Pegaso Pegaso (, "Pegasus") was a Spanish manufacturer of trucks, buses, tractors, armored vehicles, and, for a while, to train apprentices, and have a good brand image, some sports cars. The parent company, Enasa, was created in 1946 and based in t ...

in Spain. With the integration of Renault Bus in 1999, Iveco Bus became Irisbus.

Irisbus (1999–2013)

The French-Italian company was created in January 1999 by way of merger between the coach and bus divisions of Renault Véhicules Industriels and the coach and bus divisions of Fiat Industrial and

, with Ikarus Bus added in late 1999. The Ikarus Bus division was sold off in 2006 to Hungary's Műszertechnika Group, acquiring the property of Heuliez and

which became Iveco Czech Republic in 2007. From 2003 to 2010, Irisbus was 100%-owned by Fiat Group's IVECO, and the company was named Irisbus Iveco. On 14 September 2011, Fiat Industrial announced the closing of the Italian plant in Flumeri, Campania due to a drastic reduction in production, preparing the relocation of the activities to

Annonay Annonay (; ) is a Communes of France, commune and largest city in the north of the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It is the most populous commune in the Ardèche department although it is not the ...

, France. Since 2013, Irisbus has been 100% owned by

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's Iveco division.

Iveco Bus (since 2013)

The Irisbus name was retired and the division is a branch of Iveco, rebranded as Iveco Bus in May 2013, after a reorganization plan. All new buses are now sold under the IVECO brand, as are all the other commercial road vehicles produced by the group. The company is based in

with offices in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

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, and

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. Buses are developed in one of two Research and Development centres, one in Italy and one in Switzerland. The engines which power Iveco buses were developed in Italy by Fiat Powertrain Technologies. On 25 February 2020, Iveco and

Otokar Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi A.Ş., also known simply as Otokar, is a Turkish bus and military vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Sakarya, Turkey. Otokar is a subsidiary of Koç Holding. History Otokar was founded in 1963 as Turkey' ...

sign an agreement for the joint production of buses at the Sakarya plant in

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to be sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Born from this agreement was the Iveco Bus Streetway presented in September 2021, based on the Urbanway chassis and with Iveco Cursor 9 engines. This model complements the Urbanway without replacing it. In March 2022, the 150,000th bus was produced at the Vysoké Mýto plant. On 18 April 2023, the new area in the Foggia plant (formerly Sofim) was inaugurated for the assembly of coaches and buses. The investment for setting up the production line amounts to around 40 million euros and benefits from the funds made available by the

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package. The plant has a production capacity of 1000 buses per year. The first models to be assembled and finished will be the E-Way and Crossway buses.

Factories

The main assembly plants are located in: * Suzzara,

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

(all IVECO vehicles based on Daily) *

Foggia Foggia (, ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere delle Puglie, Tavoliere, also know ...

Vysoké Mýto Vysoké Mýto (; , also ''Hohenmauth'') is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. Its town square is the largest example of its type in the country. The historic town ...

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(ex

factory) *

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Twenty-seven plants located in 16 countries around the world produce vehicles, supply engines and parts: * Astra Arad,

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* Sofim,

* SPA Torino,

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* Rorthais,

Deux-Sèvres Deux-Sèvres (, Poitevin-Saintongese: ''Deùs Saevres'') is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a ...

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* Córdoba,

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* Transgór, Mysłowice,

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* Irex, Sosnowiec,

* Senai,

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* Santarosa Motor Works,

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* Iveco South Africa, Rosslyn, Gauteng,

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Models

Current

;Urban * Crealis Neo * E-Way * Crossway LE City * Streetway * Metro (Australian market) * Urbanway ;Intercity * Afriway (African market) * Crossway * Crossway LE ;Coach * Evadys * Magelys ;Minibus * EcoDaily

Discontinued

;Buses * 315 (1978-2001) * 316 (1978-200) *

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(1976-2001) *

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(1999-2006) *

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(1999-2006) * Arway (2006-2013) * Axer (2001-2007) * Citelis (2005-2013) * CityClass (1996-2008) *

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(1998-2000) * Effeuno (1984-1990) * EuroClass (1999-2007) * Hynovis (2008-2012) * Midys (2004-2008) * MyWay (1999-2007) * Récréo (1996-2007) * TurboCity (1989-1996) * TurboCity R (1992-1998) ;Coaches *

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(1998-2011) * Evadys (2005-2013) * EuroRider (1997-?) * Flipper (2006-?) * Iliade (1997-2006) * Midway (2004-2013) * Proxys (2005-2013) ;Minibuses * 316 (1978-2000) * Europolis (1999-2010) * Midirider (?-?) * Proway (2005-2013) ;Trolleybuses *

(1999-2006) * Civis (2004-2010) * Cristalis (2004-2011)

Gallery

File:VER Ennepetal Irisbus Citelis 100 8033.jpg, Irisbus Citelis File:Fearnes Coaches - Irisbus Agoraline with ABM CB60 body.jpg, Irisbus Agoraline with ABM CB60 body in

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File:Cluj-Napoca Irisbus 1.jpg, Irisbus Agora bus and trolleybus in

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File:Seoul City Bus470.jpg, Iveco CityClass 18 m in

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File:CAT Irisbus Civis.jpg, Las Vegas

CAT The cat (''Felis catus''), also referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae. Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the ...

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, Romania

References

External links

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