In December, Caio Induscar Ltda, State of São Paulo reported it had delivered another 102 school buses for operation in the city of Botucatu, State of São Paulo; these were sourced under the school bus programme, Caminho da Escola program, which is funded by the National Education Development Fund (FNDE).

February sees Scania do Brasil Ltda start production of its new generation truck range at its plant in São Bernardo do Campo, which is approximately two years after launching the new models in Europe.

The first deliveries of electric buses to local customers have been completed by BYD production facilities in France and Hungary.

Cobolt AB is a Swedish company specialising in the development and manufacturing of compact, high-performance lasers used in analytical instrumentation applications.