Collins Industries

Collins Industries is a Hutchinson, Kansas company that specializes in manufacturing of Type A school buses, and also manufactures ambulances and other special-purpose vehicles. The company was founded in 1971 and as of 1998 it was made up of subsidiaries: Collins Bus Corporation, Wheeled Coach Industries, Inc., & World Trans, Inc.. Collins purchased manufacturer Mid Bus in 1998, and the assets of Canada-based manufacturer Corbeil Bus Corporation in 2007. Since October 2006 Collins has been an 80-percent owned subsidiary of BNS Holding Inc. The company has about 900 employees, in three manufacturing facilities.

Collins was purchased by American Industrial Partners, an investment group. In 2010, AIP combined Collins with Fleetwood Enterprises. E-One, and Halcore Group to form Allied Specialty Vehicles.

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Collins Industries is a Hutchinson, Kansas company that specializes in manufacturing of Type A school buses, and also manufactures ambulances and other special-purpose vehicles. The company was founded in 1971 and as of 1998 it was made up of subsidiaries: Collins Bus Corporation, Wheeled Coach Industries, Inc., & World Trans, Inc.. Collins purchased manufacturer Mid Bus in 1998, and the assets of Canada-based manufacturer Corbeil Bus Corporation in 2007. Since October 2006 Collins has been an 80-percent owned subsidiary of BNS Holding Inc. The company has about 900 employees, in three manufacturing facilities.

Collins was purchased by American Industrial Partners, an investment group. In 2010, AIP combined Collins with Fleetwood Enterprises. E-One, and Halcore Group to form Allied Specialty Vehicles.

Subject ID: 15141

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