Volgren
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A KMB's Volvo Super Olympian (Volgren-bodied) in HK. |
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A SBS Transit Volvo Super Olympian (Volgren-bodied) in Singapore. |
Volgren is an
Australian bodywork company previously owned by
Volvo and the
Grenda Corporation but is now entirely owned by the latter. It was established in 1977, initially supplying bodywork for Volvo buses sold in Australia, and later supplying bus bodywork on all types of chassis for both local sale and export.
Volgren has manufacturing facilities in
Dandenong, Victoria (VG);
Malaga, Western Australia (VP); and
New Zealand (VNZ).
Brisbane Transport assembles Volgren bodies for their own buses in
Toowong, Queensland using kits supplied by Volgren in Victoria.
In
Hong Kong, 21 of
KMB's
Volvo Super Olympian (
Volvo B10TL), 17
MAN 24.310 and 1
Volvo B9TL demo,
Citybus's MAN 24.350 and
Scania K94UB have the bodywork provided by Volgren.
In
Singapore, there are a total of 51 Volvo Super Olympian fitted with Volgren Bodywork, as well as the
Volvo B10BLE demo, the
Scania L94UB demo, the 12 Volvo B10BLE CNG and Mercedes Benz O405GN for
SBS Transit buses. As for
SMRT Buses there are the
Mercedes Benz O405, O405G's,
Hino HS3KRKK's and HS3KRKA, and 2
Dennis Lances.
In
Malaysia, a substantial number of buses were fitted with the Volgren bodywork as well. Examples can be found in the capital
Kuala Lumpur and
Johor Bahru, state capital of
Johor.
* CR221/CR221L/CR221LD
* CR222L
* CR223L/CR223LD
* CR224L
* CR225L
* CR226L
* CR227L
* CR228L
