Gemilang Coachworks Explained

Gemilang Coachwork Sdn Bhd
Type:Private Limited Company
Traded As:HKEX:
Location City:Johor
Location Country:Malaysia
Key People:Pang Chong Yong (Managing Director)
Industry:Bus manufacturing
Products:City buses, coaches, electric buses
Services:Design and manufacture bus bodies; bus assembly
Homepage:www.gml.com.my

Based in Johor, Malaysia, Gemilang Coachwork Sdn Bhd (GML) specialises in designing and manufacturing bus bodies and the assembly of buses. GML is also one of the first companies in Malaysia to assemble fully electric buses.

GML is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gemilang International Limited, which issued shares are listed on the Main Board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 6163 HK).

History

Gemilang Coachwork was founded on 23 September 1989 to assemble wooden bodies for bus and truck chassis. Today, GML is a bus body builder having exported more than 3,000 buses to the United States, Australia, Singapore, UAE, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Vietnam and other countries for a wide range of international chassis manufacturers and bus operators.

GML first exported their products by entering the Australian market and exported over 100 units in 1999. Other notable orders from the export markets include 1,101 Scania K230UB buses for SBS Transit,[1] 734 MAN NL323F (A22) for SMRT Buses of Singapore and 790 Scania K250UB and K270UB buses for Rapid Bus of Malaysia.[2] Another notable example is the MAN Lion's City DD L concept bus, which had its bodywork fitted by Gemilang on the MAN ND323F (A95) chassis for the Land Transport Authority of Singapore.[3]

In 2021, GML delivered more than 100 fully electric buses to the USA and Australia.

Products

Gemilang Coachwork currently offers various aluminium bus bodywork designs (including the licensed MAN Lion's City bodywork range) and configurations that could be customised to meet different manufacturers, operators and regional requirements. Over the years, GML had supplied bodies for BYD, Daewoo, Dennis, GreenPower Motor, Higer, Hino, Hyundai, King Long, MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan Diesel, Scania, Sunlong, Volvo and Yutong bus chassis.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.constellium.com/media/news-and-press-releases/press-releases-only/alcan-extruded-products-to-provide-lightweight-ecorange-r-technology-for-a-contract-of-600-low-co2-emission-buses-to-singapore-s-main-public-transportation-company Alcan Extruded Products to provide lightweight EcoRange® technology for a contract of 600 low CO2 emission buses to Singapore’s main public transportation company
  2. http://www.scania.com/content/dam/scanianoe/market/my/experience-scania/sseagt/SSEAGT10.pdf Scania Southeast Asia Griffin Today issue 10
  3. http://busandcoach.com/news/articles/2016/singapore-authority-assesses-three-door-double-decks Singapore authority assesses three-door double-decks