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Motor Coach Industries International Inc. (MCI) is a Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada -based Bus manufacturer. The company was incorporated in 1932 as Fort Garry Motor Body and Paint Works Limited. In 1948 Greyhound Lines of Canada, at that time MCI's major customer, became a majority shareholder. MCI was purchased outright by Greyhound Lines in 1958 . In 1962 a new plant was opened in Pembina, North Dakota to increase capacity as Greyhound widened its markets and switched increasingly from GMC to its own in-house products. In 1974 another plant was opened in Roswell, New Mexico under the title Transportation Manufacturing Corporation . MCI D4500CT 2267 at York University in Toronto .]] In December 1986 , Greyhound was split, with Greyhound Lines being sold to an investor group, and Greyhound Lines of Canada, MCI and Transportation Manufacturing Corporation remaining part of Greyhound Corporation , which was renamed Dial, Inc. in 1991 . In 1987 , Greyhound Corporation bought the bus manufacturing operations of General Motors , and production of the RTS was transferred to Transportation Manufacturing Corporation . TMC ceased production of MCI vehicles in 1990 to concentrate on RTS production. In 1993 MCI became an independent corporation, Motor Coach Industries International Inc.. In 1994 MCI merged with DINA S.A. of Mexico , and over the course of the next couple of years production of the D4500 and G4500 models was transferred to Mexico . Transportation Manufacturing Corporation , including production rights for the RTS, was sold to NovaBus in 1994 . In June 1999 , DINA S.A. sold its holding in MCII to a private investment company. After a period of falling demand, increased competition and lay-offs in the early 2000s, production at MCI plants in Winnipeg and Pembina, North Dakota increased in 2006, and 130 employees were added. PRODUCTS Current
The D4000CL and D4500CL are currently available only for public transportation agencies. Past
Note: Only 16 Articulated Classics were ever produced and sold: 2 were sold to the STCUQ in Quebec, and the other 14 were sold to Metro Transit in Halifax, N.S. However, production of the "Classic" transit bus was taken over by NovaBUS before this order was completed, therefore #701-707 bear the MCI logo, while 708-714 bear the NovaBUS logo. SEE ALSO
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