Bus manufacturer NFI Group is hiring 250 new staff, part of a $70-80M expansion that will allow the company to fully build electric buses in its Winnipeg facility. Previously, buses were partially built in Winnipeg and then completed in Alabama.
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Added on 2024-10-25
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Winnipeg-based manufacturer NFI Group recorded its first quarterly profit in three years, earning US$3M in the second quarter of 2024. The company’s president states that its supply chain issues have been improving.
NFI Group, a Winnipeg-based bus manufacturer, has been awarded a contract by New Jersey Transit Corp. for up to 1,300 buses. This includes an initial order of 175 buses with the option to purchase up to 1,125 additional buses.
A Japanese electric vehicle battery supplier had been considering Winnipeg for a $1.6B manufacturing plant but has chosen to build the facility in southern Ontario instead.
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Added on 2024-04-26
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Winnipeg Region, MB
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A Japanese company is reportedly considering Manitoba as the site for a $1.5B lithium ion battery separator plant. The unnamed company has scouted a location near Winnipeg’s perimeter highway for the project, which would initially employ about 700 people.
Boeing is planning a $20M expansion to its Winnipeg facility, adding 12,000 sq.-ft. to its composite airplane parts manufacturing plant. About 1,400 people work at the plant and while the expansion itself won’t prompt new hiring; the company projects increased demand will lead to a need for new workers in the coming years.