Industry | Automotive |
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Founded | 1998 |
Headquarters | , China |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Buses and coaches Commercial and tourism vehicles |
Revenue | RMB11.7 billion (2015) |
Number of employees | 6,000+ |
Parent | King Long |
Website | en |
Higer Bus | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 金龍聯合汽車工業(蘇州)有限公司 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 金龙联合汽车工业(苏州)有限公司 | ||||||
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Trading name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 海格客車 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 海格客车 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Higer Bus | ||||||
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Higer Bus Company Limited,also known as Higer Bus,is a Chinese bus manufacturer based in Suzhou,Jiangsu province. It was established at the end of 1998. HIGER is China's leading exporter of buses and coaches, [1] whose units are available in more than 100 countries and territories in South Asia,Middle East,Africa,Russia,East Europe and the Americas. In 2015,HIGER reached again a new breakthrough with more than RMB 11.7 billion sales revenue. Awarded with "China Top Brand","National Inspection-free Product" and other honors,HIGER has made its way to China's Top 500 Most Valued Brands with a brand value of RMB14.492 billion,becoming the fastest growing company in China's bus industry,a base for exporting national finished automobiles and one of the Top 100 enterprises in informationalization in China. [2]
On September 8,2016,the Ministry of Finance named five typical problematic enterprises in a notice on the special inspection of subsidies for the promotion and application of new energy vehicles:GMC,Suzhou Kinglong,Wuzhoulong,Chery Wanda,and Shaolin Bus. Among them,Suzhou Kinglong violated regulations by selling 1,683 new energy vehicles and 520 million yuan in subsidies in 2015,becoming the "subsidy fraudster" with the highest number of illegal vehicles and the highest amount of money. The notice stated that the 520 million yuan in state subsidies would be withdrawn,and Suzhou Kinglong would be fined 260 million yuan. [3]
Higer Bus Company Limited was established in December 1998. Below are some of the company milestones leading up to today: [4]
HIGER produce 6 major series products:Coach;City Bus;New Energy Bus &Coach;School Bus;BRT;Van.
HIGER Bus A Series are luxury coaches jointly launched by HIGER and Scania,including A80,A50,A30,A90,A98,etc. [11]
HIGER Bus V Series
HIGER New H Series
Classic H Series [11]
HIGER Bus B Series
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