The Polish National Fire Brigade now controls its major operations in the Poznań region right where they happen: a specially fitted Solaris InterUrbino has been developed as a Mobile Command Unit and functions as communications hub. When called out, the bus, which has been converted by specialist Arkom, will deploy sirens and blue lights to...

At the start of the year, more than half of the 45 Solaris Tramino ordered by Poznań City Transport (MPK) are in revenue service. Their technical availability is at the excellent level of 99%. The remaining trams are to be delivered by the end of May 2012.

Solaris expands its presence in Europe with sales teams in four further countries. The innovative bus and tram builder now directly serves customers in the Benelux countries and in Slovakia.

Poznań City Transport ordered 26 Solaris Alpino 8.6 low-floor midibuses from leading bus builder Solaris Bus & Coach. The first twelve already run in the western Polish city, with the remainder to follow by the end of April 2012. The manoeuvrable small buses are part of the operator’s fleet renewal programme. During the day, they are used to...

Solaris Bus & Coach was awarded with Polish-German Economic Prize in recognition of its achievement on the German market. The award gala took place on 25th November 2011 during the Lower-Silesian Economic Forum, which was organised under the auspices of Polish and German ministries of economy by the Lower-Silesian Foundation of Regional...

Solaris will present its innovative city and intercity buses at Transport 2011 exhibition in Lillestrøm, Norway on 8-10 September 2011. On Stand C01-02, Solaris shows an Urbino 18 Hybrid city bus and an Alpino 8.9 LE low-entry midibus. Solaris has been active in Norway since 2006 and has rapidly built up a remarkable presence on the market with...

Solaris CEO Solange Olszewska is one of the 100 most influential businesswomen in the world, according to an analysis of successful women in business by German financial daily newspaper Handelsblatt. The paper does not suggest a ranking order within the Top 100.

Solaris has delivered the first volume-production Tramino low-floor tram. Poznań City Transport will receive 45 five-section articulated vehicles with conventional wheel-set bogies. They offer room for 229 passengers and are designed for rapid boarding and unobstructed passenger flows. Production of Solaris Tramino trams is based at two sites...

Readers of busplaner trade magazine have voted the Solaris Urbino 18 Hybrid bus with Vossloh Kiepe series hybrid drive as their "Innovation of 2011". This state-of-the-art hybrid bus uses two energy storage systems and a plug-in connection to maximise the use of clean electric energy.

The new Solaris Urbino 18 DIWAhybrid articulated city bus uses a Voith parallel hybrid system. A 150 kW electric motor supports the diesel engine. Energy is stored in supercapacitors, resulting in reduced fuel consumption and lower wear and tear. Field testing by Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG is under way.