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Karosa (, ) was a bus manufacturer in Vysoké Mýto in the Czech Republic. It was the biggest manufacturer of buses in Czechoslovakia. In 2007, its name was changed to Iveco Czech Republic, and now the company produces buses under the name Iveco Bus.

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Company.logo
Karosa.svg
Company.image
Vysoké Mýto, budova Irisbusu II.JPG
Company.name
Karosa a.s.
Company.industry
Manufacturing (buses, cars, machine tools)
Company.traded_as
Iveco Bus (since 2007)
Company.foundation
1896
Company.founder
Josef Sodomka
Company.location
Vysoké Mýto, Czech Republic
Company.area_served
Worldwide
Company.owner
Iveco
Company.products
Buses
Company.defunct
1999

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Official name
KAROSA s.p.
Official website
www.karosa.cz
Image
Vysoké Mýto, budova Irisbusu II.JPG
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dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2007-00-00
Commons category
Karosa
inception
1896-00-00
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Karosa (, ) was a bus manufacturer in Vysoké Mýto in the Czech Republic. It was the biggest manufacturer of buses in Czechoslovakia. In 2007, its name was changed to Iveco Czech Republic, and now the company produces buses under the name Iveco Bus.

Since 2014, the Czech Republic has produced more buses per million inhabitants than any other country in the world. The Iveco Bus factory in Vysoké Mýto produces around 3,100 buses annually and is the largest manufacturer of buses in Europe.

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