List of trolleybus manufacturers
Since the invention of the trolleybus, well over 200 different makers of trolleybuses have existed.[1] This is a list of trolleybus manufacturers, both current and former.
Current
- Astra Bus, Romania
- Belkommunmash, Belarus
- Bogdan, Ukraine
- CAIO InduscarPT, Brazil
- DINA, Mexico[2]
- Dongfeng Yangtse, China
- Ekova Electric, Czech Republic
- Electron Corporation, Ukraine
- Eletra IndustrialPT, Brazil
- Etalon, Ukraine
- Foton Motor, China
- Fiat Group, Italy
- Gillig, United States
- Hess, Switzerland
- Kiepe Electric, Germany – electrical equipment only with Gillig, United States, as subcontractor for bodies and chassis
- MAZ, Belarus
- New Flyer Industries or Flyer Industries, Canada/USA
- PC Transport Systems, Russia
- Pyongyang Trolleybus Works, North Korea
- Škoda Electric, Czech Republic - electrical equipment only with various bus builders as subcontractor for bodies and chassis
- Solaris Bus & Coach (with electrical equipment by Škoda, DP Ostrava, Cegelec, Vossloh-Kiepe and Medcom), Poland
- SOR Libchavy[3] (with electrical equipment by Škoda), Czech Republic
- Sunwin, China
- Trans-Alfa (VMZ), Russia
- Ursus, Poland
- Ufa Tram and Trolleybus Plant (UTTZ), formerly Bashkir Trolleybus Plant (BTZ), Russia
- Van Hool, Belgium
- Youngman, China
- Yutong, China
- Zhongtong Bus, China
Former
- Alfa Romeo, Italy
- Almatyelectrotrans-Service, formerly Electromash (Kazakhstan)
- AM General, USA
- AnsaldoBreda and predecessors Ansaldo Trasporti and Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie, Italy
- Aviant Aircraft Factory, Kiev, Ukraine
- Associated Equipment Company, UK
- Berkhof (known as VDL Berkhof in its last years), Netherlands
- Berna, Switzerland
- BredaMenarinibusIT, Italy
- British United Traction, UK
- Brown Boveri & Company (using GM New Look bus body) for Edmonton, Canada
- Busscar, Brazil
- Canadian Car and Foundry, Canada
- Chavdar, Bulgaria
- Crossley Motors, UK
- Daimler Motor Company, UK
- Dennis Specialist Vehicles, UK
- DesignLine, New Zealand
- ELBO, Greece
- Electric Transit, Inc., USA-based joint venture
- Fiat (subsidiary Irisbus is still manufacturing trolleybuses), Italy
- FBW, Switzerland
- Gräf & Stift, Austria
- Guy Motors, UK
- Henschel, Germany
- Hispano-Suiza, Spain
- Ikarus, Hungary
- J.G. Brill, USA
- Jelcz, Poland
- Kawasaki (Japan)
- Lancia, Italy
- Leyland Motors, UK
- LiAZ, Russia
- LuAZ, Ukraine
- LAZ, Ukraine
- MAN, Germany
- Mafersa, Brazil
- Marmon-Herrington, USA
- Materfer, Argentina
- Menarini, Italy – acquired by Breda in 1989, forming BredaMenarinibus
- Mercedes-Benz, Germany
- MASA (Mexicana de Autobuses SA) – now part of Volvo, Mexico
- Moscow Trolleybus Plant (MTRZ), Russia
- NAW, Switzerland
- Neoplan, Germany
- Neoplan USA
- Pegaso, Spain
- PTMZ, Russia
- Praga, Czech Republic
- Pullman-Standard, USA
- Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, UK
- Richard Garrett & Sons, UK
- Rocar, Romania
- Saurer, Switzerland
- Salvador Caetano, Portugal
- St. Louis Car Company, USA
- Scania AB, Sweden
- Socimi, Italy
- Sunbeam, UK
- Tatra, Czech Republic
- Trolza (previously ZiU), Russia
- Tushino Mechanical Plant, Russia
- Twin Coach, USA
- Valmet, Finland
- Vétra, France
- Viseon Bus, Germany (formerly Neoplan's trolleybus production)
- Volgograd transport and machinery plant, Russia
- Volvo Buses, Sweden
- Yaroslavl motor plant, Russia
- YuMZ - Dnipro, Ukraine
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References
- Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. pp. 94–125. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
- Trolleybus Magazine No. 311 (September–October 2013), p. 134.
- Trolleybus Magazine No. 281 (September–October 2008), p. 109.
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