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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 8, 2025

New Jersey Contractor Debuts 4 Electric Van-Con Buses

D&M Tours starts rolling with its first electric buses serving three local school districts. It worked with Van-Con, Inc., Motiv, and CCMT on the deployment.

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Image of Plattsburgh, N.Y., Micro Bird facility.
Newsby StaffSeptember 10, 2025

Micro Bird Celebrates U.S. Facility Grand Opening

With a $38M investment, the new Plattsburgh facility expands Micro Bird’s U.S. footprint, adding jobs and doubling bus production capacity.

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Trans Tech Bus
Newsby StaffJune 24, 2024

Forest River Bus Acquires Trans Tech Bus

This is the second Type A school bus manufacturer - after Collins Bus - taken over by Forest River this year.

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The Route with Kevin Bangston of Thomas Built Buses
SponsoredJune 15, 2024

The Road Ahead for Thomas Built Buses [VIDEO]

Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, talks with Kevin Bangston, president and CEO of Thomas Built Buses, about the bus manufacturer's plans and opportunities. This episode is sponsored by Thomas Built Buses, a leader in pupil transportation.

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Jenna Van Harpen, Tim Gordon, and Albert Burleigh of Blue Bird.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 14, 2024

Blue Bird Expands Leadership of Sales, Marketing

School bus manufacturer Blue Bird promoted Tim Gordon to senior vice president of its sales and marketing organization. The company also appointed Albert Burleigh to vice president of North America bus sales and Jenna Van Harpen to vice president of national fleet sales.

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Blue Bird propane-powered school buses.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 1, 2024

Blue Bird Extends Partnership with ROUSH CleanTech, Ford

The Georgia-based school bus manufacturer will continue working with Ford Component Sales and Roush CleanTech until at least 2030.

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Articlesby Wes PlattApril 11, 2024

5 Questions with David Wright of Forest River Bus on Guiding Collins into the Future

David Wright, president of commercial vehciles for Forest River Bus, looks ahead to the future envisioned for Collins Bus after the bus manufacturer's acquisition in January.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 5, 2024

Thomas Built Buses Reports Ninth Year with "World Class" Score

The North Carolina-based school bus manufacturer has sustained its high Net Promoter Score (NPS) rating for nearly a decade.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseNovember 9, 2023

Van Harpen Rejoins Blue Bird as Fleet Sales Leader

She returns to school bus manufacturer after nearly three years managing sales at Gillig, a maker of transit buses.

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Newsby Wes PlattNovember 5, 2023

NASDPTS 2023: School Transportation Industry Facing Change While Rebounding

National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services annual conference attendees heard about what's happening in the school bus manufacturing industry from representatives of Blue Bird, IC Bus, and Thomas Built Buses.

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