Marcopolo S.A. is a Brazilian bus, coach and rail manufacturer, founded on 6 August 1949 in the southern Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul. The company manufactures the bodies for a whole range of coaches, e.g. microbus, intercity, and touring models. It is the largest bus car manufacturer in Latin America and the third worldwide, over half of the bus bodies in Brazil are from the company, and its coaches were exported to 100 countries. They have seven production plants in Brazil, Argentina, China, Mexico, Colombia, Australia and South Africa. Some technology was transferred to India's Tata Motors in form of Tata Marcopolo Motors Ltd. Wikipedia