BUSMAKERS NEWS * Canada
* Ontario - Manufacturers cry foul over Buy American bill
Ottawa,ONT,CAN -The Globe and Mail, by BARRIE MCKENNA -Jun. 27 2014: -- A move by the Obama administration to require 100 per cent U.S. content in all federally funded transit projects could decimate Canada’s bus and rail car industry... Canadian manufacturers are crying foul over a massive U.S. government-backed transportation bill they say will wreak havoc on existing supply chains and make it very difficult to continue making buses and subway cars in Canada... As with New Flyer, Nova Bus, owned by Volvo, has a plant in Plattsburgh, N.Y., to meet existing U.S. content rules on government-funded transit contracts... Coach bus maker Prévost, also owned by Volvo and based in Sainte-Claire, Que., is considering opening a plant in Plattsburgh, N.Y., if it wins a key contract with New York City transit authority – to meet local Buy American rules... The Canadian transit industry lost a key player in 2012, when Daimler AG of Germany shuttered its subsidiary, Orion Bus Industries of Mississauga, Ont., blaming slumping transit sales in North America...
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