Irizar
Sign in to saveIrizar Group (or simply Irizar) is a Spanish-based manufacturer of luxury buses and coaches. Established in 1889, the company is located in Ormaiztegi in the Basque Country, Spain. With a commercial presence in over 90 countries, its turnover exceeded 600 million euros in 2017.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Irizar Group
- Company.logo
- IRIZAR Logo w text.svg
- Company.image
- Irizar, Ormaiztegi. Euskal Herria.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Irizar headquarters in Ormaiztegi
- Company.founder
- José Francisco Irizar Catarain
- Company.location
- Ormaiztegi, Spain
- Company.key_people
- Rafael Sterling (Chief Executive Officer)
- Company.num_employees
- 3,500+
- Company.industry
- Manufacturing
- Company.products
- Buses
- Company.production
- 3,000 buses per year
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Irizar Group (or simply Irizar) is a Spanish-based manufacturer of luxury buses and coaches. Established in 1889, the company is located in Ormaiztegi in the Basque Country, Spain. With a commercial presence in over 90 countries, its turnover exceeded 600 million euros in 2017.
It is the market-leading builder of coach vehicle bodies in Spain (with a market share of over 40%), and ranks second in Europe, its coach bodies being available in many parts of the world. Apart from its main plant in the Basque Country, which produces around 1400 bodies per year, Irizar also has factories in other countries: in Skhirat (Morocco), Botucatu (Brazil), Querétaro (Mexico) and Centurion (South Africa). Together they have a production of over 3,500 bodies and integral vehicles per year. The Irízar group also owns Hispacold, which makes air conditioning systems for coaches, and Masats, makers of automated bus and coach doors and ramps.