Collins Industries

Collins Bus Corporation
FormerlyE-CON-O Conversion
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967) in Kansas City, Missouri
FounderDon Collins, Sr.
Headquarters,
USA
Area served
North America
ProductsSchool buses
ParentForest River
Subsidiaries
Websitecollinsbus.com
Footnotes / references
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Collins Industries is an American bus manufacturer headquartered in South Hutchinson, Kansas. Best known for production of yellow school buses, the company produces buses for multiple applications; all bodies designed by the company have been produced for cutaway van chassis.

Collins was founded in 1967 by Don Collins Sr. as E-CON-O Conversion;[3] originally a part of Collins Industries, the company exists today as a wholly owned subsidiary of manufacturing company Forest River. All production is sourced from the company's 94,000 square-foot facility in South Hutchinson, Kansas.[4]

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  3. ^ "Bus Manufacturers – Collins Bus Company, Member of REV Group". www.collinsbus.com. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  4. ^ Dinnell, Dave (November 6, 1998). "Collins opens $1.1 million facility". Wichita Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-08-16.