The Irizar Group - Grupo Irizar

The Irizar Group

We are a business group with an international presence whose business is focussed on the passenger transport, electromobility, energy, electronics, electric motors and generators and connectivity sectors.

The Irizar Group consists of six companies (Irizar, Irizar e-mobility, Alconza, Hispacold, Masats and Jema) with production operations in 13 production plants in Spain, Morocco, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa in addition to their own R&D centre whose purpose is applied research and technological development of products and systems for the Group.

Irizar, S. Coop is the parent company with registered address in Ormaiztegi (Gipuzkoa, Spain) where Creatio, the Group's Research and Development Centre, is also located.

Founded in 1889, today, the Irizar Group is well-established with more than 3,000 employees and an aggregate sales volume exceeding 895 million euros. It is geographically and industrially diversified, continuously growing and firmly committed to the brand, technology and sustainability.

Business areas

Passenger transport

Irizar offers a wide range of coaches and buses ranging from integral and conventional diesel or biodiesel coaches, class II hybrids for urban and intercity services that run on fossil diesel, HVO (diesel of vegetable origin) and N (natural gas) and with and without electric autonomy, and zero-emission electric vehicles.

Electromobility

With Irizar e-mobility, the Group provides comprehensive electromobility solutions for cities and citizens; 100% zero-emission electric vehicles (buses and trucks), as well as charging systems and electric traction, and energy management and storage infrastructures. All this with European technology developed in the Group companies.

Motors and generators

Alconza develops and manufactures drive or power generation systems for the marine, hydraulic and industrial sectors.

The traction inverters as well as the electronics (ECU) that control the entire traction system are designed, manufactured and programmed by Jema.

Electronics

Jema offers electronic systems for access control and for the comfort of the driver and passengers. Power electronics applied to network and transport quality and electronics for coaches. In the sector of buses and coaches it develops 100% multiplexed electronic architecture that makes every system intelligent to provide new functionality, reduce wiring and facilitate vehicle diagnostics. Also of note are the AEB-LDW driving assistance systems and the HMI control and console.

Energy

Jema is mainly involved in the design and manufacture of power supplies for Big Science and the conversion of renewable, solar, wind and hydroelectric power into energy that is suitable for storage and subsequent injection into the grid.

It is mainly positioned in three business areas: nuclear fusion, renewable energy and energy storage.

Connectivity

We combine intelligent driver assistance systems with a range of optional equipment to offer the driver and passengers an optimal form of mobility. Extensive experience in machine vision and deep-learning enables Datik to offer fleet management, preventive and predictive maintenance and autonomous driving systems.