Collins Industries

Collins Bus Corporation
Formerly	E-CON-O Conversion
Industry	Automotive
Founded	1967; 57 years ago in Kansas City, Missouri
Founder	Don Collins, Sr.
Headquarters	South Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
Area served	North America
Products	School buses
Parent	Forest River
Subsidiaries	Mid Bus (defunct); Corbeil Bus Corporation (defunct);
Website	collinsbus.com
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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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^ "Bus Manufacturers – Collins Bus Company, Member of REV Group". www.collinsbus.com. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
^ Dinnell, Dave (November 6, 1998). "Collins opens $1.1 million facility". Wichita Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-08-16.

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[:0-3] "Bus Manufacturers – Collins Bus Company, Member of REV Group". www.collinsbus.com. Retrieved 2019-06-22.

[wbj1998112-4] Dinnell, Dave (November 6, 1998). "Collins opens $1.1 million facility". Wichita Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-08-16.

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