citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message corbeil bus corporation type subsidiary collins bus corporation industry transportation predecessor les enterprises michel corbeil inc. founded 2007 headquarters hutchinson kansas united states area served united states canada products school buses parent collins industries website http www.corbeilbus.com corbeil bus corporation is a school and commercial bus manufacturer based in hutchinson kansas . it was created from the acquisition of predecessor les enterprises michel corbeil by collins industries in 2007 . collins markets the corbeil brand name throughout canada and as special order buses in the united states . contents 1 history 1.1 les enterprises michel corbeil 1.2 corbeil bus corporation 2 external links 3 references history edit les enterprises michel corbeil edit les enterprises michel corbeil former type a industry transportation fate acquired by collins industries in 2007 successor corbeil bus corporation founded 1985 founder michel corbeil defunct 2007 headquarters st lin laurentides quebec . area served canada united states products school buses website http www.corbeilbus.com a corbeil type a bus photographed in canada . les enterprises michel corbeil is a former school and commercial bus manufacturer based out of st lin laurentides canada . founded in 1985 the first corbeil buses were produced in a 7 000 square foot 650 m2 factory ; 77 buses all type a school buses were manufactured the first year . the factory was later moved to a 130 000 square foot 12 000 m2 facility to increase production . in 1990 corbeil added full size buses along with dual rear wheel type a school buses . corbeil buses were known for utilizing lightweight components allowing for many flexible floorplans . being built in canada corbeil made a bus that was resistant to winter conditions which made it a popular bus not only in canada but in the northeast united states particularly new york . outside of canada corbeil s largest dealers were don brown bus sales of johnstown ny and gorman enterprises of elma ny . new york state made up the majority of corbeil s overall sales in the united states . in addition to type a buses corbeil built type c conventional and type d transit style buses . these were only sold in canada as corbeil did not want to enter the highly competitive us market . most conventionals were built on international chassis but some ford b 700 and freightliner fs 65 chassis were supplied as well . additionally international supplied type d chassis but corbeil was not allowed to sell their type d buses in the united states because they would compete against similar products built by international s subsidiary amtran . in september 2007 after a few years of declining business corbeil shut down operations and collins bus corporation purchased assets including designs naming rights and warranty . corbeil bus corporation edit after the acquisition in late 2007 collins moved all corbeil production from quebec to their headquarters in hutchinson kansas ; this brought all collins school bus production into one facility mid bus production in ohio was closed at the same time . today the three collins school bus brands sell a common product line differentiated largely by brand engineering . in addition sales of each brand are concentrated in different regions of north america so as not to directly compete with one another but as a whole against competitors like blue bird girardin starcraft thomas and trans tech . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to corbeil school buses . corbeil bus references edit coachbuilt.com history and background on les enterprises michel corbeil v t e school bus manufacturers north america active manufacturers full size and small buses blue bird corporation small buses made by girardin minibus ic bus lion bus full size buses only thomas built buses inc small buses only collins industries collins mid bus corbeil girardin minibus renamed micro bird by girardin starcraft bus trans tech van con defunct manufacturers including date of closure or last school bus manufacture 2000s carpenter industries inc 2001 american transportation corporation amtran 2002 ; became ic bus les enterprises michel corbeil 2008 ; acquired by collins liberty bus 2005 u.s. bus corporation 1990s coach and equipment manufacturing 1999 ; still in business crown coach corporation 1991 gillig corporation 1993 ; still in business mid bus 1998 ; acquired by collins tam usa 1991 wayne corporation 1992 ; became wayne wheeled vehicles wayne wheeled vehicles 1995 1980s ward body works 1980 ; became amtran new bus company 1989 superior coach company 1985 1970s northern coach perley a. thomas car works 1972 ; became thomas built buses 1960s hackney brothers body company 1966 1950s kenworth pacific 1957 ; still in business list of school bus manufacturers v t e north american bus builders active blue bird corporation dina s.a. environmental performance vehicles ford motor company gillig corporation girardin minibus glaval bus ic bus lion bus millennium transit services new flyer industries motor coach industries new flyer north american bus industries nova bus optima bus corporation proterra inc. prevost car rev group champion bus incorporated collins bus corporation eldorado national goshen coach setra stallion bus and transit corp. starcraft bus thomas built buses trans tech van con defunct acf brill aerocoach am general amtran beck canadian car and foundry carpenter body company crown coach corporation dupont industries eagle bus fageol fifth avenue bus company fitzjohn flxible general motors diesel division gm coach gm truck and coach division kenworth lag motorcoach les enterprises michel corbeil mack trucks marmon herrington masa neoplan usa orion international pullman standard st. louis car company superior coach company transportation manufacturing corporation twin coach u.s. bus corporation ward body works wayne corporation wayne wheeled vehicles white motor company yellow coach manufacturing company retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title corbeil bus corporation & oldid 742651008 categories school busesschool bus manufacturersbus manufacturersmanufacturing companies of canadacompanies based in quebechidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2010all articles needing additional referencescommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 23 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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