Grivița (vehicle manufacturer) explained

Compania Industrială Griviţa S.A.
Type:	Joint-stock company
Foundation:	1926 as Atelierele Leonida Bucharest
Location:	Chitila, Ilfov, Romania
Num Employees:	128 (2009)^[1]
Industry:	Bus manufacturing
Products:	Buses
Revenue:	24,986,575 RON (2008)^[2]
Homepage:	cigrivita.ro

Compania Industrială Griviţa (former Atelierele Leonida and Întreprinderea de Reparații Auto (IRA) Grivița București)^[3] is a bus manufacturer based in Chitila, Ilfov county, Romania. The company is also specialized in vehicle servicing and spare parts production. Their main production line is the coach bus called Grivbuz.

Overview

The company started building its own series of buses in 1997 with a midibus prototype.^[4]

Their product line includes the:

• Grivbuz 7U midibus built in collaboration with Roman in 2001, and updated in 2003. Such buses have 44 passengers capacity and have been operating in the city of Tulcea.^{[5] [6]}
• Grivbus city bus built in 1999 in three or two doors versions and powered by Renault engine. They have been operating in Cluj-Napoca and Tulcea under public operators and other cities by private owners.^{[7] [8] [9]}
• Grivbuz G07 or Mercedes-Griviţa which is a 7m midibus, based on a Mercedes-Benz Vario chassis with modified body. Has a 27/37 passenger capacity, depending on the version – urban or interurban.^{[10] [11]}
• Grivbuz G12, a 12m coach bus manufactured in two versions – intercity or long-distance coach. They have been developed in collaboration with Roman in 2004. The engines are either MAN EURO 3 – 285 HP or Renault EURO 3 – 265 HP. The Romanian Gendarmerie owns 50 Grivbuz G12 buses.^{[12] [13]}
• Grivbus/Scania city bus built under Scania/Hess licence since 2006 equipped with a 260 HP EURO 3 engine. This type of buses are operating in the city of Târgu Jiu.^{[14] [15] [16] [17]}

External links

• Grivbuz vehicles
• Grivbuz (Facut In Romania)
• Google Maps - Compania Industriala Grivita S.A.

Notes and References

1. Web site: S.C. Compania Industriala Grivita S.A.. Firme.info.
2. Web site: Bilanturi contabile. FirmePeNet. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110819123711/http://www.firmepenet.ro/Compania-Industriala-Grivita-Sa-Cod-Fiscal-1555239.html. 2011-08-19.
3. https://www.rasfoiesc.com/business/afaceri/PREZENTAREA-GENERALA-A-SOCIETA22.php History of CI Grivița București
4. Web site: O companie într-o continuă dezvoltare . Compania Industrială Griviţa . În 1997 începe construcţia primului autobuz tip GRIVBUZ, care a fost doar începutul unei serii de alte modele destinate transportului urban, interurban şi turistic. . 20 October 2010.
5. Web site: Autobuzele S.C. Transport Public S.A. Tulcea . Asociaţia Transira .
6. Web site: Autobuze Grivbus in Tulcea . Transport în comun Tulcea .
7. Web site: Autobuzele RATUC-ului . 23 November 2005 . Tram Club România .
8. Web site: Autobuze Grivbus in Cluj . Transport în comun Cluj .
9. Web site: Autobuze Grivbus. Transport în comun in București. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721074011/http://transportbucuresti.trei.ro/autobuze/Ab_Grivbus.htm. 2011-07-21.
10. Web site: Autobuzele GRIVBUS . Tram Club România .
11. Web site: GRIVBUZ G07 – MV4,25 . Compania Industrială Griviţa .
12. Web site: GRIVBUZ G12I-M280 (autobuz interurban) . Compania Industrială Griviţa .
13. Web site: GRIVBUZ G12T-PVI 265 (autobuz turistic) . Compania Industrială Griviţa .
14. Web site: Autobuzele GRIVBUS . Tram Club România .
15. Web site: Autobuzele din Târgu Jiu . Tram Club România .
16. Web site: Grivbus autobuzul unei aliante de succes . 27 December 2008 . Transporter .
17. Web site: Autobuze Grivbus in Targu Jiu . Transport în comun Târgu Jiu .