Congratulations to Optima Bus for landing a highly competitive $178 million contract this week to manufacture 300 Opus buses over five years for Miami-Dade County, with an option for 300 more. Because the contract is 10 times bigger than any other Optima has won, the company plans to add 50 assemblers, 20 engineers and more to its 180 workers, and spend $500,000 to reconfigure the plant at 77th Street North and Hydraulic. “It’s jobs, jobs, jobs, at this point,” CEO Michael Monteferrante said. This is exciting news for the Wichita area, especially given the latest Boeing Wichita layoffs.
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I’m really happy to hear they are successful. :) Something to be proud of indeed.
When the city of Wichita is in the market for new buses, I hope it supports this local company.
Agree with both above. Wichita has cutting edge ‘metal-bending’ technology; we should be getting more of this kind of business.
Shocker -When City of Wichita purchased it’s “new” fleet of buses a few years ago they bought them thru Chance Coach, a local company.
Julie, that’s good to hear. So we have TWO bus companies in town? I guess we’re becomming the transit capital of the world in addition to the air capital.