CAIO, BUSSCAR AND BANCO LUSO BRASILEIRO PARTICIPATE IN LAT.BUS, AN IMPORTANT LATIN AMERICAN EVENT FOCUSED ON URBAN MOBILITY
2024-08-05 Grupo Caio companies exhibit product and service solutions for the transport segment at Lat.Bus Transpúblico 2024
Caio, urban bus manufacturer, Busscar, road bus manufacturer, and Banco Luso Brasileiro attend Lat.Bus 2024, one of the major events in Latin America focused on the passenger transport market.
Lat.Bus takes place on August 6-8, in São Paulo Expo premises, located at Imigrantes Highway. The 37th edition of NTU National Seminar is held in parallel to the event and brings the subject “Revitalizing public transport and recapturing passengers” into discussion. Major brands that transport lives
Caio, Busscar and Banco Luso Brasileiro are renowned brands in the market for their tradition, soundness and reliability, and bring to Lat.Bus an open concept stand, designed to bring together companies, customers, business partners, authorities, press, products and services . It is a large space designed by the Group for introducing the companies, with environments for exhibition and visitation of urban and road bus models, meeting rooms, lounges and cordiality areas.
Grupo Caio and Busscar exhibit part of their product portfolios, and Banco Luso Brasileiro presents its banking services, especially financing offerings aimed to the bus transport line, other financial solutions, foreign exchange, investments and insurance.
In line with current trends, Caio presents innovative solutions, such as bodies for chassis with Euro VI technology, which reduce pollutant emissions by near 75%; electrified chassis (Eletra and WEG); 100% electric chassis, and other different types of drive technologies. All of this combined with quality and excellence in customer service, which reflects the brand`s exceptional 78-year legacy.
Within its wide range of products, Busscar introduces the new NB1 family, launched in 2023, combining grandiosity with robustness, characteristics already consolidated by the brand. Its “DNA” also includes streamlined design that adds an elegant and bold look to its models.
The innovative design of Vissta Buss 345 and Vissta Buss 365, NB1 family, led the company to achieve the iF Design Award 2024, an international seal of excellence in design.
``The innovative solutions developed by Grupo Caio in the urban, road, charter and tourism segments demonstrate our commitment with smart mobility. Furthermore, with a constant focus on our customers, we continually evolve to bring a portfolio with differentiated products, adapted to the needs and particularities of each customer,” explains Paulo Ruas, CEO at Grupo Caio.
About Caio
With two manufacturing plants, headquartered in the city of Botucatu, and with a branch in Barra Bonita, both of them in the state of São Paulo, Caio has a production capacity of 50 bodies a day, in both units. We count on sales representation teams and parts representatives throughout Brazil and abroad, and a central office in the city of São Paulo.
The success in the bus segment results from a robust portfolio of products that meet the several needs of the market. Therefore, seeking to present some of these innovations, Caio separated seven buses to be exhibited at Lat.Bus, including Apache Vip, the best-selling urban bus in the country, diesel- and gas-propelled; eMillennium, aimed electrically propelled buses, assembled on diversified chassis; and ORE3, model designed for the ‘Caminho da Escola’ Program.
Tânia Pires de Souza, Communication & Marketing Manager at Caio, comments the preparation for the event: “Each stand space has been designed to provide an even greater immersion and interaction among our customers, partners, authorities, suppliers, visitors and supporters of Caio, Busscar and Banco Luso Brasileiro brands. We invite everyone to follow our social media and, of course, visit our stand.” About Busscar
Since its incorporation in Caio Group in 2017, Busscar develops and delivers to its customers bodies with excellence in design and quality, produced with cutting-edge technology for the domestic and international markets.
In its stand at Lat.Bus, Busscar will present the rear-engine models, Vissta Buss 345 and Vissta Buss 365, in addition to the new double decker bus that is part of the NB1 family, Panorâmico DD.
According to the opinion of Paulo Corso, Sales Director at Busscar, the company is experiencing a promising phase. “In recent years, we improved our production process and presented innovative products, maintaining the quality and comfort that are typical of the brand. With the NB1 family, we will continue to set trends and increase our share in the bus market both in Brazil and abroad,” he comments.
About Banco Luso Brasileiro
Banco Luso Brasileiro is specialized in financing offerings to the public transport segment, financial solutions to companies, investments, foreign exchange and insurance.
“Insurance and other new products come with the purpose of diversifying our operations in the market. Our experience in the transport segment and our excellence in corporate governance makes us confident that we are capable to offer even more and better financial solutions to our customers,” says Francisco Ribeiro, CEO of the Bank.
Headquartered in São Paulo, and operating in the market for more than 35 years, Banco Luso Brasileiro holds a credit portfolio that already exceeds R$2.8 billion, with 35% growth within twelve months.
Moody`s Local BR Agência de Classificação de Risco Ltda. Granted to Banco Luso Brasileiro S.A. (BLB) the issuer rating of “BBB.br” and the long-term deposit rating of BBB.br and short-term deposit rating of ML A-3.br. A reliable and stable perspective.
During Lat.Bus, Banco Luso Brasileiro will be represented in the stand by an experienced team at disposal of the companies to provide information and customized attendance.
Press Relations - Grupo Caio | August 2024
Caio – Mônica Quemel Faioli monica.quemel@caio.com.br Busscar – Pâmela Fogaça pamela.fogaca@busscar.com.br Banco Luso Brasileiro - Vivienne de Avilla vivienne.avilla@lusobank.com.br