Neobus (Serbia)
Native name | Необус |
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Company type | Joint-stock company |
Industry | Automobile |
Founded | 1 June 1952 |
Defunct | 2012 |
Fate | Closed |
Headquarters | Privrednikova Street 20, Novi Sad , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Ninoslav Šimić (Trustee) |
Products | Buses |
Subsidiaries | Neobus BiH |
Website | www |
Neobus a.d. (full legal name: Neobus, Novosadska fabrika autobusa a.d. Novi Sad) was a Serbian
History
Neobus was established on 1 June 1952 in Novi Sad, second largest city in Serbia, as Autokaroserija. Neobus was built on the foundations of Stražilovo repair workshop, which was first founded in 1947 in Novi Sad. In the time of its foundation Neobus only had 15 workers. Today, there are 183 employees with this firm. During the first years of its existence Autokaroserija's key business activity was repairing and rebuilding car chassis. In 1956 Autokaroserija started producing new chassis.
From that time, Autokaroserija started closely cooperating with
The following year, 1974 is one of the most significant years in the history of Neobus. This was the period when Autokaroserija produced its very first urban bus on
In 1986 started the golden era for Neobus. The factory had moved to a new location in Novi Sad Industrial Zone South where a large facility was built measuring more than 20.000 square meters in surface placed on a plot of 110.000 square meters. 700 workers produced as many as 650 buses a year during this period.
With the dissolution of the
In 1992 the name Autokaroserija was changed to Neobus. The company was limited to
In 2006 Neobus signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with
On 22 November 2012, Neobus was declared bankrupt again.[3] In 2013, China's Yutong Bus was in talks to purchase Neobus, but the deal never materialized.[4]
Products
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Neobus_Citta_SLF_Lasta.jpg/220px-Neobus_Citta_SLF_Lasta.jpg)
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- Coaches
- Universo
- Universo Eternal
- Intercity Buses
- Terra
- Terra Eternal
- Adéquat
- Urban Buses
- Citta LF
- Citta LE
- Citta SLF
- Citta LEA
- Suburban Bus
- Luna
- Midi Buses
- Mercury
- Stella
See also
References
- ^ "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Economic assessment" (PDF). oecd.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Dutch company VDL and Serbian "Neobus" to produce "lexio" buses – contract worth 30m EUR". ekapija.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ ""Neobus" otišao u stečaj". rtv.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ "China's Yutong eyes cooperation with Serbia's Neobus – media". seenews.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
External links
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