Marcopolo SA reported revenues of  BRA898.6m (USD224m) in the first quarter of this year, which is an increase of 17.5% on BRA764.8m (USD191m) registered in the same period of 2018.

Fundições Tupy SA, an engine block and components manufacturer, reported a 17.9% increase in revenue to BRA2.68bn (USD670m) for the first half of 2019 compared with BRA2.27bn (USD568m); net income increased by 33% to BRA139.8m (USD35m).

VW Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda announced it would use Fenatran 2019, held in Sao Paulo this month, to promote a series of technological upgrades and new variants in its truck range for the Brazilian and South American markets with a concentration of them being in the light and heavy-duty segments.

As an initiative to help transport operators in Argentina, where the economy has been contracting, Volvo Trucks Argentina of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has initiated a price freeze on original spare parts in the country.

Volvo Buses Latin America Ltda has delivered the first 336 buses (202 articulated and 134 bi-articulated) of the 700 new buses ordered last November for Transmilenio operations in Bogotá; the vehicles started operations in June.

Battery and electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD North America Inc unveiled a new transit bus and a new coach at BusCon 2019, held last month

The Mercedes-Benz Uptime programme from Mercedes-Benz Trucks is now available to operators using Atego trucks.

Daimler Buses is to supply the Romanian capital of Bucharest with 130 Mercedes-Benz Citaro hybrid buses with deliveries starting in May 2020.

Bridgestone do Brasil Indústria e Comércio Ltda has expanded its bus and truck tyre range in Brazil with the launch of the M842 radial tyre for use on steering axles on trucks and buses and the L325 tyre, designed for use on truck drive axles for short- and medium-distance applications.

Following its launch at the Global Public Transport Summit in Stockholm (organised by UITP in June this year), the hydrogen-fuelled Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen immediately underwent trials by operators in Austria, Italy and Germany.

Knorr-Bremse GmbH, global braking systems provider and supplier of other subsystems for rail and commercial vehicles has signed an agreement to sell its Powertech business unit to Munich-based Radial Capital Partners. 

BYD Europe Ltd and Alexander Dennis Ltd jointly announced the companies’ electric vehicle partnership is to upgrade its BYD ADL Enviro200EV with ADL’s new electric bus heating system and optimised vehicle layouts.