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Commercial
Vehicles &
Construction
Equipment
GB Auto’s Commercial Vehicles business
unit distributes imported and locally as-
sembled trucks and buses in Egypt. The
division assembles Fuso and Volvo buses
as well as Fuso trucks at plants in Sadat
and Suez (home to the new GB Polo fac-
tory), and distributes Volvo heavy trucks
and YTO tractors in Egypt. GB Auto also
manufactures and distributes semi-
trailers and super-structures under its
Commercial Vehicles line.
The company’s bus segment produces
a full range of transportation solutions,
including maxi buses, or coaches, with
a maximum capacity of 55 passengers;
midi buses (30-38 seats); mini buses
(24-29 seats); micro buses (17 seats); and
micro-micro buses (7 seats).
GB Auto’s Commercial Vehicles line
markets heavy-, medium- and light-
weight trucks for fleet operators, con-
tractors, large industrial operators and
government agencies throughout Egypt.
The Commercial Vehicles unit, more
than any other GB Auto operation,
demonstrates the group’s capabilities
as a manufacturer. With the exception
of the chassis, the company designs and
manufactures complete buses at its fa-
cilities. At these production facilities, GB
Auto produces the Fuso RP coach, the
Fuso Cruiser mini and medium-sized
buses, and Volvo model tourism buses
and
introduced the new-generation
Marcopolo bus range in 2014.
GB Polo, the company’s joint-venture
with global giant Marcopolo, is home to
a 5,000 unit-per year capacity (potential
capacity, based on two shifts daily) state-
of-the-art bus body manufacturing facil-
ity targeting local and export markets.
GB Polo produces buses covering all ap-
plications (micro, mini, midi, city, school
/ labor, intercity and coach) and the
facility utilizes almost 285,000 square
meters of land.
GB Polo was conceived as a move to
capture export opportunities in bus field
manufacturing by utilizing GB Auto’s
quality standards and relatively low-cost,
highly-trained workforce in combination
with Marcopolo’s 65-year history of suc-
cessfully developing technological and
innovative concepts for full transporta-
tion solutions and setups in key markets
worldwide.The addition of the Iveco chas-
sis has also proven to be a further boost
to the strength of GB Auto’s Bus division.
GB Auto’s Construction Equipment
business unit includes earth moving
equipment, road machinery and power
generators distributed in Egypt under
distribution agreements with Volvo
Construction, SDLG and AKSA. The
group markets its heavy-duty equip-
ment line to public and governmental
customers, as well as to private sector
companies, and the company is explor-
ing options to expand this segment into
other key regional markets.
The Commercial Vehicles & Construc-
tion Equipment business line is sup-
ported by financing through GB Lease
as well as a robust After-Sales frame-
work that extends GB Auto’s total care
model to customers of this key LOB. This
business unit offers GB Auto customers
throughout Egypt a nationwide network
of owned-retail showrooms including 6
after-sales service centers.
2014 Business Review
• The year just passed witnessed both
increased spending on infrastruc-
ture investments and strong signs of
new economic activity in the public
and private sectors, supported by
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