Solaris - not so new but already famous Polish bus manufacturer

Del boy:

Following lukas idea about presenting great polish things I just came up with this example.

Polish buses operating nearly everywhere in west anf east europe and of course beyond that as well. Who or what I am talking about?
Ladies and Gentelmen, let me introduce Solaris

http://www.solarisbus.pl/

Del boyThreads: 22 Posts: 318 Joined: Jun 29, 07	Edited by: Del boy Jul 23, 08, 18:03 / #
Following lukas idea about presenting great polish things I just came up with this example. Polish buses operating nearly everywhere in west anf east europe and of course beyond that as well. Who or what I am talking about? Ladies and Gentelmen, let me introduce Solaris http://www.solarisbus.pl/

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Jul 23, 08, 18:16 / #
They've just one a big contract in Greece.

LukaszThreads: 73 Posts: 2,396 Joined: Sep 1, 07	Edited by: Lukasz Jul 23, 08, 18:19 / #
Germans bought hybride version of our bus... and some trams

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Jul 23, 08, 18:21 / #
With gas going outside and inside ?

LukaszThreads: 73 Posts: 2,396 Joined: Sep 1, 07	Edited by: Lukasz Jul 23, 08, 18:24 / #
New Citybus in Hannover Germany (Solaris)

rafikThreads: 21 Posts: 740 Joined: Jun 22, 06	Jul 24, 08, 00:20 / #
http://www.solarisbus.pl/en/about_us,profil.html it is very impressive.it shows that something can be done almost out of nothing.the only thing is to believe :)

dnzThreads: 25 Posts: 804 Joined: Dec 2, 07	Jul 24, 08, 03:06 / #
My friend works for them and they do indeed seem a very impressive company,

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Jul 24, 08, 03:14 / #
Very good.

andy bThreads: 7 Posts: 195 Joined: Nov 26, 07	Jul 24, 08, 03:40 / #
Another successful Polish company is FAKRO from Nowy Sącz, they now supply 17% of the world's roof windows (skylights). Pity about their name though...

tomekThreads: 1 Posts: 147 Joined: Jun 12, 08	Jul 24, 08, 07:47 / #
I use this vehicles in Hanover occasionally. They have methane powered buses since some time, there are plenty of them there and they seem to do good.

tomekThreads: 1 Posts: 147 Joined: Jun 12, 08	Jul 24, 08, 13:35 / #
noimmigration: Is that all poland can do ? You'll like that one noimmi, Tur, better armoured than Humvee yet cheaper URL URL

WooPeeThreads: 3 Posts: 133 Joined: Jul 1, 08	Jul 24, 08, 13:58 / #
They are selling their buses to most European countries. This year the signed pretty big contract with Dubai Public Transport.. The company should come out in Warsaw Stock Exchange..

noimmigration	Edited by: noimmigration Jul 24, 08, 14:41 / #
LOL @ warsaw stock exchange first group is a Scottish transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Canada, USA, and from 2009 also in Denmark, with headquarters in Aberdeen. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Their operating total annual revenue after cost of sales is nearly £500 million and they have subdivision whose brands you may recognise ; UK Bus, UK Rail, First Student, First Transit, First Services, Greyhound USA and Greyhound Canada.

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Jul 24, 08, 14:47 / #
I'm sure we have these buses around here, but I wait and I wait and I wait and still I don't see one.

noimmigration	Jul 24, 08, 12:17 / #
Del boy: Following lukas idea about presenting great polish things I just came up with this example. Polish buses operating nearly everywhere in west anf east europe and of course beyond that as well. Who or what I am talking about? Ladies and Gentelmen, let me introduce Solaris http://www.solarisbus.pl/ Is that all poland can do ?

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Jul 24, 08, 14:44 / #
lol...

dcb	Edited by: dcb Oct 30, 08, 18:06 / #
Dubai Solaris [youtube=null]

dcb	Oct 30, 08, 19:03 / #
Poznan CNN Eye on Poland Solaris Bus Made in Poland

Del boyThreads: 22 Posts: 318 Joined: Jun 29, 07	Oct 30, 08, 22:08 / #
dcb: Dubai unfortunately it is mercedes

McCoyThreads: 46 Posts: 1,756 Joined: Jul 3, 08	Oct 31, 08, 08:40 / #
Del boy: unfortunately it is mercedes they've bought 225 solaris buses for dubai tomek: Tur, better armoured than Humvee yet cheaper tur2 with żubr http://www.amz.pl/pl/pojazdy_wojskowe/transporter/tur2/tur2/ http://www.amz.pl/pl/pojazdy_wojskowe/transporter/zubr/zubr/

dcb	Edited by: dcb Oct 31, 08, 11:04 / #
Del boy: unfortunately it is mercedes solaris urbino 18 for Dubai seen in Poznan when you watch this video form dubai Bus has green dog symbol -solaris

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Jan 24, 09, 07:29 / #
I was gonna create a thread on this until I used the search function. I've never used the checker but Wrocław told everyone that it should be used. Anyway, I must say that the quality of buses has improved. Solange did well here. All the buses are tailored and hand-crafted to precise standards. This is more like Germanic efficiency.

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Jan 24, 09, 08:01 / #
Seanus: This is more like Germanic efficiency. But without leather trousers, Hasselhoff T-shirts, sandals with socks and other similar stuff.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Edited by: Seanus Jan 24, 09, 08:04 / #
They wear those things efficiently too ;)

McCoyThreads: 46 Posts: 1,756 Joined: Jul 3, 08	Jan 24, 09, 09:12 / #
upcoming Solaris trams: some pictures of Solaris buses and trolleys outside Poland: Kaunas, Lithuania: Vilnius, Lithuania Munich, Germany: Frankfurt , Germany: Athens, Greece: Prague,Cz Rep: Dresden, Germany: Ostrava, Cz rep: Mayrhofen, Austria: Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Berlin, Germany: Bremen, Germany Germany: Estonia: Strasbourg, France. Bochum, Germany: Ghent, Belgium: Budapest, Hungary: Debrecen, Hungary: Rome. Italy: Solaris Vacanza: Concept Solaris Urbino 12 New Edition New Hybrid bus:

McCoyThreads: 46 Posts: 1,756 Joined: Jul 3, 08	Edited by: McCoy Jan 24, 09, 10:45 / #
Pesa (Bydgoszcz) new trams: _________________________________________________________ Solaris vs Pesa VS

PrinceThreads: 26 Posts: 826 Joined: Nov 4, 08	Jan 24, 09, 10:51 / #
McCoy: Pesa (Bydgosz) Bydgoszcz http://www.pesa.pl/php/index_en.php?id_sesja=0

SalomonThreads: 6 Posts: 602 Joined: Apr 7, 09	Edited by: Salomon May 14, 09, 02:22 / #
http://www.rp.pl/artykul/5,305113.html Well we have crisie in Europe but it doesn't change the fact that Poland is 3rd the biggest bus manufacturer in Europe (after Germany and Sweden). cool

SalomonThreads: 6 Posts: 602 Joined: Apr 7, 09	Edited by: Salomon May 29, 09, 18:00 / #
McCoy: Pesa http://www.railwaymarket.eu/7351/Poland+Contract+between+Pesa+and+Wars aw+Trams+signed.htm Pesa Bydgoszcz signed the contract with Tramwaje Warszawskie (Warsaw Trams) on delivery of 186 low-floor vehicles. - It is a big thing,- said Tomasz Zaboklicki, the president of Pesa. Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, the president of the city of Warsaw said, that the Poland's capital is starting to invest in the rail transport and this contract is one of the things proving it. - It is the biggest contract in Europe.