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NIELSON - Volvo

Nielson - Busscar is one of the most prestigious companies in Mainland American spatialized in the assembly of buses, buses and coaches as they want to call regionally. Given the crucial importance of the Brazilian company home in our respective countries , its servers Enrique Fernandez B. ( Uruguay) and José L. Ramírez ( Mexico) have developed this joint.

As of September 17, 1946, the Swedish descendants Bruno Augusto Nielson and Nielson Eugénio opened a carpentry shop in Joinville . They made furniture, frames, wooden balconies. A year later, the company Nielson & Irmão body amended the first bus. Soon after, in 1949, they mounted the first body structure entirely made of wood (" Jardineira ") on a Chevrolet chassis Gigante. It was the seed of a business that in a few decades would become one of the major chassis manufacturers in the world market.

With the arrival of Harold Nelson (eldest son of Augustus) in 1956, the company took new directions and walked with long strides into the forefront of the segment in Brazil, highlighting innovative and revolutionary products and models Diplomat in 1961, Urbanuss in 1987 and the Pan DD in 1998 while many others.

Bodies In 1990 the so-called Nelson launches a new family of buses for road and change the brand to Busscar Ônibus , starting at what is now known brand in the Brazilian market and international. Even with the death of Mr . Harold Nielson in late 1998, the company lost its differential features that were always design, comfort, durability and endurance of its products.

In 1999, Busscar entered the market with the model minibuses Micruss inova and the urban market with Pluss Urbanuss in which it became a benchmark.

In 2001 it launched a new family of buses for road Vissta Buss and Buss Jum , in 2002, Pluss Urbanuss Tour, the first double-decker bus for tourism in Latin America , 2003 was released the first Midi Bus rear engine in Brazil called Miduss , while other prominent innovation and pioneering .

The Busscar SA Ônibus always unwrapped its own technology in the design and manufacturing solutions to deliver the ultimate in comfort , safety and comfort in all transport segments coletivo passengers. With a vision ahead of time to develop solutions for public transport passenger, Busscar became the only Brazilian company that has the technology and integrated manufacturing of buses. The company's industrial complex comprising (in Joinville ) a total area of \u200b\u200b1.000.000m2 with 84.000m2 of built area.

The affiliates of Busscar active in the Automotive sector.

TECNOFIBRA

The works in the plastics industry and developed its own technology in its 25 years of experience in the market. The Climabuss , an expert in the production of air conditioners for buses started operating in 2002 and is conquering its space in the market for long steps and strengthen their entrepreneurial marca.El company continues Busscar every day in search of customer satisfaction and mainly ahead of its time as a genuinely Brazilian company, always looking to the future, and increasingly working to build and strengthen the brand Busscar known as "The mark of the bus"

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BUSSCAR Models Expected - MCI

Motor Coach Industries , Inc . Presents three new concept vehicles at the Expo UMA 2003 in Orlando, FL . MCI Micruss showed a minibus 22 feet available in versions executive or city, Metruss , a vehicle of average size 30 feet available in configurations high or low floor, known as Urbanuss . "We are in the initial stages development of these vehicles to the concept of "North American market, says Joe Vandiver, vice president of business development for MCI . After its entry into the talks in November 2001 announced MCI its plans last September to work with Busscar conceptual models , focusing on co-production, to share technology, brand, marketing and parts supply.

Busscar in Mexico

Once privatized the formerly state-owned Mexicana de Autobuses, SA de CV (MASA), the new administration was advised of Nielson - Busscar to design new buses. This advice is capitalized in the Premier mass models, mass Strada and others (see Mass, Part 2).

In 1998, MASA became part of the Volvo Group . However, shortly after Busscar presence in Mexico was made directly to the purchase in 1999 company facilities Omnibus Integrales, SA de CV ( OISA ), located in Aguascalientes, Ags .

OISA born from a need for Omnibus de Mexico (OM ) to find other ways to equip themselves. The plant began suit in July 1990 with an investment of $ 4.5 million for the production of passenger trucks. In a subsequent mention presentation notes on OISA before being acquired by Busscar .

currently Comprehensive Omnibus continues producing passenger buses. It has capacity to produce 4 units daily. OISA is almost a workshop when compared to the parent plant Brazilian and even when compared with other companies in that genre installed Mexico. However, for Busscar is important because it allows you to cover and maintain market share Mexican.

Among the models on the market Busscar Mexico include: The Buss 320, The Buss 340, Jum Buss 360, Vissta Buss HI DD and Panoramic , among others.

Vissta Buss HI 4 x 2

Vissta Buss HI 6 x 2

All Photos taken of buses EBM x

Busscar Jum Buss 360. Taken Digital Bus.

Puebla, Pue . Saul Rodrigo Fuentes

Panoramico DD
Photo taken from MEXIBUSES

Before OISA be Busscar part, produced the model OISA Jaguar, he continues to occur with the notable influence of Busscar .

OISA -Jaguar 2003 Photo taken from All
x Bus. Submitted by Jonathan Severiano

OISA

Another bus is the Marlin model

It knowledge age the hard economic situation that crosses BUSSCAR , where production has stopped completely. The latest news known about it is that is expected granting a loan , in order to be able to meet an order of buses to Guatemala . Ojala, a reality and can still see the roads of America, buses BUSSCAR .

The content of this work based tThis:

Magazine "Bus Ride" September 2003 issue

Busscar Official Site http://www.busscar.com.br/

Chaining

productive and Industrial Promotion in two automotive clusters, an approach to the experiences of Aguascalientes and Juarez. Thesis presented by Blanca Esther Enríquez Lara to get the degree of Ph.D. in Social Sciences, Tijuana, BC 2004.

Any comments or clarification we remain :

Enrique Fernandez B.

Montevideo, Uruguay

José Ramírez L.
Monterrey, Mexico