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| Formerly | Bus Industries of America (U.S.) Ontario Bus and Truck, Inc. Ontario Bus Industries |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Bus manufacturing |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Defunct | 2013 |
| Fate | Voluntary closure/market exit |
| Headquarters | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
Area served | Canada, United States |
Key people | Rich Ferguson (CEO) |
| Products | Transit buses |
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Number of employees | 1,400 (US and Canada) |
| Parent | New Flyer (aftermarket business only) |
| Website | orionbus.com/orion (archived link) |
Orion Bus Industries, also known as Bus Industries of America in the United States, was a private bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
The company had its main manufacturing plant in Mississauga and sent bus body shells to their plant in Oriskany, New York, for final assembly and testing of vehicles destined for U.S. markets.[1] Manufacturing ended in 2013.
The company was taken over by the Ontario Government in 1994 for loan arrears and was sold in 1995 to Western Star Truck Holdings. Until 1995, the word Orion was only a model or brand name, not part of the company's name. In 2000, Western Star was purchased by a division of DaimlerChrysler, and in 2006, Orion was absorbed into DaimlerChrysler Commercial Buses North America.[2] For some period of time thereafter, DaimlerChrysler continued to market its buses under the "Orion" brand name.
- ^ "Production Locations Overview". DaimlerChrysler. 2003. Archived from the original on April 8, 2005.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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