Purchases - USA - Contract bolsters future of Orion Bus
Whitestown plant gets $249M, 500-bus contractWHITESTOWN,IND,USA -Utica Observer Dispatch, by Elizabeth Cooper -Oct 19, 2005: -- Dave Mogenson and Thomasina Heyward have been laid off from Orion Bus Industries at different points when the company had hard times, but they're feeling secure about their jobs now... When Gov. George Pataki visited the manufacturing plant Tuesday to celebrate a new $249 million, 500-bus contract with New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, they were among the workers who came out to hear the governor and other officials speak... Many of the buses made at Orion are hybrid diesel and electric, such as the ones going to New York City. The rest run on gas or diesel, said Chief Commercial Officer of DaimlerChrysler Commercial Buses of North America Patrick Scully...
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