{"id":32171,"date":"2026-10-20T22:10:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=32171"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:10:43","slug":"aussie-bodybuilder-marks-return-with-new-gc-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=32171","title":{"rendered":"Aussie bodybuilder marks return with new GC factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Popular Australian bodybuilder BusTech is officially back, with its new owners announcing the brand will return to its historic home via a new factory that will contribute to the nation\u2019s billion dollar bus manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n<p>BusTech will return to the Gold Coast into a brand-new 6,000sqm manufacturing facility, creating more than 100 local jobs directly and hundreds more indirectly through the wider supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after the manufacturer was rescued from administration by the GoZero Group last year, with managing director Stephen Cartwright OEM saying he\u2019s excited to bring manufacturing jobs back to the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusTech has a long and proud history with the Gold Coast, and we\u2019re excited to help drive it into its next chapter,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re bringing back a bigger and better bus builder to Yatala, creating more jobs, money and business to the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new manufacturing facility will help us build any bus the customer wants, including the Euro 6 public transport buses which we\u2019ve been manufacturing at our smaller factory in Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe buses that will drive out of this factory will be world-class public transport assets built by skilled local tradies for Queensland passengers.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/newsletter\"><span class=\"s2\"><b><i>Subscribe<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><b><i> to our free weekly newsletter to receive the latest news and classifieds from Australasia\u2019s bus and coach industry.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><i>Don\u2019t miss a second and\u00a0<\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/subscribe-to-australasian-bus-and-coach\/\"><span class=\"s3\"><b><i>subscribe<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><b><i>\u00a0to our monthly ABC magazine<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The move sees BusTech return to its Gold Coast roots, where it was first founded by the Calabro family in 1995 who wanted to manufacture the buses it needed to run local operator Surfside Buslines.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51142\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51142\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Stephen-Cartwright-OAM-2-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Stephen-Cartwright-OAM-2-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Stephen-Cartwright-OAM-2-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Stephen-Cartwright-OAM-2-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Stephen-Cartwright-OAM-2.jpg 1125w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Stephen-Cartwright-OAM-2-203x300.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Stephen-Cartwright-OAM-2-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Stephen-Cartwright-OAM-2-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Stephen-Cartwright-OAM-2-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Stephen-Cartwright-OAM-2-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Stephen-Cartwright-OAM-2-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-Stephen-Cartwright-OAM-2.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Cartwright OAM. Image: GoZero Group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following the family\u2019s sale of BusTech to Precision Bus Group, the Gold Coast factory was closed, and operations were moved to Rocklea, in Brisbane\u2019s south.<\/p>\n<p>One of the first decisions made by current owners, the GoZero Group, was to bring BusTech back to the Gold Coast, and its return is supported through a grant from Invest Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new Yatala factory covers approximately 6,000 square metres, providing substantially more production line space than the Rocklea site,\u201d Cartwright says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce it is fully outfitted and operational, the factory will have the capacity to produce between 120 and 200 buses a year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to build a strong manufacturing operation in Queensland and create lasting opportunities for local workers, apprentices and suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that this new chapter for BusTech can help jumpstart an even larger skilled manufacturing ecosystem on the Gold Coast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.busnews.com.au\/aussie-bodybuilder-marks-return-with-new-gc-factory\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular Australian bodybuilder BusTech is officially back, with its new owners announcing the brand will return to its historic home via a new factory that will contribute to the nation\u2019s billion dollar bus manufacturing industry. 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