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REGION OF WATERLOO, GRAND RIVER TRANSIT AWARDS NEW FLYER A CONTRACT FOR ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE 40-FOOT XCELSIOR BUSES

 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – November 9, 2012: (TSX:NFI; TSX:NFI.DB.U) New Flyer Industries Inc. (“New Flyer” or the “Company”), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in Canada and the United States, announced today that Grand River Transit from the Region of Waterloo located in South-Western Ontario (“GRT”) has awarded New Flyer a five-year contract for up to 123 40-foot Xcelsior clean diesel powered buses. The contract consists of a firm order of 18 buses and options for an additional 105 buses over the term of the contract.

 

New Flyer has built buses for GRT dating back to 1992, with its industry standard setting low-floor (LF) transit bus. This contract is for New Flyer’s ‘best in class’ next generation Xcelsior transit bus.

 

“New Flyer is proud to once again be building buses for GRT, and is committed to continuing our strong and cooperative relationship,” said Paul Soubry, New Flyer’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our commitment to GRT is to provide world class support for GRT’s transit operation and best value for the citizens of Waterloo Region. We stand proudly behind our lifetime customer care program, the most comprehensive warranty, service, training, and spare parts support in the industry.”

 

The initial order for 18 40-foot Xcelsior buses will begin production in the first quarter of next year and is expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2013.

 

 

http://www.newflyer.com/index/2012_11_09_waterloo_grand_river_awards

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Alameda-Contra Costa Transit Exercises Option To Purchase Twenty-Three 60-Foot Xcelsior Diesel Articulating Buses

 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – November 13, 2012: (TSX:NFI; TSX:NFI.DB.U) New Flyer Industries Inc. (“New Flyer” or the “Company”), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the United States and Canada, announced today that Alameda Contra Costa Transit (“AC Transit”) located in Oakland, CA has approved the purchase of 23 (46 equivalent units or “EUs”) Xcelsior diesel 60-foot heavy-duty articulating buses.

 

The order for 23 buses (46 EUs) was placed using options from another US transit authority. The original contract signed June 4, 2012, enables the assignment of up to 155 options of which 130 still remain after this procurement and are currently included in New Flyer’s backlog.

 

From 1988 to 1997, New Flyer manufactured 168 high-floor modeled 40- and 60-foot heavy-duty diesel buses for AC Transit. Today, AC Transit’s active fleet size consists of nearly 700 buses in an array of bus lengths and servicing a variety of routes. The 23 articulated buses, once in service will account for 18% of AC Transit’s 60 foot articulated fleet.

 

“Our new purchase of Xcelsior buses will keep in line with our mission to provide safe, reliable and efficient public transit service in the East Bay,” said David Armijo, General Manager, AC Transit.

 

“The last New Flyer buses acquired by AC Transit were high-floor models,” said Paul Soubry, New Flyer’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are confident AC Transit will enjoy our low-floor Xcelsior bus as it provides greater accessibility, improved fuel efficiency, reduced interior and exterior noise and improved styling amenities.”

 

Production of the twenty-three buses is anticipated to begin in March 2013, with delivery expected by August 2013

 

http://www.newflyer.com/index/2012_11_12-alameda-contra-costa

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STANISLAUS COUNTY EXERCISES OPTION TO PURCHASE THREE 40-FOOT XCELSIOR BUSES

 

http://www.newflyer.com/index/stanislaus-county-40-foot-xcelsior

 

NEW FLYER WELCOMES JOHN ANDREWS AS REGIONAL SALES MANAGER FOR THE EASTERN UNITED STATES TO THE TEAM

 

http://www.newflyer.com/index/new-flyer-welcomes-john-andrews

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Martz Group orders 46 MCI coaches for 2013 delivery

 

Martz' 24 MCI® J4500 and 22 MCI® D4505 coaches

 

http://www.mcicoach.com/media-center/2013-01-07-martz.htm

 

 

Trans-Bridge Lines first in area to get seven new 2013 MCI® J4500 coaches; plans new Park and Ride facility

 

http://www.mcicoach.com/media-center/2013-01-07-trans-bridge.htm

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ORION ASSIGNS SEATTLE KING COUNTY METRO TRANSIT CONTRACT FOR UP TO 381 HYBRID BUSES TO NEW FLYER Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – February 12, 2013: (TSX:NFI; TSX:NFI.DB.U) New Flyer Industries Inc. (“New Flyer” or the “Company”), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the United States and Canada, announced today that Daimler Buses North America, Inc. (“DBNA”), has assigned to New Flyer its contract with Seattle Metro Transit, a division of King County Department of Transportation, to build up to 381 Xcelsior™ heavy-duty 35 and 40-foot diesel-electric hybrid buses. King County Metro’s initial order to New Flyer under the assigned contract consists of 60 heavy-duty 35-foot buses and 60 heavy-duty 40-foot diesel-electric hybrid buses.The contract, which expires on June 30, 2014, includes remaining base order buses consisting of a combination of 181 35-foot and 40-foot diesel-electric hybrid buses, as well as 200 option buses consisting of a combination of 35-foot and 40-foot buses. This award assignment marks the first Xcelsior™ buses to be built for King County Metro’s fleet. The Xcelsior™ is New Flyer’s ‘best-in-class’ low-floor model that boasts improvements in fuel economy, passenger experience, accessibility, noise reduction and styling; supported by the New Flyer warranty, service and lifetime customer care.“Delivering on commitments to King County Metro was of the upmost importance to New Flyer,” said Paul Soubry, New Flyer’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are pleased that we could respond to DBNA’s transition plan with a solution that met the needs of King County, while ensuring that expectations regarding our current bus production run are met.”The assignment of this contract is a result of DBNA’s decision announced on April 25, 2012 to exit production of Orion heavy-duty transit buses in the US and Canadian markets.This order is additional to New Flyer’s existing contract with King County for 43 60-foot buses currently in production with an anticipated delivery in the second quarter of 2013. This contract assignment further extends the long-standing partnership between New Flyer and King County that has developed on the basis of the reliability of the 995 New Flyer buses delivered since May 2000.http://www.newflyer.com/index/news-app/story.132

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AWARDS NEW FLYER A CONTRACT FOR UP TO 900 40-FOOT BUSESWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – February 7, 2013: (TSX:NFI; TSX:NFI.DB.U) New Flyer Industries Inc. (“New Flyer” or the “Company”), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the United States and Canada, announced today that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“Metro”) has awarded New Flyer a contract for up to 900 Xcelsior™ 40-foot heavy-duty compressed natural gas (“CNG”) buses.The five-year contract contains a firm order for 550 buses and options for up to an additional 350 buses. Between 1998 and 2001, New Flyer manufactured 466 CNG buses for Metro. This build will be the first time New Flyer has built for Metro in over ten years and the first time the New Flyer Xcelsior™ model will be introduced into Metro’s active transit fleet of over 2,200 buses.Some of the exciting features Metro has chosen to include in this build are: all-electric HVAC, electric doors, electric cooling, New Flyer Connect™ telematics system and a Parker-Vansco instrumentation panel cluster equipped with touch-screen technology. These features will allow Metro to realize operating range and efficiency gains in line with their corporate mission of sustainability and emission reduction. “We are thrilled to be awarded the Metro contract,” said Paul Soubry, President and CEO of New Flyer. “With our last Metro build more than 10 years ago, we’re excited to have this opportunity to once again build, deliver our best-in-class Xcelsior™, and provide service and support for the life of Metro’s buses.”On January 8, 2013 Metro issued the Company a notice of intent to award this contract but advised that Metro Safety Committee and Board of Directors approvals had to be achieved before a contact could be issued. The 550 Xcelsior™ 40-foot buses are anticipated to begin production in the fourth quarter of 2013 and will be completely manufactured and assembled at New Flyer of America’s St. Cloud, Minnesota manufacturing facility. All 550 buses part of the expected to be delivered by the latter half of the first quarter of 2015.http://www.newflyer.com/index/news-app/story.130

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One thing that puzzled me was why Orion assigned New Flyer that contract now, when Orion has been out of production for a while now. Was Orion planning to fill the order and just recently gave it up?

Which contract, King County's?

 

I was under the impression Orion was not planning to fulfill the order entirely and King County shifted the order to New Flyer.

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One thing that puzzled me was why Orion assigned New Flyer that contract now, when Orion has been out of production for a while now. Was Orion planning to fill the order and just recently gave it up?

 

 

KCM had options left from the last order that they let Orion assign to New Flyer, which is this order.

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New Flyer wins 2013-2016 bus order for Metro Transit (Halifax NS Canada)

 

 

Going before council on Tuesday:

http://halifax.ca/co...30226ca1011.pdf

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that after a few orders with Nova, Metro Transit has decided to go back to New
Flyer! This is a three-year contract for up to 80 buses. In the evaluation
matrix (included in the above PDF), New Flyer scored 99.7/100, while Nova scored
96, despite Nova being slightly less expensive:

New Flyer 3-year price:
$34,767,346.40
Nova 3-year price: $34,401,083.54

As far as I know, New
Flyer bid Xcelsiors for this RFP, so as long as council approves this, we'll be
seeing them on the streets later this year!

For reference, here's the
original RFP Document:

http://www.gov.ns.ca...ers/P12-123.pdf

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http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1142505/sun-metro-of-el-paso-texas-awards-new-flyer-a-contract-for-up-to-202-xcelsior-tm-cng-buses

 

 

Sun Metro of El Paso, Texas Awards New Flyer a contract for up to 202 Xcelsior CNG buses

WINNIPEG, April 8, 2013 /CNW/ - (TSX:NFI; TSX:NFI.DB.U) New Flyer Industries Inc. ("New Flyer" or the "Company"), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the United States and Canada, announced today that Sun Metro, of El Paso, Texas, has awarded New Flyer a contract for up to 202 Xcelsior™ compressed natural gas ("CNG") heavy-duty buses (323 equivalent units or "EUs").

The five-year contract contains a firm order for 13 CNG 60-foot buses (26 EUs), and nine CNG 40-foot buses. Additionally, the contract includes four, one-year options for up to 108 60-foot CNG buses (216 EUs) and up to 72 40-foot CNG buses.

Sun Metro's commitment to the environment is evident as this order will increase the number of CNG buses in their fleet of 232 transit buses that are nearly all CNG technology. New Flyer has previously built and delivered 60 buses for El Paso's fleet, in both liquid and compressed natural gas propulsions. With nearly 20 years of experience developing CNG systems and delivering well over 4,700 CNG buses, New Flyer has gained invaluable experience that benefits our customers with the most advanced CNG bus in the industry. Additional benefits include a 20-year certified CNG tank and a fire-suppression system that comes as a standard feature on all New Flyer natural gas buses.

"Our vision is to improve our community by moving people from their cars to the bus by providing quality passenger experiences and be a model for other systems around the nation," said Jay Banasiak, Director of Sun Metro, managed by First Transit. "Providing a friendly, reliable service is our objective and our new order of New Flyer Xcelsior buses will help us move forward to obtain it."

"We feel privileged to partner once again with El Paso as their bus manufacturer," said Paul Soubry, President and CEO of New Flyer. "This will be El Paso's first experience with our 'best in class' Xcelsior platform.  Among the many features of the Xcelsior will increase the efficiency of El Paso's transit routes and provide a more enjoyable experience for all of its riders."

The 22, 40-foot and 60-foot buses are anticipated to begin production in the third quarter of 2013 with an expected delivery in the first quarter of 2014.

About New Flyer
New Flyer is the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the United States and Canada.  The Company's three manufacturing facilities - in St. Cloud, MN; Crookston, MN; and Winnipeg, MB - are all ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certified.  The Company currently operates a parts fabrication facility in Elkhart, IN and four parts distribution centers in Erlanger, KY; Fresno, CA; Winnipeg, MB and Brampton, ON.  The Company also operates a service center in Arnprior, ON.

With a skilled workforce of over 2,200 employees, New Flyer is a technology leader, offering the broadest product line in the industry, including drive systems powered by clean diesel, LNG, CNG and electric trolley as well as energy-efficient diesel-electric hybrid vehicles.  New Flyer has delivered over 32,000 heavy-duty buses in the United Statesand Canada.  All products are supported with an industry-leading, comprehensive parts and service network.  Further information is available on New Flyer's web site at www.newflyer.com.

The common shares and convertible unsecured subordinated debentures of New Flyer are traded on the TorontoStock Exchange under the symbols NFI and NFI.DB.U, respectively.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements relating to expected future events and financial and operating results of the Company that involve risks and uncertainties.  Although the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, investors cannot be assured that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements, and the differences may be material.  Actual results may differ materially from management expectations as projected in such forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons, including market and general economic conditions and economic conditions of and funding availability for customers to purchase buses and to purchase parts or services, customers may not exercise options to purchase additional buses, the ability of customers to terminate contracts for convenience and the other risks and uncertainties discussed in the materials filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities and available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.  Due to the potential impact of these factors, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by applicable law.

SOURCE: New Flyer Industries Inc.

For further information:

Jon Koffman
Investor Relations
Tel: 204-224-6672

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Advisory details On certain buses, the push-button ignition switch could fail to return after being depressed. This would allow the engine to start unexpectedly when the ignition circuit is re-energized, which could injure someone working in the engine compartment. Correction: New Flyer will provide fleet operators with directives to inspect and replace both ignition switches (in the drivers area, and in the engine compartment). Affected products
 
Makes and models affected Make Model Model year(s) affected

 

NEW FLYER XD40 2012, 2013

NEW FLYER XDE60 2012

 

 

56 buses are affected

 

http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/tc/2013/33659r-eng.php

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