BIZ: Product/Manufacturing: Carbuss planning to quadruple sales of Busscar branded vehicles in 2020

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Brazil - Carbuss Industria de Carrocerias Ltda of Joinville in the state of Santa Catarina, at the start of the year announced it was anticipating significant sales growth of its Busscar branded coaches in 2020. Carbuss also said it planned to increase employee numbers by about 50% with the launch of a new model, the El Buss 340, a front engine coach that was cheaper for the customer to buy, but with more accessibility for those in the charter segment. Carbuss also said that in 2020 it planned to build around 424 buses, which would potentially be a 405% increase in production compared with the 84 units manufactured in 2019 at his factory in Joinville. The manufacturer was anticipating increased demand from traditional brand operators/customers in Brazil, as well as from some new customers who had never purchased a Busscar before. Carbuss also hoped to boost exports, expanding sales in countries like Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nigeria, as well as two new markets, like Argentina and Paraguay, which in 2019 did not purchase any Busscar vehicles.