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MCI / TMC (Part 3) Fort Garry

CHRONOLOGY

1933: Harry Zoltok making his repair shop in Winnipeg in a laboratory for the future of the buses. In outlining the design of the first vehicles in the shop floor, a 11-passenger body on a Packard chassis. Its small manufacturing company, Fort Garry Motor Body and Paint Works, is on the cusp of a new public transport industry.

1936: Public Works Administration provides the first assistance federal government's massive public transportation in the United States, promoting public transport both rail and road. This Depression-era movement begins by local transit operations in the hands of taxpayers.

1937: The company designs and builds its first line of buses for Grey Goose Bus Lines in Winnipeg. Today, Grey Goose is a subsidiary of Greyhound Canada Transportation Corp., operating in Manitoba.

1939: Fort Garry designs and manufactures the 150, a new urban-type bus with the windshield on the radiator, the first use of the outside of stainless steel panels and an engine mounted midship under the floor.

1941 On 7 January, the company changed its name to Motor Coach Industries Limited, but the production of buses quickly gives way to the manufacture of vehicles for the Second World War. New installations of the company in Winnipeg Erin Street and St. Matthews Avenue turns to manufacture trailers for Jeeps, trailers, boats for rescue boats, truck bodies and sections of the army bridges, plus the refurbishment of aircraft pontoons.

1942: MCI built and designed the first electric trolley bus made in Canada, known as Number 1532. It has its own route for 25 years, but never becomes an element of normal production.

1945: With the end of the war, MCI becomes a regular production of buses and introduced its first rear-engine bus, the Model 100 in 1946. In the rest of the decade, the company adds its subsidiary National Products, which manufactures and sells hardware line poles for the program of the prairie provinces' rural electrification, and in Medicine Hat, Alberta, National Porcelain is formed for the manufacture of porcelain insulators for that market.

1948: Greyhound Lines of Canada acquired a majority stake in MCI, Harry Zoltok continues as company president.

1949: MCI model 50, a bus of 33 passengers, is presented as a successor to the Model 100, the first bus in be synonymous with the operation of Greyhound Canada.

1950: As the main users steel the moment, MCI continues to diversify its business beyond buses. It uses its excess capacity to expand with National Products Co. in ornamental street lighting poles, creating Windows and Doors Co. Alsco to serve the growing market for housing after the war. MCI is also expanded to offer custom truck body manufacturing. During this decade, the bus division continues to innovate, the company adds models 85, 90, 95, 96 and MC launches new series of buses. The MC-1 shows that it is a revolutionary new design that incorporates a heating system linked to the engine cooling system.

1958: Greyhound Lines of Canada acquires remaining shares in MCI Zoltok maintaining his role as chairman.

1959: The MC-1 is the popularity of the cement company, 26 buses are produced during the year, the company also developed the prototype the MCX2. At the same time, MCI sells National Porcelain. During the years of Greyhound, MCI is the first manufacturer to build a car 40 feet.

1962: MCI heads south of the border and sets in Pembina, North Dakota plant, 68 miles south of Winnipeg, which opens officially in 1963.

1963: MCI officially enters the U.S. bus market with the development of MC-2, MC-3, MC-4, CM-5 and MC- 5A in the rest of the decade.

1967: MCI offers the first prototype of the mark MC-6 "Super Cruiser" Greyhound bus, designed and developed to Greyhound, with a wheelbase of 102 inches, an all-frame stainless steel, and a V-12.

1968: The 40-MC-foot-7 has been developed and put into production just before the MC-6, which represents the first time that MCI has several production lines in parallel buses. The company currently produces 500 buses per year, compared with only 50 in early 1960. A dealer (after-market) parts division is established in the Motor Coach Industries plant in Pembina, North Dakota.

1969: MCI built a total of 100 cars between 1969 and 1970, a fraction of its current production. MCI reintroduce again frame all-stainless steel in 1997 when building the bus model Renaissance ® 102EL3 (now the E4500).

MCI MC6

1970: MCI begins its first international distribution sales to Mexico, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. 1971: Harry Zoltok is removed, while the company opens a distribution center of new parts in Northlake, Illinois. Greyhound moved its corporate headquarters from Chicago to Phoenix. The company built its first bus MC-5B (the production runs through 1977).

1972: Hausman Bus Sales, founded in 1954 by Jerry Hausman, with sales and service centers in Chicago, New Jersey and California, joined forces with MCI and start selling only their new buses.

1973: The MC-8 hits the road, to replace the MC-7. 1975: MCI Service Parts division, becomes Universal Coach Parts Inc., the official supply of parts for buses and school bus operators.

1978: The company develops MC-9 Crusader II, aiming to become the best seller on the highway bus industry in North America.

1980: MCI continues to expand its manufacturing and parts operations in Canada and the United States. The company expands its product lines in Fort Garry and Pembina to double the production capacity of the popular MC-9. The Canadian distribution center opens in Newcastle, Ontario, under the name MCI Service Parts.

1983: UCP pioneer in its "COACH" - Computerized Assisted Customer Order Handling - the first parts ordered by the electronic system is visited by more than 300 clients.

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1984: A total of six years before the Americans with Disabilities Act is enacted, MCI is the first vehicle manufacturer to offer wheelchair lifts in their vehicles. The first model is hired as an adaptation to Terra Transport and built for the Government of Canada in June 1984, is also acquired by others in October. 1985: build the first six MCI MC-9 units with lifts for wheelchair users at the end of February 1986 for the State of Massachusetts.

1987: MCI General Motors acquires parts business for buses, almost doubling the size of the company during the night. That same year, a larger facility for the distribution of parts purchased in Des Plaines, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, becoming the new location at its headquarters.

1993: MCI launches COACH GUARD ®, a private brand of aftermarket parts, which grew to include a full line of filters, remanufactured transmissions, bearings, seals, electrical appliances and hundreds of other parts, all designed and manufactured to tight tolerances for long lasting performance.

Brochures that were me I bid several years ago by my friend William A. Luke.

1994: The MC-9 bus becomes the nation's best selling of all time with 6,406 vehicles sold between 1978 and 1994.

1995: The MC-9 leads to what will be a new leader, MCI D-Series. The first model of the D series, the 102DL3, has capacity for 55 passengers and 45 feet extended length makes it an even more popular than "9" (Today there are more D than 7,700 models on the road in the U.S. and Canada). MCI acquired the assets of Billingsley Parts & Equipment, a distributor of school bus parts and special parts manufacturer.

1996: Coach MCI introduced the Renaissance, the 102EL3, a new look, designed with a patented spiral entry created with help from BMW Designworks USA. The company acquires the assets of the parties Flxible Corporation, one of the largest manufacturers of buses.

1998: Company announces plans to open a new plant in Louisville in a site of 31 acres near a UPS center and consolidate the operations of existing storage facilities. The company also announced plans for a line of Internet-based online ordering system, called The Parts Store, in replacement of COACH - Computerized-Assisted Customer Order Handling.

1999: MCI is moving to a new local sales and service center in Dallas than 40,000 square feet. The location is also home to MCI Financial Services.

2000: MCI complies with an order history of New Jersey Transit - $ 500 million for 1,400 buses "Cruiser." At the same time, it is the largest operation ever recorded for the purchase of buses by a city transit agency. The company celebrates its move to Louisville, and announces its name change to MCI Service Parts Inc, according to MCI's corporate strategy to unify its network of services under the name MCI.

2001: MCI J4500 presents her model, which will soon become the most sold in the bus industry. Its award-winning style follows that of E4500 (formerly Renaissance), and its mechanical systems are simplified for easy maintenance experience. For 2007, the J4500 exceeds 2,103 units. MCI opens in Orlando, Florida, a new area of \u200b\u200bsales and service center

Photo: http://www.busmemories.com/

2003: MCI invests $ 40 million in expanding its plant in Winnipeg with ISO certification and move production of its former factory G4500 from Mexico to Winnipeg, integrating the model in the line of E4500/J4500 with various platforms.

2004: The ranking of MCI J4500, gives it as the No. 1 seller in the industry as the trend report published by the magazine National Bus Trader. MCI offers emergency roadside assistance 24 hours a day, every day, administered in the MCI by professionals through its call center support in the parts distribution center in Louisville.

2005: MCI series also gives the D a major transformation, providing what is now called D4005 and D4505 with more curvaceous, modern exterior design that made the J and E models so attractive to operators.

2006: MCI opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey, its ninth center services.

2007: MCI launches Go Green. Go Coach. Go MCI. ™ (slogan) and it gives great strides toward industry leadership in providing ("greener") transport solutions for both public and private sector. Embracing new EPA requirements, MCI launched its line of models with the largest selection of clean diesel engine industry and transmission. The company is also accelerating its plans for a second generation of diesel hybrid buses. In summer, offers J4500 bus powered by a Caterpillar 2007 EPA compliant on the road to raise awareness of bus transport in green (green) during the 54-day Udall Legacy Bus Tour. MCI launches the first National Training Center (National Training Center) at its headquarters in Louisville, dedicated to improving and promoting the technical skills of all buses. At the same time, Coach Driving Simulator introduces its first simulator of the high technology industry from a specific manufacturer, which offers a virtual reality experience of driving and a variety of security scenarios to improve the skills of drivers.

2008: MCI celebrates the 75th anniversary of its first bus with a special edition of the bestselling car J4500.

2009: completes the restructuring of MCI, has announced that Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC, is its new majority shareholder.

Extracted from: http://www.mcicoach.com/

Translated and compiled by: Enrique Fernandez (Montevideo - Uruguay)

N A: My good friend Jose Ramirez, adds me following data: between 1994 and 1999, MCI was part of Mexico's Grupo DINA and between 1990 and 1993, advised MCI Trailers de Monterrey in the production of buses SULTANA.