Canada’s NFI buys Alexander Dennis

After 15 years as an independent Britishowned manufacturer, Alexander Dennis has become part of the Canadian-based NFI Group in a £630million deal that creates an enlarged business of over 8,900 employees with global reach, especially in the highcapacity double-deck market.

NFI — the initials stand for New Flyer Industries — is one of the leading North American bus and coach builders, producing New Flyer transit buses, MCI coaches and Arboc ‘cutaway’ van-based vehicles for Canada and the United States. Until now it has had no presence in other markets.

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