Volgren celebrates 5000th bus out of Dandenong
Volgren, the country’s largest bus body builder, has celebrated the roll-out of the 5000th bus built at its manufacturing headquarters in Dandenong. The milestone vehicle, an Optimus Low-Floor Route Bus, was handed over to operator and long-time Volgren partner Ventura Bus Lines (Ventura) during a ceremony attended by staff from both companies. Also part of [...]
BIC Auction Bus to go under the hammer in Canberra
Some of the country’s leading bus manufacturers and suppliers have once again donated their time, expertise and materials for the annual BIC Auction Bus. A 12.5-metre school bus, go under the hammer on Wednesday (November 20) during the Big Arvo Out Bus Auction, a highlight of the BIC Australasian Bus Conference in Canberra. Proceeds from [...]
Taking charge: Volgren takes a big step into a new era
Volgren, Australia’s largest bus body manufacturer will use the backdrop of BusVic’s 2019 Bus Expo and Maintenance Conference (October 1 - 2) to launch its first pure electric bus. The 12.2-metre vehicle is built on a BYD K9 chassis and features 324-kilowatt hours of battery capacity. It’s capable of travelling up to 300 kilometres on [...]
Busways takes delivery of new low-floor school buses
New South Wales operator Busways has taken delivery of a dozen new Volgren bodied, low-floor, seatbelted school buses, strengthening its rural and regional school bus fleet. The delivery is part of an order of 24 buses made in late 2018. Built on a Volvo (B8 Euro 5) chassis, the buses will be used for route [...]
THE NEW GUARD – THIAGO DEIRO
Thiago Deiro, Volgren's new CEO sat down with ABC Magazine in August to discuss the importance of people, lean manufacturing and always putting the customer first. You can read the full interview here
Victorian Minister for Public Transport inspects new buses at Volgren
Minister for Public Transport Melissa Horne visited Volgren’s factory in Dandenong yesterday to inspect the first of 50 new buses Volgren is delivering for Transdev. Representing the single biggest order of replacement buses in Victoria for 25 years, the 50 Volgren low-floor city buses built on a Scania chassis are part of a 100 strong [...]
New school bus for Sapphire Coast Buslines
Family-owned New South Wales regional bus operator, Sapphire Coast Buslines, has become the first operator in the country to put Volgren's new low-floor, seat-belted Urban bus onto the road. The 57-seat bus, a replacement vehicle under their current contract, will be used for both daily school services and standard route services throughout the Bega Valley [...]
Volgren begins its electric vehicle charge
Volgren, Australia’s largest bus body builder, has put its first ever electric bus into production, beginning the company’s move into zero-emission vehicle technology. The prototype, which will be completed by the middle of June, will be built on a BYD chassis, and include 324 kWh of batteries, enabling a range of more than 250 kilometres [...]
Marcopolo Appoint New Volgren CEO
Marcopolo SA, owners of Volgren, have appointed Thiago Deiro as the new CEO of Australia’s largest bus body builder, replacing the retiring Peter Dale, who will step down at the end of March. Thiago has been the Human Resources Director at Marcopolo SA since December 2016, responsible for people management processes in Brazil and abroad. [...]
VOLGREN ANNOUNCES ITS LARGEST EVER AUSTRALIAN BUS SUPPLY DEAL
Volgren, Australia’s largest bus body manufacturer, has signed the biggest bus supply deal in its four-decade history, extending its contract with Volvo and the Public Transport Authority (PTA) of Western Australia, the state’s government-run transport operator. Owned by Marcopolo SA, Volgren announced they would deliver up to 900 Transperth buses over a decade. The milestone [...]
Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews tours Volgren
Australia’s largest bus body manufacturer Volgren provided the perfect backdrop yesterday for the Morrison Government to announce funding for a Melbourne export hub designed to help small and medium businesses make their mark overseas. The announcement means that Wantirna’s Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited will receive $1.5 million from the Coalition‘s Small and Medium Enterprise [...]
VOLGREN TO UNVEIL NEW LOW-FLOOR URBAN BUS WITH SEAT BELTS
Family-owned New South Wales regional bus operator, Sapphire Coast Buslines will become the first operator in the country to bring Volgren’s new low-floor Urban bus used in rural and regional area’s as a city/school bus with seatbelts into its fleet. Currently under build at Volgren’s Dandenong manufacturing facility, the new combination, built on a Volvo [...]
Volgren delivers buses into tough operating conditions in PNG
Volgren has partnered with Volvo to deliver four new Endura-bodied buses to a remote site in Papua New Guinea that poses some of the harshest road conditions mine charter vehicles can face. Located in the Western Province of tropical PNG, near the company-operated township of Tabubil, The Ok Tedi open-pit gold and copper mine is [...]
Ventura reward Volgren with a new four year bus supply agreement
Melbourne’s largest bus operator, Ventura Bus Lines, has extended its bus supply agreement with Australia’s largest bus body builder, Volgren. The new agreement covers four years. Under the new supply contract, Volgren will deliver a minimum of 21 route buses, built primarily on Scania chassis, each year until 2022. Michael Hourn, Ventura’s General Manager for [...]