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Busworld Asia postponed for a year

CHINA Busworld International has postponed this year’s Busworld Asia exhibition. The exhibition, which started in China in 2000, will next take place between March 20 – 22, 2013.

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Magna Seating acquires Vogelsitze GmbH

GERMANY Magna Seating, part of Magna International Inc., has acquired the assets and business of Vogelsitze GmbH in Karlsruhe- Stupferich, Germany, which specialises in the development and production of seats for the bus and light train […]

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DICV to step up its bus building

INDIA Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) is hoping to compete with Tata and Ashok Leyland with a new range of buses. The new range will complement the firm’s existing high-end Mercedes-Benz luxury buses already sold […]

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Van Hool wins large American order

BELGIUM Van Hool has won two orders from ABC, its American distributor, for a total of 510 vehicles. The manufacturer is building 210 coaches in Belgium, and is also setting up a foreign plant to […]

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Toronto’s iconic GMs withdrawn

CANADA Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) withdrew its last five iconic General Motors (GM) buses on December 16. The vehicles, which were dubbed “Fishbowls” due to their curved windshields, had been serving passengers in Canada’s largest […]

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Volvo receives order from Jamaica

JAMAICA Volvo Buses has announced an order worth €16.3m for 230 buses for Kingston, Jamaica. The order, which includes 210 conventional B7Rs and 20 B12M articulated buses, will be delivered over a three-year period, with […]