J-Bus is a Japanese manufacturer of buses and coaches established in 2002 as a joint venture between Isuzu and Hino. The venture was formed by merging the previous bus and coach operations of both manufacturers and started operations in 2004.
History
In January 2002, Hino and Isuzu said they had agreed to merge their bus/coach development and manufactuting operations.[3] These were the subsidiaries Hino Auto Body Industries Co., Ltd. (a plant in Komatsu, Ishikawa) from Hino and Isuzu Bus Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Utsunomiya) from Isuzu.[4] In October 2002, the J-Bus joint venture was established, and the companies started the business integration process.[3] The integration was completed in 2004.