BLUE BIRD ANNOUNCES NEW NORTHERN ILLINOIS DISTRIBUTOR
FORT VALLEY, GA (June 12, 2006) -Blue Bird Corporation
is pleased to announce that distribution responsibilities for the Northern
Illinois region have been awarded to Central States Bus Sales, Inc. headquartered
in St. Louis, Missouri. The agreement extends Central State’s area of
responsibility to include the entire state of Illinois.
Central States Bus Sales is a full-service distributor focused on providing
school districts and contractors with a superior level of sales, service and
after-market support for Blue Bird school bus products. The company recently
acquired the assets of Heartland Bus Sales, Blue Bird’s former distributor
in the Northern Illinois region. With three full-service locations throughout
their area of responsibility, Central States maintains a large inventory of
OEM and after-market parts & accessories and provides complete warranty
repairs and service by trained ASE-certified service technicians.
“We’ve partnered with Blue Bird for over 30 years,” said
Gary Deeken, President and CEO of Central States Bus Sales. “Our growth
has been phenomenal throughout our business relationship with Blue Bird, and
we look forward to expanding our services in Northern Illinois.” In
addition to Illinois, Central States’ areas of responsibility are Missouri,
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas.
Kim Cassell, Vice-President Sales, School/Activity for Blue Bird added, “Blue
Bird is extremely pleased to expand its partnership with Central States Bus
Sales to include the Northern Illinois market. Central States has consistently
provided its customers with the highest level of sales, service and parts
support and we are confident that school bus operators in their new region
will benefit greatly from this experience.”
Blue Bird offers a complete line of Type A, C, and D school buses in a variety
of options and configurations. For nearly 80 years, Blue Bird Corporation
has continued to set industry quality standards with its innovative design,
manufacturing capabilities and customer service. Blue Bird has an extensive
network of distributors and service-parts facilities throughout North America.
For more information, please visit www.blue-bird.com
or www.centralstatesbus.com.
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