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KAvZ (Kurganskiy Avtobusny Zavod) started producing buses in 1950. All of them have been based on trucks from GAZ.
KAZ (Russian: Кутаисский Автомобильный Завод (КАЗ)/ Kutaisskij
Avtomobilnyj Zavod) is a Soviet truck factory located in Kutaissi,
Georgia. The
factory was named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze.
Kauno Autobusu Gamykla(KAG) was a factory in Kaunas that produced more than 12,000 buses from 1950 to
1961 (most of them were based on the GAZ-51
truck).The factory was established in an old Ford workshop that was nationalised after Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union.
KrAZ (Ukrainian: Кременчуцький автомобільний завод, Kremenchuts'ky
Avtomobil'ny Zavod) produces trucks in Kremenchuk, Ukraine; particularly some heavy-duty off-road types.
LiAZ (Russian: Ликинский автобусный завод (ЛиАЗ)/Likinskij Avtobusnyj Zavod, Likino Bus Factory) - is a Russian bus manufacturing factory located in Likino, Russia.
The factory was created in 1933 as a wood processing plant LOZOD. In 1945 the factory was renamed as LiMZ (Likino Machinery Factory) and it started producing small machinery.
In 1959 factory has started to produce passenger bus ZIL 158. It was renamed to LiAZ the same year. In 1967 factory has designed and manufactured first bus of its own named LiAZ-677. The factory has produced over 200 thousand buses of this model over next 25 years.
In 1996 bus manufacturing ceased and the factory declared bancruptcy in 1997. The factory has been restructured and it is known as OOO Likinskij Avtobusnyj Zavod. In 2000 it became a part of RusAvtoProm corporation, and it is a part of GAZ group since 2005.
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