KAvZ | |
Native Name: | ООО «Курганский автобусный завод» |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Former Name: | Курганский автобусный завод им. 60-летия Союза ССР |
Type: | Private limited company |
Industry: | Mechanical engineering |
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Hq Location City: | Kurgan, KGN |
Hq Location Country: | Russia |
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Key People: | Alexander Viktorovich Alsarayev, acting managing director |
Products: | Middle range buses |
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Num Employees: | circa 600 |
Num Employees Year: | 2013 |
Parent: | GAZ Group Bus Division |
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KAvZ (Russian: Курганский автобусный завод (КАвЗ)|Kurgansky Avtobusny Zavod|Kurgan Bus Plant) is a bus manufacturer in Kurgan, KGN, Russia. The factory started producing buses in 1958, based on trucks from GAZ. During the 1990s, it assembled Ikarus buses for the Russian market. Now a subsidiary of GAZ, it specialises in producing small buses, in particular school buses.
KAvZ is a subsidiary of Russian Buses which is a subsidiary of GAZ Group. Starting in 2015, the GAZ Group has introduced a single brand for all its bus manufacturing subsidiaries, and newly manufactured vehicles now feature the deer badge of the GAZ company.[1]