Order for 500 Volvo buses from Iran

Volvo Buses has received an order for 500 bus chassis from Iran. The order came from the company’s importer in the country, Run Iran. All the chassis will be delivered in 2005.

Iran is one of Volvo Buses’ biggest single markets. 3,400 Volvo buses have been sold in the country over the past ten years via the importer Run Iran. The latest order is for 500, B7R MkII intercity bus chassis. The chassis will be delivered in CKD kits from Volvo Buses’ factory in Borås. They will then be assembled at Run Iran’s own factory in Saveh, 170 km southeast of the capital Teheran. The bodies for them will be manufactured at the same factory. The bodies is Run Iran’s own design. But the design is built on a Volvo concept and Run Iran and Volvo work closely with one another. “Run Iran has bought body components from Volvo Buses in the past,” says Björn Ringius, Volvo Buses’ Marketing Manager for Iran. “We are negotiating to sell body components for this order as well.” The Volvo buses that Run Iran builds are of top quality for the country and are mainly used as intercity buses. April 19, 2005 For further information, please contact Björn Ringius, +46 31 322 42 56 or Per-Martin Johansson, press officer, +46 31 322 52 00. Download high resolution here http://imagebank.vbc.volvo.se/asset_server/asset_details.asp?idasset=3023