US EditionNew Flyer opens expanded facility for all-Canadian bus manufacturing
The facility creates 250 advanced manufacturing jobs and strengthens Canada’s supply chain for zero-emission transit buses, ending a 15-year gap in full Canadian bus assembly.
- On Tuesday, New Flyer Industries opened a new facility at 630 Kernaghan Ave., Winnipeg, where officials said a fully Canadian-built transit bus rolled off the line for the first time in 15 years.
- The project, first announced in 2024, secured federal and provincial funding and was framed by officials as a response to U.S. 'buy American' rules and geopolitical instability.
- The Winnipeg facility will create 250 direct jobs, with New Flyer’s global headquarters in Winnipeg employing 3,000 Manitobans, and produces about 20 bus shells weekly, five for Canadian destinations and 15 for the U.S.
- Officials said buses completed in Winnipeg will serve many Canadian cities and reinforce Manitoba's position in zero-emission transportation technology, while freeing U.S. plant capacity to finish buses for American customers.
- NFI enters the quarter after a 52.1 per cent rise in EBITDA, with Paul Soubry noting True North is now an operating facility despite some components, like engines, being unavailable in Canada.
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New Flyer unveils Winnipeg facility for all-Canadian-built electric transit buses
For the first time in 15 years, a fully Canadian-built transit bus has rolled off an assembly line, marking a major milestone, officials with New Flyer and the provincial government said Tuesday.
New Flyer opens expanded facility for all-Canadian bus manufacturing
A Winnipeg-based bus and motor coach manufacturer has officially opened its newly expanded production facility, marking the first time in more than a decade that start-to-finish bus manufacturing will take place in Winnipeg.
"The last time a bus was built in Canada was 15 years ago," said Paul Soubry, advisor and former president of the NFI Group. "Thanks to the investments of the provincial and federal governments, this plant creates 250 direct jobs related to the production of zero-emission transportation vehicles, responding to growing demand across Canada."The new New Flyer plant will design, develop and build the urban buses on which Canadians depend, right her…
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