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NFI Group was created on June 16, 2005, as the holding company of New Flyer Industries so it could be publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. [3]In October 2008, NFI Group. was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, which was announced in The Globe and Mail newspaper, and the company was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine.
New Flyer was founded by John Coval in 1930 as the Western Auto and Truck Body Works Ltd in Manitoba. The company began producing buses in 1937, selling their first full buses to Grey Goose Bus Lines in 1937, [1] before releasing their Western Flyer bus model in 1941, prompting the company to change its name to Western Flyer Coach in 1948. [2]
Among the 17 vehicles assembled in Canada, [needs update] excluding assembly costs, the amount of Canadian parts content in the average vehicle assembled in Canada was $4,105 in 2016 or 17.2% of the overall parts content, according to a study by DesRosiers. [3] The number has fluctuated between 25.6% and as low as 13% in recent years. [3]
Check-in hall at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport's Main Terminal. Winnipeg's main airport terminal was designed by Argentine architect Cesar Pelli and Stantec. [26] The terminal's design was inspired by the City of Winnipeg's distinctive landscape and the province of Manitoba's vast prairies and sky. [27]
A&B Sound – home electronics retailer based in Richmond, BC; founded in 1959, it had expanded as far as Winnipeg, Manitoba by 2000, but its subsequent decline saw the company go bankrupt by 2008; Bata Shoes – shoe retailer and manufacturer; Beaver Lumber – hardware/lumber store chain; acquired by Home Hardware; Big Lots Canada
Montreal: 1880 Telecom, part of BCE Inc. P A Bell MTS: Telecommunications Fixed line telecommunications Winnipeg: 1905 Telecom, part of BCE Inc. P A Ben Moss Jewellers: Consumer services Specialty retailers Winnipeg: 1910 Jewelry retailer P A Bennett Environmental: Industrials Waste & disposal services Oakville: 1991 Defunct 2013 P D Big Blue ...
Soubry was the Chair of the University of Manitoba Front and Centre Capital Campaign that raised over $625 million (the largest philanthropic investment in Manitoba's history), [4] [5] is a Director on the Boards of the Winnipeg Jets / True North Sports & Entertainment and The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, [6] and is an active supporter of ...
Standard Machine Works still operates as a separate entity in the west-end neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba. [5] In 1953, StandardAero had sales of $1 million and 105 employees. [4] The Federal Grain Company of Winnipeg reached an agreement to purchase the shares of Standard Aero Engine Limited for more than $2 million in September 1968.