Germany / Kazakhstan – Claiming that almost all buses in Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital, already have Voith transmissions, Anton Khapugin, Voith regional sales director said at Busworld Central Asia in Almaty at the end of June the potential for sales growth in the region for its DIWA transmissions was huge. He said the potential for growth in Almaty and in other Central Asian cities was due to the high compatibility of its transmissions with CNG engines, which Khapugin believed were most likely to become the main successor to diesel buses in the region over the coming years. 

Voith Turbo, the division of the Voith group which specialises in drive and braking systems, were present at Busworld Central Asia Almaty to expand their already sizeable footprint in Central Asia. Promoting its automatic transmission, which was first developed over sixty years ago and has undergone continuous refinement ever since. The transmission today has four forward gears, one overdrive gear and one reverse gear and the latest version, DIWA.6 is designed to prevents gear changes until the vehicle is travelling at 20km/h to reduce fuel consumption, reduce maintenance and extend the life of the transmission.