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Karosa

Karosa (Czech: Továrna na Kočáry, Automobily, Rotory, Obráběcí stroje, Sekací stroje a Autobusy, English: Factory for carriages, cars, rotors, machine tools, cutting machines and buses) was a bus manufacturer in Vysoké Mýto in Czechoslovakia (after 1993 in the Czech Republic). It was the single (monopoly) manufacturer of buses in Czechoslovakia. In 2007, its name was changed to Iveco Czech Republic, and now the company produces buses under the name Iveco Bus.

Since 2014, the Czech Republic has produced more buses per million inhabitants than any other country in the world. The Iveco Bus factory in Vysoké Mýto produces around 3,100 buses annually and is the largest manufacturer of buses in Europe.