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Van Hool builds bus factory in Morristown, Tennessee, US

  Van Hool invests more than $47 million dollars in a second foreign production site after Skopje, Macedonia. The “Buy America Act” obliges Van Hool to build a factory in America for the local bus market with growth potential. The factory in Morristown will be operational during the first quarter of 2020 with 600 employees […]

The Two Secrets of Retaining Great Employees

Help people succeed and feel fulfilled in their jobs. Written by Jim McCann, David Spader and Dr. Michael O’Connor Spader Business Management How important is it to the ongoing stability and growth of your business that you retain key employees? Not Important Somewhat Important Very Important If you answered “A,” it is likely you don’t […]

Davey Coach Sales acquires Intermountain Coach

Davey Coach Sales and its sister company DCS America announced the acquisition of Intermountain Coach, located in Colorado Springs, CO. Intermountain Coach has been a dealer and lessor of mid-size buses in the Rocky Mountain Region for over 20 years. Its robust lease and short-term rental business will be a great addition to the lease […]

Complete Coach Works wins two first place awards in APTA’s 2018 Annual Ad Wheel Awards competition

Complete Coach Works (CCW) was awarded first place in two categories of APTA’s 2018 Annual Ad Wheel Awards Competition. In September 2017, CCW competed against more than 360 entries in 14 advertising categories. All submissions were evaluated by 60 industry experts.  Of the 14 categories, CCW was nominated first place in two of the 14 […]

ARBOC announced 3000th bus produced

  ARBOC Specialty Vehicles (“ARBOC”), a U.S. subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. (“NFI Group”), today announced the 3000th bus produced in the ARBOC Specialty Vehicles facility. In 2008, ARBOC Specialty Vehicles produced its first bus, and today, ten years later, it celebrates the production of their 3000th bus with a new customer, the City […]

Ethan Sprengeler joins MCI sales team as regional sales vice president

Motor Coach Industries (MCI), the U.S. subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. (“NFI Group”), the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, is adding more sales support with the addition of Ethan Sprengeler as Regional Sales Vice President. Sprengeler joined MCI on February 26, and will support the company’s […]

Girardin ceases distribution of New Flyer products on March 1, 2018

New Flyer Industries Canada ULC and New Flyer of America Inc. (collectively “New Flyer”), subsidiaries of New Flyer Industries Inc. (“NFI Group”), the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, announced a mutual agreement with A. Girardin Inc. (“Girardin”) to cease distribution of New Flyer products through Girardin in […]

Why the Bus Industry Shouldn’t be Afraid of Brokers

By Madeline Parks Over time, bus operators have developed an understandable distaste for brokers in the industry. Many customers have shared horror stories in which they’ve booked through brokers and received the wrong type of bus, gotten a driver who wasn’t certified, been over-quoted for a trip, or had their trip canceled at the last […]

Broward County Transit adds to express bus service with 30 new 2018 MCI Commuter Coaches

Motor Coach Industries (MCI), the U.S. subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. (“NFI Group”), announced 30 new MCI Commuter Coaches will  soon roll into Broward County Transit’s Express Bus Service. The new 2018 models will join 14 other MCI Commuter Coaches the agency purchased in 2014 and 2015. Broward County Transit’s (BCT) Express Bus Service, […]

ARBOC introduces Spirit of Equess

ARBOC Specialty Vehicles (“ARBOC”), a U.S. subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. (“NFI Group”), the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, introduced a new product to the low floor transit industry. The Spirit of Equess “Equess” is a medium-duty rail product with all the benefits of a mid-size […]