• School bus manufacturers are integral to the United States education system.school buses image by alwayspp from Fotolia.com
  
  Thousands of school and charter buses operate across North America, but they come from a relatively small number of manufacturers. Ranging in specialty from small school buses to large, luxury motor coaches each company is integral in supporting both mass and private transit.
  
  

Blue Bird Corporation

• Blue Bird Corporation has been in business since 1927 and manufactures a variety of buses. Among its products are school buses and coach bases ranging from Type A, which is the smallest and holds fewer than 10 passengers, to Type D, which is the largest and usually holds up to 90 passengers.
  
  Blue Bird Corporation
  
  402 Blue Bird Blvd.
  
  Fort Valley, GA 31030
  
  blue-bird.com
  
  

Collins Bus Corporation

• Collins Bus Corporation was founded in 1967, and was the first company to build a Type A bus in North America. Today they still specialize in Type A school and activity buses. Sister companies Corbeil and Mid Bus offer very similar products out of Canada and the U.S. Contact information is the same for all three companies.
  
  Collins Bus Corporation
  
  415 W. 6th
  
  P.O. Box 2946
  
  South Hutchinson, KS 67504-2946
  
  620-662-9000
  
  collinsbus.com
  
  

Ebus

• Ebus, founded in 1998, specializes in 22-foot, fuel-cell and electric buses and trolleys.
  
  Ebus, Inc.
  
  9250 Washburn Rd.
  
  Downey, CA 90242
  
  562-904-3474
  
  ebus.com
  
  

ElDorado National

• ElDorado National has two divisions--the California division specializes in heavy duty buses while the Kansas division specializes in cutaway buses and mobility vans.
  
  ElDorado National -- California, Inc.
  
  9670 Galena Street
  
  Riverside, CA 92509
  
  909-591-9557
  
  enconline.com
  
  ElDorado National -- Kansas, Inc.
  
  1655 Wall Street
  
  Salina, KS 67401
  
  800-850-1287
  
  enconline.com
  
  

Gillig Corporation

• Gillig Corporation is based in San Francisco and was founded in 1890. The company specializes in heavy-duty transit buses.
  
  Gillig Corporation
  
  P.O. Box 3008
  
  Hayward, CA 94540-3008
  
  gillig.com
  
  

Motor Coach Industries

• Motor Coach Industries began in 1933 as Fort Garry Motor Body and Paint Works Limited and now specializes in luxury and public transit coaches.
  
  Motor Coach Industries
  
  1700 East Golf Road
  
  Schaumburg, IL 60173
  
  866-624-2622
  
  mcicoach.com
  
  

North American Bus Industries

• North American Bus Industries, formerly Ikarus, is headquartered in Alabama and specializes in medium- and heavy-duty transit buses.
  
  North American Bus Industries, Inc.
  
  U.S. Headquarters and Manufacturing
  
  106 National Drive
  
  Anniston, AL 36207
  
  256-831-4296
  
  nabusind.com
  
  

Setra - North America

• Setra North America is part of Daimler Buses North America and specializes in luxury motor coaches.
  
  Setra North America, Inc.
  
  6012 High Point Rd.
  
  Ste. B
  
  Greensboro, NC 27407-7009
  
  336-878-5400
  
  setrausa.com
  
  

Girardin Minibus

• Girardin Minibus, headquartered in Quebec, Canada, began selling buses in 1958 and specializes in Type A and B school and commercial buses.
  
  Girardin Minibus, Inc.
  
  3000 Girardin
  
  Drummondville, Quebec
  
  J2E 0A1 CANADA
  
  819-477-8222
  
  girardin.com
  
  

New Flyer

• New Flyer, Inc., founded in 1930, operates out of Canada, but serves all of North America. The company specializes in heavy-duty buses and is known for creating the first low-floor bus and the first zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell fleet.
  
  New Flyer, Inc.
  
  711 Kernaghan Avenue
  
  Winnipeg, Manitoba
  
  R2C 3T4 CANADA
  
  204-224-1251
  
  newflyer.com