EvoBus GmbH
Overview
Address
EvoBus GmbH
Ulm/Neu-Ulm Plant
Carl-Zeiss-Straße 2
89231 Neu-Ulm
Germany
Ulm/Neu-Ulm Plant
Carl-Zeiss-Straße 2
89231 Neu-Ulm
Germany
Phone
Phone: +49 731 181-0
Production
Paint shop and assembly: city / interurban buses and coaches
Facts & Figures
Number of employees (2010)
3,774
Plant founded
1991
History
1893
Wheelwright business founded by Karl Kässbohrer
1911
The company’s first bus rolls off the Ulm-Wiblingen production line
1920s
The first luxury touring coaches, built on passenger car & truck chassis
1930s
Streamlined high-speed buses for motorways
1951
The SETRA S8 becomes the first bus to be produced using the self-supporting integral construction method. The buses are given the SETRA brand name.
1967
The 100 series replaces the S10 series
1976
Launch of the 200 series. With more than 36,000 units produced, it sets new standards in bus construction.
1991
The new-generation 300 coach series is unveiled
1992
Bus production starts at the new “Plant 5” (Neu-Ulm)
1994
The new MultiClass series is unveiled
1995
Mercedes-Benz AG purchases Karl Kässbohrer Fahrzeugwerke. All European bus activities bundled into EvoBus GmbH, with the SETRA brand maintained as a separate product unit.
1997
Start of the EvoBus integrated production network
1998
Building of new “Plant 5” painting facility
2001
World premiere of the TC 400 in Ulm. 50 years of Setra
2002
Presentation of the S 431 DT double-decker bus at the International Motor Show in Hanover.
2005
10th anniversary of EvoBus GmbH and relocation of parts production from “Plant 1” to “Plant 4” (Neu-Ulm)
2006
Building of new “Plant 8” central parts store (Neu-Ulm)
2007
Building of new “Plant 5” customer centre
2008/2009
Building and purchase of new “Plant 5” administrative building and sale of “Plant 1” in Ulm
Top