Viseon
| Viseon Bus GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | July 1, 2008 |
| resolution | 2013 |
| Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
| Seat | Pilsting , Germany |
| management | Joachim Reinmuth Ernö Bartha |
| Number of employees | 260 (from April 1, 2012) |
| Branch | Commercial vehicle manufacturer |
Viseon was a German bus manufacturer based in Pilsting . It was created in 2008 as Viseon Bus GmbH to continue part of the production of the bus manufacturer Neoplan after it had been bought by MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG . On April 26, 2013, Viseon filed for bankruptcy.
history
After MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG announced in spring 2008 that it would give up the Neoplan plant in Pilsting, the former Neoplan managing director Joachim Reinmuth negotiated with MAN in order to be able to continue production under the roof of a new company. To this end, he founded Viseon Bus GmbH on July 1, 2008. The contracts with MAN were signed in February 2009. On April 1, 2009, the new company began production, for which parts of the property and the main production hall with an area of 20,000 square meters were taken over by Neoplan. The company continued the production of buses and trolleybuses at the site. In 2013 bus production in Pilsting was discontinued and the company buildings were sold to a logistics company.
Shareholder
Joachim Reinmuth was a managing partner of Viseon Bus GmbH. He held the majority of the capital (61 percent) and was responsible for sales, production and the commercial area. Another partner was Ernö Bartha, the former head of bus technology at MAN. Since April 1, 2009, he has been the managing director responsible for technology, purchasing and quality (39 percent). With a minority stake of around ten percent, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG was involved until May 2010.
Business areas
Viseon Bus GmbH operated a total of five business areas:
Viseon A-series (airport buses)
Neoplan airport buses
The special buses for transporting air passengers between the terminal and the aircraft are up to 3.50 m wide and up to 14.70 m long. Depending on the length, it can carry between 70 and 110 passengers. The airport buses were previously manufactured under license from Neoplan at Tovarna Vozil Maribor (TVM) in Slovenia and have been produced in Pilsting since 2009.
Viseon C-series (premium coaches)
Viseon develops, manufactures and sells coaches in the upper quality and equipment segment under its own brand. As a supplement to the Neoplan coach program, these cover lengths and heights that are not available from Neoplan. At the beginning of May 2010 the C10, a coach with a length of 10.40 meters, was presented to the bus operators in Pilsting. The C11 with a length of 11.4 m and the C13 with a length of 12.7 m are now also available.
Viseon L-series (public buses)
Line double decker (Viseon LDD)
Viseon presented the Viseon LDD14 at the IAA Commercial Vehicles in 2010 . This is available as a 2-door, 3-door and an open-top variant.
Trolleybuses (Viseon LT)
Viseon produces and sells trolleybuses both as solo and articulated buses .
Viseon S-series (individual bus extensions)
Viseon changes coaches according to customer requirements. Multimedia systems, tables, round seating areas and stand-up kitchens as well as complete renovations are offered. These vehicles are used by bus companies that travel in the premium segment or as team buses in sports.
Contract development and contract manufacturing for MAN Truck & Bus AG
Viseon develops and manufactures the new generation of the Neoplan Skyliner double-decker travel series on behalf of Neoplan .
Vehicle series
| Type | length | width | height | Years of construction | Seats (sit / stand) |
Perm. total weight | engine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISEON A-series (airport buses) | |||||||||
| N9112 | 13,310 m | 2,750 m | 3,000 m | ED | 5/96 | 18,750 kg | MAN | ||
| N9112K | 11,950 m | 2,750 m | 3,000 m | ED | 5/81 | 18,000 kg | MAN | ||
| N9112L | 14,720 m | 2,750 m | 3,000 m | ED | 5/116 | 20,400 kg | MAN | ||
| N9122 | 13,310 m | 3,170 m | 3,000 m | ED | 6/117 | 20,400 kg | MAN | ||
| N9122L | 14,720 m | 3,170 m | 3,000 m | ED | 6/137 | 23,690 kg | MAN | ||
| VISEON C-series (coaches) | |||||||||
| C10 | 10,400 m | 2,550 m | 3,560 m | ED | 2010- | 41 | 16,000 kg | MAN | |
| C11 | 11,375 m | 2,550 m | 3,560 m | ED | 2011- | 45 | 18,000 kg | MAN | |
| C12 HD | 12,000 m | 2,550 m | 3,780 m | ED | 2011- | 49 | 18,000 kg | MAN | |
| C13 | 12,700 m | 2,550 m | 3,560 m | ED | 2010- | 53 | 18,000 kg | MAN | |
| VISEON L-series (city buses / city buses) | |||||||||
| LDD13 | 12,600 m | 2,550 m | 4,000 m | DD | 2012- | 91/29 | 26,000 kg | MAN D 2066 LOH 28 | |
| LDD14 | 14,000 m | 2,550 m | 4,000 m | DD | 2010- | 103/30 | 26,000 kg | MAN D 2066 LOH 28 | |
| LT20 | 19,515 m | 2,550 m | 3,600 m | GLZ | 2011- | 44/85 | 33,200 kg | Vossloh Kiepe | |
| Type | length | width | height | Years of construction | Seats (sit / stand) |
Perm. total weight | engine | ||
ED = single decker
DD = double decker
GLZ = articulated train
T = trolleybus
Employee
The company started with 215 employees. 174 of them are former Neoplan employees, a further 21 were Neoplan trainees and some newly hired employees.
Individual evidence
- ^ Commercial register, official announcement of July 2, 2013: Viseon Bus GmbH, Pilsting, Gottlob-Auwärter-Str. 1-3, 94431 Pilsting. Insolvency proceedings were opened against the company's assets by a decision of the Landshut District Court on June 26, 2013 (Az. IN 351/13). The company is thereby dissolved. Registered ex officio according to § 65 GmbHG.
- ↑ Yvonne Vranjkovic: In April, Viseon will start bus production ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Passauer Neue Presse . February 24, 2009, p. 7
- ↑ Sebastian Fleischmann: Are there any hopes for new jobs? ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Passauer Neue Presse . February 24, 2009, p. 21
- ↑ http://www.br.de/nachrichten/niederbayern/bus-viseon-kuendigung-pilsting-100.html ( Memento from September 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ [1] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press release from July 17, 2009
