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Flxible Corp. reports bearing failure because of steering column mounting bracket modification in New York Transit Authority buses.
PR Newswire; Jan 11, 1984; 597 Words ...DELAWARE, Ohio, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Flxible Corporation today announced the results...begun after notification by the NYCTA to Flxible on Tuesday, Jan. 3 and conducted in...authority and the component supplier. Flxible has concluded that the problem is a bearing...
Flxible Corp. announces results of investigation of 1980 Model 870 coaches operated by New York City Transit Authority.
PR Newswire; Jan 11, 1984; 560 Words ...Ohio, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Flxible Corporation today announced the results...begun after notification by the NYCTA to Flxible on Tuesday, Jan. 3, and conducted in...authority and the component supplier. Flxible has concluded that the problem is a bearing...
Bankruptcy blamed on Flxible's downfall. (Flxible Corp. blamed for General Automotive Corp.'s bankruptcy)
Crain's Detroit Business; May 12, 1997; ; 700+ Words ...General Automotive's largest subsidiary was Delaware, Ohio-based bus maker Flxible Corp. General Automotive bought Flxible in 1982 for $40 million from Grumman Corp., which had lost $140 million with the bus maker during the previous four...
The New Jersey Transit Corp. to hold press conference regarding purchase of buses. (PRESS CONFERENCE)
PR Newswire; Mar 20, 1986; 366 Words ...PRESS CONFERENCE/ The New Jersey Transit Corp. will hold a press conference at 4 p.m...purchase of 620 refurbished buses from the Flxible Corp., a subsidiary of the General Automotive Corp. The press conference will take place in...
Grumman Corp. reports '83 earnings increase.
PR Newswire; Feb 2, 1984; 700+ Words ...was impacted by discontinuance of the Flxible Bus program. This resulted in a net loss...losses associated with the discontinued Flxible Bus program. The 1982 results included...operations virtually all of it relating to the Flxible Bus program. Aerospace sales for the...
Grumman Corp. files to dismiss suit by New York City Transit Authority.
PR Newswire; May 30, 1984; 700+ Words ...result of the NYCTA's February action pulling 851 Model 870 Flxible buses from service in New York. Grumman is asking the court...Administration (UMTA) and finally to the courts. "The problems with Flxible buses are repairable under the warranty and should be settled...
Shooting star; Grumman. (for now, Grumman Corp. is saved economically by sale of its JStar fighter planes)
The Economist (US); May 25, 1991; 700+ Words ...truck for the post office. Hardly anybody has noticed. instead, attention has centred on the poor performance of the 851 Flxible buses that Grumman sold to New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority in 1980. They broke down so often and so grievously...
CTA bidding process rapped
Chicago Sun-Times; Feb 14, 1987; ; 601 Words ...Edward N. Kravitz, vice-president of sales for the Flxible Corp., said CTA Board Chairman Walter H. Clark had refused...company a $16,000-per-bus price advantage over Flxible. The contract calls for the purchase of up to 485 buses...
CTA bid `rigged,' competitor says // Just one offer for $70 million pact
Chicago Sun-Times; Feb 10, 1987; ; 637 Words ...officials said. Two competitors, the Flxible Corp. and Bus Industries of Amer ica...Mark J. Obert, president of Flxible, said last-minute specification...features specified by Clark, but Flxible's standard coach includes none...
Grumman and Transit Authority settle bus litigation. (New York City Transit Authority)
PR Newswire; Feb 19, 1988; 691 Words ...PRNewswire/ -- Grumman Corp. (NYSE: GQ) today announced...lawsuit concerning 851 Grumman Flxible buses purchased by the Transit...Grumman subsidiary, Grumman Flxible Corporation of Ohio, and were...taking office, pulled its Flxible fleet from service permanently...
Detroit Free Press Michigan Memo Column. (Originated from Detroit Free Press)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; Mar 1, 1995; 700+ Words ...DISTRIBUTION DEAL: Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Asia-Flxible Automotive Technologies Corp. has reached an agreement to distribute Ann Arbor...southeast Asia. Terms were not disclosed. Asia-Flxible is managing partner and half owner of China Flxible...
Columbia Gas introduces the nation's first natural gas bus; Vice President Quayle hails bus as showcase for the future. (Columbia Gas System Inc.) (product announcement)
PR Newswire; Sep 11, 1989; 700+ Words ...was engineered and built by the Flxible Corp. from the drawing board up, to...and orders are being placed with Flxible Corp., the manufacturer. The bus...Columbia bus. All are being built by Flxible, using Cummins Engine Co. natural...
Columbia Gas develops nation's first "clean air" transit bus; natural gas-fueled vehicle reduces polluting emissions.
PR Newswire; Sep 8, 1989; 700+ Words ...was engineered and built by The Flxible Corp., from the drawing board up...and orders are being placed with Flxible Corp., the manufacturer. The bus...Columbia bus. All are being built by Flxible, using Cummins Engine Co. natural...
CTA records subpoenaed // Feds scan $6.9 million in no-bid pacts with 20 firms
Chicago Sun-Times; Dec 10, 1987; ; 700+ Words ...Mark J. Obert, president of the Flxible Corp., No. 4 on the "top 20...transit industry. Every CTA order to Flxible was preceded by a price quotation...411 orders, $592,436; Flxible Corp. - 295 orders, $498,402...
CTA opens 3 bids for buses with lifts
Chicago Sun-Times; Apr 6, 1988; ; 569 Words ...bound passengers. Neoplan USA Corp. was runner-up with a bus price...single manufacturer. Ironically, the Flxible Corp., whose complaints about the original...retarders. Mark Obert, president of Flxible, called the price spread among Tuesday...
GENERAL MOTORS SELLING BUS OPERATIONS TO GREYHOUND
The Journal Record; Jan 13, 1987; 386 Words ...DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. has agreed to sell its bus-making operations to Greyhound Corp., ending a six-month search...Transportation Manufacturing Corp., which build large inter...day. The trade journal said Flxible also was a suitor but was eliminated...
Secret CTA bus leasing talks with Clark pal told
Chicago Sun-Times; Jan 12, 1988; ; 672 Words ...Officials from Neoplan USA, Gillig Corp. and Bus Industries of America said...estimated $44.7 million contract. Flxible Corp. President Mark J. Obert, who...along," but he expressed confidence Flxible's bid would be cheaper, given...
Metro Board Votes to Buy 52 Buses;Half Will Have Wheelchair Lifts
The Washington Post; Feb 27, 1987; ; 610 Words ...general manager for bus service. Manufactured by the Flxible Corp. of Delaware, Ohio, each bus can carry 47 seated...the number of new buses that have been purchased from Flxible Corp. since May. The money for the purchase will come out...
Running late: CTA equipment orders Series: TROUBLED TRANSIT (STANDARD)
Chicago Sun-Times; Aug 18, 1991; ; 700+ Words ...Under another major procurement, TMC Corp. of Roswell, N.M., was supposed...front-door lifts. However, the Flxible Corp. of Delaware, Ohio, which has...contract, CTA officials acknowledge. Flxible says its expects to provide the last...
Steering of CTA pact charged // 2 say Clark changed bus bid rules to favor pal
Chicago Sun-Times; Jan 7, 1987; ; 680 Words ...major bus repairs with the Blitz Corp. of Chicago in an attempt to "steer...contract. The only other bidder, Flxible Corp. of Delaware, Ohio, has threatened...said. Mark J. Obert, president of Flxible, the nation's largest bus manufacturer...
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