EvoBus GmbH / Mercedes-Benz Minibus GmbH
Overview
Address
EvoBus GmbH / Mercedes-Benz Minibus GmbH
Niedersachsenweg 20
44309 Dortmund
Germany
Niedersachsenweg 20
44309 Dortmund
Germany
Phone
Phone: +49 231 5182-0
Production
Production of city/interurban/ mobility buses and coaches based upon Sprinter chassis and Sprinter cabin wagons
Facts & Figures
Number of employees (2010)
240
Plant founded
1998
History
1953
Acquisition of the special-purpose vehicle construction firm Wagener by Karl Kässbohrer GmbH.
Construction of special-purpose vehicles of all kinds as well as bodies for trucks and delivery vans
1975
Kässbohrer moves from Dortmund Port to the new plant on Niedersachsenweg in Dortmund.
Construction of semitrailers
1995
Daimler-Benz AG purchases Karl Kässbohrer GmbH and founds Evobus GmbH, combining the bus operations of Kässbohrer and Mercedes-Benz
1998
Evobus GmbH enters the minibus segment with a stake in Karl Koch GmbH
2000
Start of minibus production in Dortmund
2004
Evobus GmbH acquires all shares in Karl Koch GmbH.
Founding of Mercedes-Benz Minibus GmbH, based in Dortmund
2006
Launch of the new-generation Mercedes-Benz minibus based on the NCV3
2008
Concentration of all Evobus minibus activities in Mercedes-Benz Minibus GmbH in Dortmund
2010
Continuous expansion of the location to modernize production and expand capacity to more than 1,000 vehicles per year
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