Solaris champions over European coach builders in South American tender

Coach builder Solaris Bus and Coach has won a bid to supply city buses for t he capital of Venezuela, Caracas. The details of the contract are now being negotiated. The Caracas authorities want some parts of buses to be made in V enezuela, they are also demanding that the contract be quickly realized. It is known that tender was for about eighty 12-meters long buses. Solaris' rep resentatives do not want to reveal the value of the contract until all negot iations are completed. The production of vehicles will probably start this y ear. Solaris, in which Kredyt Bank has a majority stake, beat 12 other compa nies in the bid, including leading manufacturers such as Mercedes, Iveco and Renault. Solaris' income this year is expected to reach zl. 370 million. (Pa rkiet, p. 7) A.D.