KAvZ
Native name | ООО «Курганский автобусный завод» |
|---|---|
| Formerly | Курганский автобусный завод им. 60-летия Союза ССР |
| Company type | Private limited company |
| Industry | Mechanical engineering |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Alexander Viktorovich Alsarayev, acting managing director |
| Products | Middle range buses |
| Services | Bus manufacturing |
Number of employees | circa 600 (2013) |
| Parent | GAZ Group Bus Division |
| Website | bus |
KAvZ (Russian: Курганский автобусный завод (КАвЗ), romanized: Kurgansky Avtobusny Zavod, lit. 'Kurgan Bus Plant') is a bus manufacturer in Kurgan, KGN, Russia. The factory started producing buses in 1958, based on trucks from GAZ. During the 1990s, it assembled Ikarus buses for the Russian market. Now a subsidiary of GAZ, it specialises in producing small buses, in particular school buses.
KAvZ is a subsidiary of Russian Buses which is a subsidiary of GAZ Group. Starting in 2015, the GAZ Group has introduced a single brand for all its bus manufacturing subsidiaries, and newly manufactured vehicles now feature the deer badge of the GAZ company.