First edition of Busworld South East Asia exceeds all expectations

The general experience of the exhibition was very premium. Firstly it looked splendid. The exhibitors made a great effort to design and build their booths and the whole venue looked very attractive. Secondly the quality level of the press conferences and animation in the booths was comparable with the exhibition in Europe. Mercedes-Benz unveiled its OF 917 coach with an impressive musical show. On the Volvo booth Akash Passey, Senior Vice President of Volvo Buses, was leading the press conference to present the Volvo B11R and the Volvo BR8 range, showing full support to his Indonesian importer. Laksana invited the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Lestari and the Ambassador for Bangladesh in Indonesia, H.E. Major General Azmal Kabir to inaugurate their four brand new Laksana SR2 XHD Prime Legacy coaches that were about to be exported to Bangladesh. The ceremony took place on the open air premises in between the JIexpo halls.
Being a bus bodybuilder market, Indonesia has some very big chassis manufacturers, like Mercedes-Benz and Volvo Buses and many bodybuilders, big, medium and small sized. New Armada and Laksana, present at Busworld, belong to the top. Askarindo, the federation of bus bodybuilders in Indonesia, was very pleased about the partnership with Busworld and confirmed their willingness to continue this partnership in the future.
The decision and matchmaker in this bodybuilding system is: The Operator. Especially if he’s a private entrepreneur. First he picks out a chassis in the assortment of the different chassis manufacturers without any restrictions, the brand can be European, Chinese, Japanese, etc. Then he orders the body of his choice that will be fitted onto the chassis. New body designs are being launched on a regular basis, almost like in the car industry. And last but not least he needs to install the very important A/C system. All stages are invoiced separately and the different suppliers have little influence on the decisions regarding the