Girardin Minibus

Girardin Minibus Inc. is a Canadian bus manufacturer. Based in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, Girardin forms part of the Micro Bird joint venture with Blue Bird Corporation. As part of Micro Bird, Girardin is a manufacturer of bus bodies for minibuses for cutaway van chassis.

Girardin Minibus
IndustryBus manufacturing
Founded1935
FounderLionel Girardin
Headquarters
3000 Girardin
Drummondville, Quebec J2E 0A1
,
Canada
Area served
North America
ProductsSchool buses
Commercial buses
BrandsMicro Bird
ServicesBus sales (Blue Bird)
DivisionsMicro Bird, Inc (joint venture with Blue Bird)
Websitewww.girardinbluebird.com
www.microbird.com

While many Micro Bird buses are produced as school buses and related student transport vehicles, Girardin also produces commercial-use buses using cutaway van chassis. In Canada, the company serves as the nationwide distributor of the Blue Bird school bus and commercial bus product line.

Following the 2008 closure of Corbeil, Girardin was the lone Canadian-based manufacturer of school buses until the 2011 opening of Autobus Lion (now Compagnie Électrique Lion).

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