Canadian bus company to invest $31.5M with new plant in Peoria County. Here's what we know

Canadian electric minibus manufacturer to open first US plant in Peoria

Damera Corp., an Ontario-based electric bus company, plans to invest $31.5 million and create 90 full-time jobs to open its first U.S. assembly plant, backed by state tax incentives.

Canadian bus company to invest $31.5M with new plant in Peoria County. Here's what we know

The company plans to lease a Peoria-area facility and produce a new line of electric buses.

Electric bus company Damera to open first U.S. factory in Illinois

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTVO) — Damera, a Canadian distributor of electric buses, is expanding into the United States, with its first assembly plant to be built in Illinois. The news was announced Tuesday by Gov. JB Pritzker while meeting with Damera leadership during a business development trip to Washington D.C. “Over the past six years, Illinois has pushed to solidify our status as a hub of the EV future – and put our shoulder to the wheel to get t…

New zero-emission bus plant to open in Peoria area; create 90 jobs

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- Gov. JB Pritzker said a zero-emission electric bus company will open a manufacturing plant in the Greater Peoria Area -- the first for the company within the country -- that will create 90 jobs. Damera Corporation, a Canadian transit solutions provider, plans to open its first U.S. assembly plant and invest more than $31.5 million over the next four years to expand into Illinois and create 90 new full-time jobs, Pritzker s…