GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL ANNOUNCES MICRO BIRD, A BUS MANUFACTURER BASED IN DRUMMONDVILLE, QUEBEC WILL OPEN A $30-MILLLION U.S. MANUFACTURING FACILITY TO BUILD SMALL AND MID-SIZE BUSES IN PLATTSBURGH.
Micro Bird will establish operations at Nova Bus, which is ceasing operations in 2025, employing up to 350 workers. Production is expected to begin in the summer of 2025.
Governor Hochul today announced Micro Bird, a joint venture between Blue Bird Corporation and Girardin and the largest manufacturer of school buses in North America, will establish manufacturing operations in Plattsburgh, Clinton County. The company, which builds both electric and non-electric small and mid-sized school and commercial buses, has confirmed the purchase of the Nova Bus facility on Banker Road, which is slated to cease its Plattsburgh operations next year. Micro Bird’s acquisition of the Nova Bus facility provides an opportunity to the more than 300 Nova Bus employees to transition to similar jobs with Micro Bird.
See the statements from Governor Hochul, Micro Bird President and CEO Eric Boulé, and North Country Chamber of Commerce CEO Garry Douglas: