Custom Group

Custom is a privately owned Australian bus builder, originating as a family business in 1935 as Cycle Components Manufacturing Company (CCMC) in the Sydney suburb of Guildford. The company started as a manufacturer of parts, which expanded into a range of wheeled toys throughout Australia. The company expanded their manufacturing base again, into other areas such as seating, resulting in the natural progression to bus body builder. In 1955 CCMC tendered successfully for the supply of 125 city buses and embarked on a business plan that continues to lead the Australian bus transport building body market.

Today Custom has manufacturing locations in NSW, QLD, and SA and the capacity to build over 700 buses per annum.

Custom’s history of progress and identifying innovative opportunities continues, with Custom developing and expanding into new frontiers. In 2009 Custom invested $20 million, with a new site in Villawood providing Australia’s only fully integrated bus building facilities on the one site, including state of the art laser manufacturing equipment.

The Custom Group comprises of the following services.

Custom Bus

Custom’s traditional area of expertise continues to advance with the design and development of a new range of buses, including the new generation CB80 city bus and SB50 school bus.

Custom Care

The bus industry’s one-stop after sales centre offers bus parts, repairs, refurbishments and technical advice. To meet growing demands Custom Care recently expanded its services into Queensland and Victoria.

Custom Manufacturing

Custom Manufacturing has always produced a significant share of the parts that go into a Custom buses, however, now armed with the newly purchased laser machine, Custom Manufacturing will be producing parts for other companies along with bus kits for easier exports.

Custombus Finance

For the benefit of clients Custom now provides financing services for an integrated fleet management solution.