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  New Flyer Industries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Flyer Industries is a leading bus manufacturer in North America, headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
In March 2002, New Flyer was acquired by KPS Special Situations Fund in New York.
New Flyer D40HF at the University Endowment Lands, British Columbia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Flyer   (1144 words)

  
 Coachbult.com - Western Auto & Truck Body Works   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A number of New Flyer buses were finished in the Netherlands during a period when the Dutch factory had a lack of orders and New Flyer lacked capacity.
Flyer's production was aimed at Canada as the "buy America" policy prevented it from entering the US market without finishing the vehicles in the US.
New Flyer of America was established in 1987 to operate a final assembly plant in California.
www.coachbuilt.com /bui/w/western/western.htm   (3168 words)

  
 Welcome to New Flyer!
John Marinucci, CEO of New Flyer Industries Limited, said, “This is exciting news for New Flyer.
New Flyer Industries (www.newflyer.com) is North America’s largest manufacturer of transit buses with sales of over CDN $750 million and a skilled workforce of over 1950 employees.
New Flyer is a technology leader in the heavy duty transit market with innovative firsts such as low floor buses, programmable logic control electrical systems and articulated high and low floor buses.
www.newflyer.com /index/news-app/story.11   (861 words)

  
 Where's Mission Green?
New Flyer has the widest selection of heavy-duty hybrid-electric transit vehicles available, with diesel-electric 40-foot (12 m) and 60-foot (18.5 m) vehicles and a gasoline-electric hybrid transit bus.
New Flyer's leadership is in part thanks to GM Allison's hybrid bus drive system, the world's first "roadworthy" commercial parallel hybrid solution for mass transit.
President and CEO John Marinucci explained that New Flyer is proactively identifying and implementing environmentally-friendly manufacturing processes of benefit to both employees and the community.
www.gmcanada.com /inm/gmcanada/english/about/MissionGreen/Daily/Sep28.html   (2358 words)

  
 Welcome to New Flyer!
Oct 10, 2006 - New Flyer Industries Canada ULC (NFI ULC), which is the Canadian subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. (NFI), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit vehicles in Canada and the United States, has been selected as one of the Top 100 Employers in Canada for the second consecutive year.
In addition, New Flyer has also been selected as one of Manitoba’s Top 10 Employers for 2007.
Jul 20, 2006 - New Flyer Industries Inc. (TSX:NFI.UN), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit vehicles in Canada and the United States, has been awarded orders for 465 buses, of which 381 are firm orders and 84 are options, representing a total of approximately US $181.8 million in revenue.
www.newflyer.com   (118 words)

  
 wisbusiness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Earlier this year, the New Flyer Industries Limited’s St. Cloud MN plant completed a lighting retrofit that projected to trim its electric power costs 46 percent in a major energy using segment of its business.
New Flyer, headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is North America’s largest manufacturer of transit buses and has put more heavy-duty buses in revenue service than any other manufacturer.
New Flyer is also the largest manufacturer of gasoline and diesel-electric hybrid vehicles to address ever-growing emission and fuel conservation concerns.
www.wisbusiness.com /index.iml?Article=48936   (943 words)

  
 LIGHTYEAR CAPITAL - New Flyer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
New Flyer Industries, Ltd. (“New Flyer”) is North America’s leading assembler of heavy-duty transit buses for public transportation, with a 35% share by deliveries in the North American market.
New Flyer was the first to introduce and is now the leading producer of the increasingly popular 60-foot articulated buses.
New Flyer is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba and has modern production facilities in Winnipeg, Canada and St. Cloud, Minnesota.
www.lycap.com /portfolio/new_flyer.html   (155 words)

  
 SmarTire Products Included on New Flyer Buses for Chicago Transit Authority
New Flyer Industries is the largest manufacturer of transit buses in North America.
New Flyer is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba and has two additional production facilities in St. Cloud and Crookston, Minnesota.
New Flyer's innovative low-floor and articulated buses are operated by public transit authorities in New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Atlanta, Seattle and many other major cities in the United States and Canada.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2004/12/06/295215.html   (565 words)

  
 Bus maker New Flyer Industries reaches tentative agreement to end strike News AutoNews24h.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
New Flyer is North America's largest manufacturer of transit buses, with plants in Manitoba and Minnesota that produce about 1,500 buses annually.
WINNIPEG (CP) _ Transit bus maker New Flyer Industries Inc. (TSX:NFI.UN) has reported a 2005 net loss of $13.9 million US and warned that bus sales are likely to remain sluggish for...
WINNIPEG (CP) _ New Flyer Industries Inc. (TSX:NFI.UN) and the Canadian Auto Workers union were headed back to the bargaining table Thursday morning over contracts at the company's Winnipeg bus factory, where workers...
www.autonews24h.com /Auto-Industry/636.html   (549 words)

  
 Flyer Models & Deliveries
Purchased by the Manitoba Development Corporation and renamed Flyer Industries Limited.
Purchased by Den Oudsten B.V. of Holland, and renamed New Flyer Industries.
New Flyer of America final assembly plant opened in California.
www.angelfire.com /ca/TORONTO/builders/flyer.html   (122 words)

  
 LIGHTYEAR CAPITAL - Press releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
New Flyer’s senior management team, led by President and Chief Executive Officer John Marinucci, will continue to lead the Company and maintain a significant ownership in New Flyer.
New Flyer, with headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba and production facilities in Crookston and St. Cloud, Minnesota, is the leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of heavy-duty transit buses in North America.
New Flyer Industries (www.newflyer.com) is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba and has two additional production facilities in St. Cloud and Crookston, Minnesota.
www.lycap.com /news/12-16-03.html   (693 words)

  
 New Flyer Industries, union halt contract talks
Contract talks between New Flyer Industries Inc. and striking unionized workers at a Winnipeg plant have been called off after only one day.
New Flyer said it is continuing to transfer its bus shell operations to its manufacturing facilities in Minnesota from its Winnipeg plant, and continues to build and deliver buses to its customers.
Units of New Flyer were down 25 cents at $7.85 on the TSX.
www.cbc.ca /money/story/2006/04/21/newflyer-060421.html   (1068 words)

  
 globeandmail.com : globeinvestor.com : New Flyer Industries Inc. and New Flyer Industries Canada ULC announce October ...
New Flyer Industries Inc. and New Flyer Industries Canada ULC announce October cash distribution
New Flyer is the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the
New Flyer has the broadest range of products in the heavy-duty transit bus industry and provides its products and services to the majority of the largest transit authorities in
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/story/CNW.20061019.C2352/GIStory   (391 words)

  
 New Flyer Industries Limited, Bus Manufacturing Facility, City of Winnipeg, Summary
Bob Douglas of New Flyer Industries Limited for the continued operation of a plant to manufacture buses located at 711 Kernaghan Avenue in the City of Winnipeg.
New Flyer was directed to submit an Environment Act Proposal on November 6, 1998.
New Flyer Limited should be encouraged to continue to further reduce VOC emissions from the plant.
www.gov.mb.ca /conservation/envapprovals/archive/archive00/summaries/4509.html   (4079 words)

  
 Harvest Partners
New Flyer, with headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is the leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of heavy-duty transit buses in North America.
The Company offers the deepest and most diverse product mix in the industry, producing both low-floor and high-floor buses with a variety of standard and alternate fuel propulsion systems.
Recognized for its industry-leading design and engineering, the Company serves many of the largest transit agencies in the United States and Canada.
www.harvpart.com /investments/newflyer.html   (73 words)

  
 CNW Telbec
New Flyer also announced that it intends to release its 2005 fourth quarter and year-end financial results after the close of markets on March 22nd.
New Flyer is the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the United States and Canada and a leading provider of aftermarket services.
New Flyer has the broadest range of products in the heavy-duty transit bus industry and provides its products and services to the majority of the largest transit authorities in North America.
www.cnw.ca /fr/releases/archive/March2006/14/c2265.html   (458 words)

  
 Transit Rider Buses - Flyer
AMGeneral used bodies that were designed by Flyer.
AMGeneral sold primarily in the US, while Flyer sold in Canada.
As streetcar systems were rapidly dying in the 1940's a few became trolley bus lines instead of becoming regular bus line.
www.transit-rider.com /bus/flyer.cfm?id=e800   (440 words)

  
 OSC: Orders & Rulings 2005 - In the Matter of New Flyer Industries Inc. and New Flyer Industries Canada ULC - MRRS ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
NFI ULC's obligations under the Subordinated Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by New Flyer of America Inc (NFAI).
NFI ULC and NFAI are currently the only operating entities in the New Flyer group.
Because NFI is the ultimate parent of the New Flyer group of companies (including NFI ULC and NFAI) and is required to:
www.osc.gov.on.ca /Regulation/Orders/2005/ord_20051028_211_newflyer.jsp   (1441 words)

  
 New Flyer Industries Inc. information and related industry information from Hoover's
The company is North America's largest bus manufacturer and its heavy-duty transit buses and shuttles (used by airports, car rental agencies, and universities) traverse roads from Vancouver to Miami.
Founded in 1930 as Western Auto and Truck Body Works, New Flyer was owned by investment firms Harvest Partners and Lightyear Capital but completed an initial public offering in 2005.
There are 4 competitors for New Flyer; see more.
www.hoovers.com /new-flyer/--ID__138675--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (434 words)

  
 CAW walks out at Winnipeg transit bus plant of New Flyer Industries News AutoNews24h.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
New Flyer said it will continue to deliver transit buses from its two plants in Minnesota, but ``depending on the length of the Winnipeg strike and other factors, the effects of the strike are likely to result in reductions in production volumes, revenues and earnings (which could be material).''
The CAW members at the Winnipeg plant, which employs more than 900 people, had voted March 18 to authorize a strike when their collective agreement expired at the end of the month.
New Flyer units, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange last August at $10 each, were off 20 cents at $8.70 Wednesday afternoon.
www.autonews24h.com /Auto-Industry/535.html   (660 words)

  
 Harvest Partners
Harvest and Lightyear contributed equity for the transaction through their respective partnerships, Harvest Partners IV, L.P. and The Lightyear Fund, L.P. New Flyer's senior management team, led by President and Chief Executive Officer John Marinucci, will continue to lead the Company and maintain a significant ownership in New Flyer.
John Marinucci, President and Chief Executive Officer of New Flyer, said: “We are very enthusiastic about our new partnership with Harvest Partners and Lightyear Capital and the next phase for New Flyer which will focus on continued revenue expansion leveraging our stable operating base.
New Flyer's management group has invested side-by-side with our new growth-oriented equity partners and we are extremely appreciative of the continued support of the Province of Manitoba and Premier Doer.
www.harvpart.com /news/releases/2004_03_02.html   (458 words)

  
 01-Fire Testing Services for the Transportation Industries Flyer
Over 12,000 square feet of laboratory space is used by scientists and engineers to evaluate vehicles and their major components under controlled environmental conditions.
This flyer was originally published in January 1997.
For more information about fire testing services for the transportation industries, contact Barry Badders, Department of Fire Technology, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, Texas 78228-0510, Phone (210) 522-3971, Fax (210) 522-3377.
www.swri.org /3PUBS/BROCHURE/D01/firetran/firetran.HTM   (521 words)

  
 Recent Matters at Torys LLP
On August 19, 2005, New Flyer Industries Inc. and New Flyer Industries Canada ULC completed their C$200 million initial public offering of income deposit securities (IDSs).
New Flyer, with headquarters in Winnipeg and manufacturing facilities in Winnipeg and Minnesota, is the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses (including hybrid, natural gas and electric) in the United States and Canada.
New Flyer is a significant supplier of buses to Toronto and New York City.
www.torys.com /whatsup/matter.aspx?id=139   (140 words)

  
 WestStart-CALSTART
Winnipeg - New Flyer Industries Canada ULC ((NFI ULC)) has been selected as one of the Top 100 Employers in Canada for the second consecutive year, and has also been selected as one of Manitoba's Top 10 Employers for 2007.
Mediacorp developed a list of outstanding employers that lead their industries in attracting and retaining quality employees.
The companies were evaluated based on seven key attributes: physical workplace; work atmosphere & social; health, financial & family benefits; vacation & time off; employee communications; performance management; and training & skills development.
www.calstart.org /info/newsnotes/nn_detail.php?id=8675   (202 words)

  
 New Flyer Industries Inc (NFI_u.TO) Stock Quote | Stocks | Reuters.com
New Flyer Industries Inc (NFI_u.TO) Stock Quote
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New Flyer Industries Ltd. is a manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in North America.
stocks.us.reuters.com /stocks/overview.asp?symbol=NFI_u.TO   (208 words)

  
 Electronic Signature & Digital Signature Solutions - PR - New Flyer
Pleasant Hill, CA - 6 December, 2006 - Algorithmic Research (ARX), a leading worldwide provider of electronic signatures and data security solutions, has implemented a CoSign® Standard Electronic Signature system at New Flyer Industries, a North American heavy-duty transit manufacturer.
"New Flyer was looking to implement an end-to-end digital sign-off process to keep up with its high pressure engineering and manufacturing environment," says Dave Fraser, CAD Systems Manager, New Flyer.
New Flyer is a leading manufacturer within the heavy-duty transit market, which includes drive systems powered by clean diesel, LNG, CNG and electric trolley, as well as energy-efficient gasoline-electric and diesel-electric hybrid vehicles.
www.arx.com /about/PR/PR_Newflyer.php   (576 words)

  
 Metro Transit Bus facts and figures - New Flyer Articulated Hybrid Diesel-Electric Bus
These are the first hybrid articulated buses in North America.
They were made for Metro by New Flyer Industries, with a hybrid electric drive supplied by Allison Transmission, a division of General Motors.
By visiting this and other King County web pages, you expressly agree to be bound by terms and conditions of the site.
transit.metrokc.gov /am/vehicles/hy-diesel.html   (449 words)

  
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 Green Car Congress: New Flyer Nabs $183M in New Bus Orders; Ups Production 30%
New Flyer Industries Inc, has been awarded a number of firm bus orders for a wide range of vehicles, including 35-foot, 40-foot and 60-foot buses with diesel, diesel-electric hybrid, compressed natural gas (CNG) and electric trolley propulsion systems.
Customers have ordered 416 new buses, 391 of which are firm orders and 25 are options, for a total of up to US $183 Million.
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www.greencarcongress.com /2006/05/new_flyer_nabs_.html   (611 words)

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