Bus manufacturer Volgren reached a historic milestone with the delivery of its 2000th locally built bus from its Eagle Farm facility in Brisbane, the company announced this week. Since opening in 2009, the Queensland facility has been central to bus manufacturing in the state, delivering over 1000 buses to Brisbane City Council and achieving a…
Volgren has announced its expansion into South Australia, with plans to establish a new facility in Adelaide. The bus body manufacturer, which currently employs 500 staff across facilities in Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and New South Wales, said the expansion would create new jobs and strengthen local supply chains. The Adelaide facility will provide services…
Australia’s largest bus body manufacturer Volgren has has revealed its first hydrogen-powered bus (pictured), in collaboration with Wrightbus. A second hydrogen bus is already in production and will be delivered to the customer in the coming months, further expanding Volgren’s role in zero-emission transport solutions. The hydrogen bus follows the announcement earlier this month that…
Fifty Brisbane built buses have been made available by the Queensland government to cope with increased patronage expected from its plan to offer 50 cent fares across the city. Thirty seven of 200 Queensland made buses on order have been built and are ready to redeploy to boost capacity, while another 13 buses will be…
The first electric bus to be manufactured as part of a joint $250 million Australian and Western Australian government initiative has now been completed. Canberra committed $125 million toward electric bus charging infrastructure in Perth and the state government made a $125 million commitment for the acquisition of 130 locally manufactured electric buses. The electric…
Next Science reports positive study for BLASTX Wound care technology developer Next Science has reported a study showing the company’s BLASTX product to be efficacious in the treatment of pressure ulcers when used in conjunction with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). BLASTX utilises the company’s NXBIO technology which reduces the impact of biofilm based infections…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) Australian government, Hanwha sign IFV contract The federal government has signed contracts with Hanwha Defense Australia for 129 locally built Redback infantry fighting vehicles, to be built in Geelong for the Australian Army. Hanwha was announced as…
The Queensland government has named Scania Australia and Volvo Group Australia as the preferred builders for 200 new rail replacement buses. In a statement on Thursday morning, the government said an initial $133.8 million would be invested to make these buses locally, with Volgren to build 165 Euro 6 diesel buses on Volvo chassis and…
The Queensland government aims to stimulate bus manufacturing in the state, committing an initial $134 million to build 200 buses as part of a new Queensland built bus fleet. The sector, disappointed with a decision by Brisbane City Council to build its new Metro bus fleet overseas, is now set for a procurement process run…
