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FINAL VOLVOVOLGREN BRISBANE COUNCIL CONTRACT BUS DELIVERED The last bus of a Volvo-Volgren 12-year bus supply agreement with Brisbane City Council (BCC) was delivered recently.
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ith the occasion marked officially at Volgren’s Eagle Farm production facility, the now symbolic Bus 882 capped off a successful 12-year council supply run, which amassed almost 900 vehicles delivered from the collaborative bus duo, the companies confirm. The handover event featured the last of the locally-built buses to leave the company’s Eagle Farm facility, as well as the very first bus – a Volvo B7RLE – built in 2009. Volgren has been operating as prime contractor to BCC in partnership with 22
leading chassis manufacturer Volvo. Volgren CEO Thiago Deiro says the partnership has, and will always be, an integral part of the company’s history. “We are grateful for the trust that Brisbane City Council has shown in us for 12 years as prime contractor, and for more than two decades in total. “We are also incredibly proud to have been given the opportunity to manufacture in Brisbane. “This bus, just like more than 800 before it, were made by Queenslanders for Queenslanders. And our partnership with [Brisbane] Council will endure.
“We believe that when you choose Volgren, you don’t purchase a product, you purchase a relationship. Product supply is just one element of that relationship; we have a multi-skilled fully functional aftersales team based at Eagle Farm. They are only a phone call away.”
VEHICLE EXCELLENCE Deiro says Volgren was doubly appreciative of the BCC partnership, which not only helped to bring about a vibrant bus-building supply chain in Queensland, but helped Volgren improve its products. “We believe we have helped Brisbane City
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