Volgren

Volgren Australia

File:Transperth Volvo B8RLE TP2963.jpg A Transperth Volvo B8RLE with Volgren Optimus bodywork at Bull Creek railway station
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Bus manufacturing
Founded	1977 (1977)
Headquarters	Dandenong
Number of locations	Dandenong Malaga Eagle Farm
Key people	Thiago Deiro (CEO)
Revenue	$207.1 million (June 2011)
Number of employees	560 (June 2011)
Parent	Marcopolo
Website	www.volgren.com.au

Volgren is a Australian bus and coach brand headquartered in Dandeong it was first founded in 1977 by Grenda Corporation a bus operator from Melbourne. Volgren used only chassis from Volvo because Grenda owned a Volvo buses dealership this continued until 1989 when the dealership was relinquished.

The name Volgren is a mix of the names of the original investors which are Volvo and Grenda in December 2011 Marcopolo a Brazilian bus brand bought a 75% stake on the company. then it increased to 100% in 2014. making Volgren a subsidiary of Marcopolo.

Factories and Models

Factories

• Dandenong, Victoria (VG) completed Volgren's first bus in October 1979
• Malaga, Western Australia (VP) opened in April 1999 to fulfill a contract to body Mercedes-Benz O405NHs for Transperth
• Eagle Farm, Queensland (VQ) opened in February 2010

Former factories:

• Tomago, New South Wales (VT) opened in March 2010, closed July 2012

City Buses

• Optimus
• CR228
• CR227
• CR226
• CR225
• CR224
• CR222
• CR221

Coaches

• Endura
• SC222
• SC221

Operators

Australia

• ComfortDelGro Australia
• Transdev Australasia
• Ventura Bus Lines
• Transperth
• Kinetic Group

Asia

• Hong Kong
  • Kowloon Motor Bus formerly operated 1 Volvo B9TL, 17 MAN 24.310 HOCLNR-NLs and 21 Volvo Super Olympians.
  • Citybus formerly operated 1 MAN 24.350 HOCLNR-NL and 1 Scania K94UB
• Singapore
  • SBS Transit formerly operated 50 Volvo Super Olympians, a diesel powered Volvo B10BLE, a Scania L94UB, a Volvo Super Olympian prototype, a Mercedes-Benz O405G prototype, a Volvo B5RLEH and 12 CNG-powered Volvo B10BLEs.
  • SMRT Buses formerly operated 15 Mercedes-Benz O405s, 11 Hino HS3KRKKs and a HS3KRKA, 2 Dennis Lances and 21 Mercedes-Benz O405Gs.
• Malaysia, a substantial number of buses were fitted with the Volgren bodywork as well. Examples can be found in the capital Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam and Johor Bahru, state capital of Johor.
• Japan
  • Nishi-Nippon Railroad bus, Toei Bus, Niigata Kotsu and Nara Kotsu currently operates Scania K360UA6×2/2LB with Optimus body. The body of these buses is 5 centimeters narrower than normal ones.