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Thomas Dennis Co. adopts new name

North Carolina bus manufacturer strengthens ties with DaimlerChrysler parent company.

May 14, 2003
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Thomas Dennis Co., a transit and shuttle bus manufacturer in Greensboro, N.C., changed its name to DaimlerChrysler Commercial Buses North Carolina. Company officials said the new name completes the separation with joint-venture founders Thomas Built Buses and Mayflower Corp.'s Dennis Company. Later this month, the newly named company will introduce a 29-foot version of its SLF 200 model. It also manufactures the CL 100 shuttle bus at its plant in Greensboro.

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