Duple Metsec
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Duple Metsec (originally named Metal Sections) is a former bus bodywork builder based in West Midlands of the United Kingdom, which usually supplied body kits for assembly in the overseas.
The company was acquired by Duple Coachbuilders Limited circa late-1970s. It became a subsidiary of Hestair Group in 1983 and then subsidiary of Trinity Holdings in 1989.
When Duple Coachbuilders Limited was closed by Trinity Holdings in 1989, Duple Metsec was not closed and its business was retained. In October 1998, it was acquired by Mayflower Corporation.
The factory of Duple Metsec was closed after the formation of TransBus International in 2001, but production of its DM5000 body was transferred to Alexander's plant in Falkirk because Alexander did not have left-hand-drive design and low-height design of its ALX500 body. Production of Duple Metsec DM5000 body continued until 2002.
[edit] Duple Metsec DM5000
Duple Metsec DM5000 was a bus body which was built for Dennis Trident 3. These buses operate with New World First Bus, Citybus, Kowloon Motor Bus of Hong Kong and SBS Transit of Singapore, etc. They are equipped with Cummins Euro II or Euro III engines and all of them are air conditioned.
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