![]() ![]() "We could make special seats," Bellini told Millman, "give the customer a bigger or smaller luggage rack, or fruit racks for buses in farm towns. could not compete with bigger bodybuilders on price or delivery time, but it offered superior service. However, in 1957 it opened a real manufacturing facility in a suburb of Caixas do Sul. "Everything was handmade." By 1954, when the company was incorporated, it was producing bus bodies however, with only 15 employees, it essentially remained an artisanal enterprise, taking three months to make a single one. "It was all trial and error at first," Bellini recalled to Joel Millman, writing for Forbes almost a half-century later. The first order came from a local commuter bus line, and Nicola built the body on a truck chassis. Settled by Italian immigrants to Brazil's southernmost state, this city abounded in small-scale manufacturing enterprises, many of them founded by skilled metal and wood craftsmen working out of shops in backyards and basements. Under the name Nicola & Cia., it plated and painted cabins for trucks in Caixas do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The company was founded by Paulo Bellini and six other young mechanics in 1949. Marcopolo sells its vehicles under such brand names as Volare, Fratello, Andare, Paradiso, Viaggio, Torino, and Viale, and it has factories in five other countries: Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal, and South Africa. The company also repairs these vehicles and makes automotive parts. Its production includes bodies for both urban and highway-transportation buses, and for motor coaches, vans, and recreational vehicles. manufactures almost half of all buses and microbus bodies built in Brazil and is the third largest manufacturer of bus bodies in the world. NAIC: 336211 Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing 336312 Gasoline Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing 811121 Automotive Body, Paint and Upholstery Repair and Maintenance Thanking again to Tata- Marcopolo for this great drive of providing luxury and comfort transport solution and to provide good Job opportunities.Incorporated: 1954 as Nicola & Cia. I got some information that BMTC officials has received some request letters from public to add some more Tata-Marcopolo buses.īy this details its comfirm that Dharwad plant will run succesfully and make those Tata horses to run faster and safer. I heard even BMTC- Bangalore has also recived positive responce for Tata- Marcopolo from people. The success of Tata Marcopolo bus in Mumbai BRTS and Delhi has made Tata to bag more orders. With its special features it has already caught attention of many people. The buses built so far conform to international standards in quality and safety, and the plan is to market the products not only in India but also in all Tata Motors focused markets globally.Īs we all know the Tata Marcopolo is proved for its cost effectiveness in city transport. The joint venture is good combination with Tata Motors providing technology and expertise in chassis and aggregates, and Marcopolo providing the expertise and know-how in processes and systems for bodybuilding and bus body design. The joint venture, in which Tata Motors will hold 51 per cent of the equity and Marcopolo will hold 49 per cent, initially set up a manufacturing facility in Lucknow from where the DTC low-floor city bus order was executed. In May 2006, Tata Motors and Marcopolo of Brazil announced a joint venture company in India to manufacture and assemble fully-built buses and coaches. ![]() ![]() Karnataka people are really thankful for TATA's drive and provide job opportunities. The plant, at full capacity, will generate over 6,500 direct jobs. The joint venture has already invested about Rs. In 2009-10, the first full year of operation, production can be up to 15,000 units. It will produce a comprehensive range of buses to be marketed under the ‘Starbus’ and ‘Globus’ brands, including 16 to 54-seater standard buses, 18 and 45-seater luxury buses, luxury coaches and low-floor city buses.Spread over about 123 acres, the plant will have a capacity to produce 30,000 units a year, to be achieved in phases. The Dharwad plant will cater to India’s growing demand for world class fully-built buses for intra-city and inter-city transportation with international standard comfort, quality and safety. at Dharwad in Karnataka has begun commercial production from Feb-2009. The bus manufacturing facility of Tata Marcopolo Motors Ltd. Finally TATA's have shown green signal for their new world's biggest bus plant. ![]()
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