Trucks and Bus Company

Libyan automotive company from 1976 to 2011

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The Trucks and Bus Company (TBCo or T&BC, Arabic: شاحنات وشركة الحافلات) is a Libyan manufacturer of trucks and buses. It was a joint-venture between the Italian Industrial Vehicles Corporation^[1] and the Libyan Secretariat of Industry and Mineral Resources.^[2]

TBCo was founded in 1976^[3] with its head office in Tajura. A second manufacturing plant was opened in Tripoli. In late 2011, the company was closed by the provisional government after the Libyan Civil War.