By Robby Hamby, Director of Commercial Product Strategy, Bridgestone Americas The bus and motorcoach industry holds a unique and important role in our mobility ecosystem. While other commercial fleets transport goods, bus and coach fleets are responsible for our most precious cargo: people. Accordingly, it is important to remember that it is tires and tires…
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By Victor S. Parra, Contributor Not too long ago I read an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) about selling a small company. The article was entitled, “Who will inherit the family business? Often, it’s Private Equity.” Needless to say, the article jumped right out at me. I suspect the issues these families…
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By Matt Hotchkiss, Senior Vice President, Bus Division Sales Manager, Commercial Vehicle Group, Wells Fargo Equipment Finance The motorcoach industry has always had its fair share of challenges, typically brought on by major economic events. The most recent impact to the U.S. economy was the COVID-19 pandemic, and prior to the pandemic, companies had to…
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By Mark Holley, Director of Marketing and Customer Solutions – Wheel-End, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC Why are bus and motorcoach operators choosing air disc brakes (ADBs) in growing numbers? Because they understand that an investment in ADBs pays off in several ways, both on the road and in the shop, from shorter stopping distances…
Read More >>busHive P.O. Box 417 Ballston Spa, NY 12020 USA Phone: 518-877-2500 Email: sales@bushive.com Website: www.bushive.com Products: busHive is a tech company that helps motorcoach organizations modernize charter operations. Its cloud-based system streamlines quoting, confirmations, dispatching, scheduling, billing, and payroll. It also offers a vehicle maintenance module that assists with tracking preventative maintenance work-orders and inventory as well…
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Bridgestone Americas, Inc., (Bridgestone) has announced that its commercial truck and bus radial (TBR) tire manufacturing facility in Warren County, Tennessee, has received its sixth Volunteer STAR (Safety Through Accountability and Recognition) award. The Volunteer STAR Award is the state’s highest honor for workplace safety and health and is a nationally recognized program patterned after…
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CALSTART has announced the release of this year’s Zeroing in on Electric School Buses (ESB) report, an annual report funded through the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP). As of December 2022, 3,043 electric school buses have been awarded, ordered, delivered or deployed in the United States. As of the…
Read More >>Motor Coach Industries (MCI), a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc. (NFI), has announced that Scott Robertson has rejoined MCI as director of service centers, reporting directly to Vice President, Customer Care, New Flyer and MCI, Scott Halbesma. Leveraging his 20+ years of industry experience, Robertson will lead the operations of six MCI service centers and…
Read More >>Amaya-Astron Seating Pirules 16-E, Interior B. Complejo Ind. Cuamatla, Cuautitlán Izcalli, 54730 MEXICO +52(55)5881-2007 Email: donovan@amaya-astron.com.mx Website: www.amaya-astronseating.com Company Officers: Donovan Albarran, Export Sales Vice President; Bob Greene, Sales Representative; and Jeff Goldwasser, Sales Representative Products: Amaya-Astron Seating specializes in the development and manufacture of cutting-edge and innovative products, offering customized solutions for the coach…
Read More >>AngelTrax 119 S. Woodburn Dr., Dothan, AL 36305 USA 800-673-1788 Email: sales@angeltrax.com Website: www.angeltrax.com Products: AngelTrax is a designer, manufacturer, and provider of high-definition in-vehicle mobile surveillance. AngelTrax offers state-of-the-art products, including Vulcan™ Series MDVRs, patented Hybrid Component™ MNVRs, IP cameras, high-definition cameras, live view, live tracking, driver behavior management with AI features and patented…
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