ltd type joint venture industry automotive manufacturing founded 1988 headquarters xiamen fujian china area served worldwide key people huang chun ceo products minibuses buses owner fujian motors group 15 % website www.king long.com king long united automotive industry co. ltd chinese or commonly known as king long simplified chinese ; traditional chinese ; pinyin j nl ng literally golden dragon is a chinese bus manufacturer headquartered in xiamen fujian . it was founded in december 1988 . mainly developing manufacturing and selling large and medium sized coaches and light vans . contents 1 history 2 manufacturing facilities 3 business 4 products 4.1 vans 4.2 coaches 4.3 school bus 4.4 transit bus 4.5 city bus 4.6 other 5 image gallery 6 references 7 external links history edit one of the golden dragon buses operating in the philippines with the partas transportation co. inc. . the company was established in 1988 . king long united automotive industry co. ltd. is one of the joint ventures with the longest history in coach manufacturing industry . the company is now jointly owned by xiamen automotive industry corporation xiamen state owned assets investment co. ltd and san yang industry co. ltd. from taiwan with the share proportion of each holder being 50 % 25 % and 25 % respectively . the king long group chinese owns three subsidiaries now king long united automotive industry co. ltd xiamen golden dragon bus co. ltd. and the higer bus co. ltd. . the group s products are under the name of king long golden dragon and higer respectively . manufacturing facilities edit the king long facilities cover a total area of 200 000 square meters with over 1800 employees of which 400 are technical engineers 30 are postgraduates who play a key role in different sections such as r & d it production management quality control finance sales and after sales service of the company . business edit king long arriva malta bus . king long long distance bus covering central europe destinations between serbia and slovenia . king long has taken up a leading position among domestic coach manufacturers in the largest coach market in the world china . king long has been maintaining a close cooperation with parts suppliers including german companies man and zf american companies cummins dana and neway french company telma swedish company scania and japanese companies nissan and hino . king long currently offers 5 series of products which are subdivided into 50 plus categories covering various buses and coaches 6 13m for the tourism passenger transport and city bus market . additionally king long products are sold to overseas markets including australia costa rica bulgaria singapore philippines saudi arabia iraq cyprus lebanon malta united states argentina barbados hong kong hungary macau thailand and malaysia . at the end of 2004 one of the key projects of fujian province and xiamen city in 2005 relocating and technology upgrading project of king long is formally launched . new plant site is located in xiamen automobile industry city in guannan industrial park jimei district xiamen . the project is to be constructed in two phases phase 1 covers an area of 25 hectares with the gross building area being 8.5 hectares designed yearly production capacity being 6 000 coaches and buses . with a total investment of about rmb260 000 000 yuan phase 1 is expected to be completed and put into use by the end of 2005 . reserved area for phase 2 is 15 20 hectares . upon completion the new plant will become one of the largest coach manufacture bases in china with an annual output of 13 000 coaches and buses of large and medium sizes . in 2008 king long has 18 percent of the export market in china . 1 overseas sales contributed 25 percent of king long s sales . 1 the malta branch of arriva ordered 172 king long buses recently . 2 3 products edit vans edit king long ambulance king long cargo van king long forest fire van king long jockey van king long saima similar to mercedes benz sprinter king long mini van king long police van king long postal van coaches edit king long xml6118g king long xmq6101y king long xmq6111y king long xmq6116y king long xmq6117y king long xmq6117y3 king long xmq6118jb king long xmq6118y king long xmq6119 king long xmq6119t king long xmq6120p king long xmq6122 12 m coach king long xmq6126 king long xmq6126y king long xmq6127 12 m coach king long xmq6127y 12 m coach king long xmq6128y king long xmq6129p king long xmq6129p8 king long xmq6129y 12 m coach king long xmq6129y2 12 m coach king long xmq6129y5 12 m coach king long xmq6130y king long xmq6140p king long xmq6140y king long xmq6140y8 king long xmq6606 king long xmq6608 king long xmq6660 king long xmq6752 king long xmq6798y king long xmq6800y king long xmq6802y king long xmq6858y king long xmq6859y king long xmq6886y king long xmq6895y king long xmq6898y king long xmq6900y king long xmq6930k king long xmq6960y king long xmq6996y king long xmq6996k school bus edit king long xmq6100asn king long xmq6660asd king long xmq6660xc king long xmq6730asd king long xmq6802asd king long xmq6900bsd king long xmq6998asd transit bus edit king long xmq6105g king long xmq6106g king long xmq6106aghev1 king long xmq6110gs king long xmq6111gs king long xmq6116g king long xmq6119g king long xmq6121g king long xmq6127agbev3 king long xmq6127g king long xmq6127gh1 king long xmq6127gh5 king long xmq6127ghev4 king long xmq6127j king long xmq6140abd king long xmq6141g king long xmq6180g king long xmq6180g1 king long xmq6180gk king long xmq6181g king long xmq6770agd3 king long xmq6800g king long xmq6801g king long xmq6840g king long xmq6840g2 king long xmq6841g king long xmq6850g king long xmq6891g king long xmq6891g1 king long xmq6892g king long xmq6900g king long xmq6901g king long xmq6925g king long xmq6930g city bus edit king long xmq6120 other edit king long airport bus 6139b king long xmq6886 9 m midibus image gallery edit king long with iveco branding . king long xmq6118jb king long xmq6996y king long xmq6127c references edit a b yu hongyan 2008 12 19 . king long takes lead in china s coach making industry . chinadaily.com.cn . times of malta 2 april 2011 . malta s new buses handed over to arriva . timesofmalta.com . external link in publisher help gozo news.com 4 april 2011 . malta s buses handed over to arriva in ceremony in china . gozo news.com . external link in publisher help external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to king long vehicles . king long official website chinese king long uk website english v t e automotive industry in china automotive industry economy of china transport in china chinese vehicle manufacturers current ankai aoxin baic baw borgward changhe foton senova weiwang beiben brilliance jinbei byd camc changan hafei chery cnj dadi dayun group dayang dayun dongfeng dongfeng automobile company dongfeng liuzhou fengshen etsong faw besturn faw bus and coach faw car company faw jie fang faw jilin faw 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fiat gac mitsubishi gac toyota guangqi honda everus saic gm saic gm wuling saic volkswagen baojun sichuan faw toyota motor ranz former changan ford mazda guangzhou peugeot nanjing fiat sanjiang renault subsidiaries of foreign companies honda automobile china company volkswagen group china other auto china auto guangzhou auto shanghai china association of automobile manufacturers tj innova wanxiang weichai power zhongsheng only manufacturers from mainland china and hong kong are shown . category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title king long & oldid 742729802 categories bus manufacturerscoachbuildersmotor vehicle manufacturers of chinavehicle manufacturing companies established in 1988chinese companies established in 1988companies based in xiamenchinese brandsmultinational companies headquartered in chinahidden categories cs1 errors external linksarticles containing chinese language textarticles containing simplified chinese language textarticles containing 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