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Dec 18, 2008 - The Board of Directors of New Flyer Industries Inc. (TSX: NFI.UN) (“New Flyer" or the "Company”) today announced the appointment of Paul Soubry as the Company’s next President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 19, 2009. He will succeed John Marinucci who is retiring from that role effective the same date, and will continue as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Marinucci will remain as a senior executive with New Flyer until the end of March, 2009 in order to help manage the transition process. Dec 11, 2008 - New Flyer announced today that it has received orders, including firm orders and options, over the last three months for up to 1,482 buses (2,412 equivalent production units or “EUs”) for a combined value of US $1.004 Billion. Of these orders, 1,294 buses (2,224 EUs) are new orders and 188 buses (188 EUs) are exercised options. These orders, when combined with previously reported orders, bring the total number of buses ordered to date in 2008 to 4,815 (6,690 EUs) representing a total of US $2.78 billion in sales. |
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