Australasian Bus & Coach - May 2018

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(^8) ABC May 2018 busnews.com.au
AMAJORBUSORDERfrom
Transport Canberra (TC) means
Volgrenhasadded45newworkers
to its Eagle Farm manufacturing
facility in Brisbane, as the massive
Australian-based bus-body
VOLGREN INCREASES ITS
BRISBANE WORKFORCE
manufacturer grows its production
volumes to suit, the company
announced recently. Volgren won the
TC contract late 2017.
This is in addition to the 60 buses it
will deliver to Brisbane City Council in
2018 as part of its long-running prime
contractor agreement.
Peter Dale, chief executive
officer of Volgren, said staff in
Brisbane are busy working on the
first of 20 low-floor rigid and 10
VOLGREN WINS NSW SUPPLIER AWARD
AUSTRALIAN BUS BODY-MAKER
Volgren has won the prestigious
Supplier of the Year Award at the
2018 BusNSW Member Conference
recently, officiated at by The Hon.
Andrew Constance, Minister for
Transport and Infrastructure.
Held at the Crowne Plaza Resort
in the Hunter Valley, the awards
recognise excellence in a range of
disciplines throughout the NSW bus
and coach industry.
Winners were as follows:



  • Industry Achiever Award -
    Michael Kerr from Rover Motors

  • Innovative Operator of the Year

    • Punchbowl Bus Company
      (accepted by Alex Murray)

      • Outstanding Industry Contribution

        • Frank D’Apuzzo (accepted on his
          behalf by Peter Ferris)



      • Supplier of the Year - Volgren
        (accepted by John Allen).
        Volgren CEO Peter Dale said on
        behalf of the entire company he
        was delighted and humbled to win
        Supplier of the Year.
        “To be nominated and
        acknowledged by operators and
        the wider bus industry in NSW is a
        major endorsement of the work we
        do, our buses and the partnerships
        we continue to build with customers,”
        Dale said.
        “BusNSW play a critical role in
        advancing the entire bus industry and






I sincerely thank them and our NSW
customers for their continued loyalty
and support.”
Dale says that after-sales service
has been a significant focus for
Volgren in New South Wales and
that, “Volgren take great pride not
only in the buses we build, but our
after-sales service.”
“Since opening our service and
spare parts centre in Ingleburn, we
now have a fleet of five service vans
to meet the growing needs of NSW
operators. We’ve also appointed a
major account manager, John Allen,
who is based in Ingleburn.”
Australia’s largest bus body
manufacturer will supply 140 buses

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