JOINT VENTURES--MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES CHANGING SHAPE OF U.S. BUS BUSINESS
The "Buy America" provisions of funding legislation have seen Canadian and European builders teaming with U.S. firms to supply buses to U.S. transit systems. While formerly two U.S. builders dominated their domestic market, recent years have seen these changes: (1) Multinational corporations have established substantial bus manufacturing capacity in the U.S. and are increasing their market share, possibly as a preliminary to becoming major suppliers of trucks; (2) The U.S. market has become stagnant and represents mainly replacements, rather than expansion; (3) U.S. manufacturers had relied on high-volume sales of standard vehicles and may have to resort to international manufacturing to offset high labor costs; (4) Smaller U.S. facilities of non-U.S. firms tend to serve specialized and regional markets. Pessimists in the industry are concerned that U.S. capacity for producing buses has increased 25% without any prospect of more sales. A summary of the status of the U.S. and joint-venture producers follows.
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Corporate Authors:
Carter (C Carroll)
538 National Press Building
Washington, DC United States 20004 -
Authors:
- Young, D
- Publication Date: 1983-12
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 12-15
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Serial:
- Mass Transit
- Volume: 10
- Issue Number: 12
- Publisher: Cygnus Publishing, Incorporated
- ISSN: 0364-3484
- Serial URL: http://www.masstransitmag.com
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Buses; Forecasting; Industries; Institutional issues; Joint ventures; Marketing
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00382589
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 30 1984 12:00AM