Pavlovo Bus Factory
Pavlovo Bus Factory (Russian: Павловский автобус, formerly Па́вловский авто́бусный заво́д, Pavlovsky Avtobusny Zavod or PAZ) is a manufacturer of buses in Russia, in the city of Pavlovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. PAZ is a subsidiary of Russian Buses which is a division of GAZ.
Chimney of Pavlovo bus factory | |
| Company type | Public company |
|---|---|
| MCX: PAZA | |
| Industry | Automotive, ISIC: 2910 |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Andrei Vladimirovich Vasiliev |
| Products | Buses |
| Revenue | $256 million (2017) |
| $7.54 million (2017) | |
| $12.4 million (2017) | |
| Total assets | $339 million (2017) |
| Total equity | $102 million (2017) |
| Parent | GAZ Group Bus Division |
| Website | www |
Pavlovo Bus Factory specializes in designing and manufacturing buses of the small/medium class (length 9.7 m). Buses are the most common plant in Russia, their annual output is over 10 thousand units, almost 80% of small buses in Russia. The small PAZ buses have long been used by Russian "fixed-route taxi" (marshrutka) operators.
Starting in 2015, the GAZ Group has introduced a single brand for all its bus manufacturing subsidiaries, and newly manufactured vehicles now feature the deer badge of the GAZ company.