Acquired Companies
Bus makers owned/acquired by Volvo:
- Säffle Karosseri AB, Säffle, Sweden (1981, now Volvo Bussar Säffle AB)
- Leyland Bus, United Kingdom (1988, all Leyland products ceased production by July 1993)
- Steyr Bus GmbH, Steyr, Austria (early 1990s)
- Aabenraa Karrosseri A/S, Aabenraa, Denmark (1994)
- Drögmöller Karosserien GmbH & Co. KG, Heilbronn, Germany (1994, later known as Volvo Busse Industries (Deutschland) GmbH, plant closed in 2005)
- Prevost Coaches, Quebec, Canada (1995), now known as Prevost Car
- Merkavim, Israel (1996), jointly owned by Volvo Bus Corporation & Mayer Cars & Trucks Ltd., importer of HONDA cars & bikes in Israel
- Carrus OY, Finland (1998, later known as Volvo Bus Finland OY)
- Nova Bus, St-Eustache, Quebec, Canada (1998)
- Mexicana de Autobuses SA (MASA), Tultitlán, Mexico (1998), renamed Volvo Buses de México
- Alfa-Busz, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, (2002)
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