Karosa
Czech Republic bus manufacturer (1896-1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 the Czech Republic. It was the biggest 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.
Iveco Bus (since 2007) | |
Industry | Manufacturing (buses, cars, machine tools) |
Founded | 1896 |
Founder | Josef Sodomka |
Defunct | 1999 |
Headquarters | Vysoké Mýto, Czech Republic |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Buses |
Owner | Iveco |
Since 2014, the Czech Republic has produced more buses per million inhabitants than any other country in the world.[2] The Iveco Bus factory in Vysoké Mýto produces around 3,100 buses annually and is the largest manufacturer of buses in Europe.[3][dubious – discuss]