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AmTran

Company nameAmTran (American Transportation Corporation)
Company typeSubsidiary of Navistar International (1991-2002)
IndustryTransportation
FateRe-named IC Corporation in 2002
PredecessorWard Industries, Inc.
SuccessorIC Corporation
Founded1980
Defunct2002
HeadquartersConway, Arkansas
Area servedNorth America
ProductsSchool Buses
Commercial Buses
ParentNavistar International (1991-2002)

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American Transportation Corporation (better known as AmTran) was a builder of school buses in the United States. Founded in 1980, the company traces its roots back to Ward Body Works, which was established in 1933. AmTran was acquired by Navistar International in the 1990s, a move that would begin a series of alignment between school bus body manufacturers and chassis suppliers. In 2002, the AmTran name was phased out in favor of IC Corporation.

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LG Display eyeing passive polarization 3D technology, while Samsung, Sony ... - Digitimes Tweet this news
Digitimes--While Samsung Electronics and Sony have launched 3D TVs based on active shutter technology, LG Display has partnered with Vizio and -Amtran- Technology to ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:20:37 GMT+00:00
Amtran reportedly lands orders for LCD monitors from Acer - Digitimes Tweet this news
Digitimes--Taiwan-based LCD TV maker -Amtran- Technology has reportedly obtained orders for entry-level LCD monitors from Acer, according to industry sources in Taiwan. ... - Date : Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:18:09 GMT+00:00
Amtran signs MOU with LG Display for high-end LED-backlit display products - Digitimes Tweet this news
Digitimes--Taiwan-based LCD TV maker -Amtran- Technology has revealed that it has signed an MOU with LG Display (LGD) to develop high-end LED-backlit display products in ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:54:04 GMT+00:00
WitsView: Japanese Brands Release Orders Aggressively, Resulting in Surging ... - TechWhack (press release) Tweet this news
TechWhack (press release)--In terms of shipment ranking, TPV took first place with 7.09 million units while -Amtran- came in third, affected by 1H10 material shortages. ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:04:23 GMT+00:00
Robert R. Pruse - Palladium-Item Tweet this news
Palladium-Item---...- plant engineer, Wayne Corp., Richmond, Ind.; director of engineering for -Amtran- Corp., Conway, Ark.; instructor and chairman of industrial technology, ... - Date : Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:07:24 GMT+00:00
LG Display holt 3D-Polarisation in den Massenmarkt - Prad Tweet this news
Prad--(Foto: LG) Industriekreise in Taiwan berichteten, dass LG Display sich mit Vizio und -Amtran- zusammengetan hat, um sich für 3D-Darstellung mittels ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:34:45 GMT+00:00
Free Bus Rides All Day Thursday - WTAJ Tweet this news
WTAJ--General Manager of the Altoona area public bus company, -Amtran-, says that coordination efforts have been put together to promote the day, and they along ... - Date : Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:50:52 GMT+00:00
Everlight collaborates with TPV and Epistar on LED packages and light bars - LEDs Magazine Tweet this news
LEDs Magazine--For example, Everlight recently partnered with LG Display and -Amtran- in another LED packaging venture. That partnership is also targeted at the backlight ... - Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:02:19 GMT+00:00
Taiwan's Everlight Electronics to form JV with Epistar and TPV in Fuzhou - What's on Xiamen Tweet this news
What's on Xiamen--Earlier in June, Everlight, -Amtran- Technology and LG Display announced plans to jointly form another packaging facility in Wujiang City of Jiangsu Province, ... - Date : Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:09:07 GMT+00:00
Samsung, Sharp & Co. Hochfliegende Pläne für LED-TVs - ChannelPartner Tweet this news
ChannelPartner--Vizio-Auftragsfertiger -Amtran- zufolge ist LED-Backlight aber immer noch relativ teuer. Wie "Digitimes" Industriekreise zitiert, rechnen Samsung und Sharp ... - Date : Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:23:17 GMT+00:00

Ward :
Ward Product Lineup (1980-early 1992)
Model Name Vanguard Patriot Volunteer President Senator
Years Produced 1980-1992 early 1980s-1991 1980-1992 1980-1990 1990-early 1992
Configuration Type A Type C semi forward-control conventional Type C conventional Type D (front engine)
Chassis Provider Ford Motor Company General Motors Ford Motor Company Asia-Smith Motors Navistar International
Notes Available only with dual rear wheels. Predecessor of AmTran Volunteer and IC CE

AmTran :
AmTran Product Lineup
Model Name Vanguard Volunteer/CS IC Genesis/FE RE
Years Produced 1992 � 1996 1992 � 2002 2000 � 2002 1996 � 2002
Configuration Type A Type C Type C Type D (front engine) Type D (rear engine)
Chassis Provider General Motors Ford Motor Company Navistar International Navistar International Navistar International
Notes Available only with dual rear wheels. Due to low demand, Ford was dropped as a chassis supplier after 1998 Major interior upgrades in 2000.

North American School bus manufacturers

Active Manufacturers |Blue Bird Corporation * Collins Industries (Collins, Mid Bus, Corbeil) * Girardin Minibus * IC Bus * Starcraft Bus * Thomas Built Buses, Inc * Trans Tech |list3style=background:#ddf; |Defunct Manufacturers (Including date of closure) |
2000sCarpenter Industries, Inc (2001) * American Transportation Corporation (AmTran) (2002) * Les Enterprises Michel Corbeil (2008) * Liberty Bus (2005) * U.S. Bus Corporation
1990sCoach and Equipment Manufacturing * Crown Coach Corporation (1991) * Gillig Corporation (1993) * Mid Bus (1998) * TAM-USA (1991) * Wayne Corporation (1992) * Wayne Wheeled Vehicles (1995)
1980sWard Body Works (1980) * New Bus Company (1989) * Superior Coach Company (1985)
1970sNorthern Coach * Perley A. Thomas Car Works (1972)
1960sHackney Brothers Body Company (1966)
1950sKenworth-Pacific (1957)
Blue Bird Corporation * Collins Industries (Collins, Mid Bus, Corbeil) * Girardin Minibus * IC Bus * Starcraft Bus * Thomas Built Buses, Inc * Trans Tech |list3style=background:#ddf; |Defunct Manufacturers (Including date of closure) |
2000sCarpenter Industries, Inc (2001) * American Transportation Corporation (AmTran) (2002) * Les Enterprises Michel Corbeil (2008) * Liberty Bus (2005) * U.S. Bus Corporation
1990sCoach and Equipment Manufacturing * Crown Coach Corporation (1991) * Gillig Corporation (1993) * Mid Bus (1998) * TAM-USA (1991) * Wayne Corporation (1992) * Wayne Wheeled Vehicles (1995)
1980sWard Body Works (1980) * New Bus Company (1989) * Superior Coach Company (1985)
1970sNorthern Coach * Perley A. Thomas Car Works (1972)
1960sHackney Brothers Body Company (1966)
1950sKenworth-Pacific (1957)
Defunct Manufacturers (Including date of closure) |
2000sCarpenter Industries, Inc (2001) * American Transportation Corporation (AmTran) (2002) * Les Enterprises Michel Corbeil (2008) * Liberty Bus (2005) * U.S. Bus Corporation
1990sCoach and Equipment Manufacturing * Crown Coach Corporation (1991) * Gillig Corporation (1993) * Mid Bus (1998) * TAM-USA (1991) * Wayne Corporation (1992) * Wayne Wheeled Vehicles (1995)
1980sWard Body Works (1980) * New Bus Company (1989) * Superior Coach Company (1985)
1970sNorthern Coach * Perley A. Thomas Car Works (1972)
1960sHackney Brothers Body Company (1966)
1950sKenworth-Pacific (1957)
2000sCarpenter Industries, Inc (2001) * American Transportation Corporation (AmTran) (2002) * Les Enterprises Michel Corbeil (2008) * Liberty Bus (2005) * U.S. Bus Corporation
1990sCoach and Equipment Manufacturing * Crown Coach Corporation (1991) * Gillig Corporation (1993) * Mid Bus (1998) * TAM-USA (1991) * Wayne Corporation (1992) * Wayne Wheeled Vehicles (1995)
1980sWard Body Works (1980) * New Bus Company (1989) * Superior Coach Company (1985)
1970sNorthern Coach * Perley A. Thomas Car Works (1972)
1960sHackney Brothers Body Company (1966)
1950sKenworth-Pacific (1957)

North American bus builders

ActiveAdvanced Bus Industries * Blue Bird Corporation * Champion Bus Incorporated * Coach and Equipment * Collins Bus Corporation * DesignLine Corporation * DINA S.A. * Dupont Industries * Eagle Bus * ElDorado National * Federal Coach * Ford Motor Company * Glaval Bus * Gillig * Girardin Minibus * Goshen Coach * IC Bus * Motor Coach Industries * North American Bus Industries * New Flyer Industries * Nova Bus * Optima Bus Corporation * Orion International * Prevost Car * Setra * Stallion Bus Industries * Starcraft Bus * Thomas Built Buses * Trans Tech * Trident Bus Industries
DefunctAerocoach * AM General * AmTran * Beck * Canadian Car and Foundry * Carpenter Body Company * Crown Coach Corporation * Fageol * Fifth Avenue Bus Company * Flxible * General Motors Corporation (buses)/General Motors Diesel Division * Kenworth * Les Enterprises Michel Corbeil * Mack Trucks * Millennium Transit Services * Neoplan USA * Superior Coach Company * Transportation Manufacturing Corporation * Twin Coach * U.S. Bus Corporation * Ward * Wayne Corporation * Yellow Coach



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