It designs and builds light, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles, quarry/construction site vehicles, city and intercity buses, and special vehicles for applications such as firefighting, off-road missions, the military, and civil defence. The name Iveco first appeared in 1975 after a merger of Italian, French, and German brands. Its production plants are in Europe, Brazil, Russia, Australia, Africa, Argentina, and China, and it has about 5,000 points of sales and service in over 160 countries.