The group currently has seven production plants distributed across seven countries, and its operating deployment covers a further 90 countries, providing direct employment for more than 3,200 people.

Although the international crisis seriously affected it in 2009 (over a single business year its turnover fell by more than 36 percent), it managed with great effort to maintain its workforce and used the time to redefine strategies, implement extensive schemes in staff training and recycling and improve its production facilities. The decision was taken that year to move from being simply a chassis supplier to become a producer of complete coaches, incorporating the company’s own chassis.