Gemilang Coachworks

Gemilang Coachwork Sdn Bhd
Type	Private Limited Company
Traded as	SEHK: 6163
Industry	Bus manufacturing
Founded	23 September 1989; 31 years ago
Headquarters	Johor, Malaysia
Products	City buses, coaches, electric buses
Services	Design and manufacturing of bus bodies; bus assembly
Website	www.gml.com.my

Gemilang Coachwork Sdn Bhd (GML) is a bus manufacturer in Malaysia, specialising in city, intercity, coach and school bus bodies for various bus chassis. GML is also one of the first companies in Malaysia to build and assemble Fully Electric Bus. GML is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gemilang International Limited, which issued shares are listed on the Main Board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 6163.HK).

History[]

Gemilang Coachwork Sdn Bhd (GML) was founded on 23 September 1989, assembling wooden buses and trucks. In 1999, it entered a partnership with SKS Coachbuilders and became the licence holder for Alusuisse products in Asia.^[1]

In Australia, it has a joint venture with Northcoast Bus & Coach.^[2] Prior to that, GML had assembled Volgren body kits and BCI had also imported buses from Gemilang.

GML has exported over 3,000 buses to the United States, Australia, Singapore, UAE, China, Hong Kong, Mexico, North Korea, New Zealand, Qatar, Syria, Taiwan, Vietnam and other countries. It entered the Australian market in 1999 exporting of over 150 units. Notable orders include 1,101 Scania K230UB buses for SBS Transit,^[3] 734 MAN NL323F (A22) for SMRT Buses^{[citation needed]} of Singapore and 790 Scania K250UB and K270UB buses for Rapid Bus of Malaysia.^[4] Another notable example is the MAN Lion's City DD L concept bus, which had its bodywork fitted by Gemilang on the MAN ND323F (A95) chassis for the Land Transport Authority of Singapore.^[5]

Products[]

Currently, Gemilang Coachwork Sdn Bhd (GML) offers various aluminium bus bodywork designs (including the licensed MAN Lion's City bodywork range) and configurations that could be customized to meet different manufacturers, operators and regional requirements. Over the years, GML had supplied bodies for BYD, Daewoo, Dennis, GreenPower Bus, Hino, Hyundai, King Long, MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan Diesel, Scania, Sksbus, Sunlong, Volvo and Yutong bus chassis.

An SMRT Buses Gemilang Coachworks bodied RHD Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE
A Gemilang Coachworks bodied RHD Scania N230UB bus operated by (zh) in Taichung, Taiwan
Gemilang bodied Scania K270UB low floor bus as operated by RapidKL
Gemilang bodied Scania K340IA articulated bus for Transjakarta bus rapid transit
MAN A95 with a MAN-licensed Gemilang body for Kowloon Motor Bus