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Alexander Dennis〔(Companies House extract company no SC268016 ) Alexander Dennis Limited〕 (formerly known as TransBus International) is a British bus building company based in Scotland. The largest bus and coach manufacturer in the United Kingdom, Alexander Dennis is one of the world’s fastest-growing bus builders, with manufacturing plants and partnerships in Canada, China, Europe, Malaysia, New Zealand and the United States. In 2013, Alexander Dennis had a 34% market share in the United Kingdom.〔(ADL, Volvo keep lead but lose share ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 16 January 2014〕 As at April 2014, Brian Souter and Ann Gloag collectively held a 55% shareholding.〔(Annual Report Year Ended 30 April 2014 ) Stagecoach Group〕 ==History== Alexander Dennis was formed as TransBus International on 1 January 2001,〔(Companies House extract company no 4018722 ) Transbus International Limited〕 when Mayflower Corporation (owner of Dennis and Alexander) merged with Henlys Group (owner of Plaxton).〔(Mayflower and Henlys burst past rivalry to merge UK bus building ) ''The Independent'' 2 August 2000〕 TransBus International inherited a number of factories around the United Kingdom from all three merged companies: the former Alexander factories in Falkirk, Scotland and Belfast, Northern Ireland, the former Plaxton factories in Anston and Scarborough, the former Northern Counties factory in Wigan, and the Dennis factory in Guildford. TransBus International produced a range of both bus and coach chassis and bodies as well as fire engines. Included among its range of chassis were the Dennis Dart, one of the all-time best-selling buses in the UK, and the Dennis Trident. TransBus also produced export variants for service in Hong Kong, New York City and other locations. The Dennis Trident is the most common bus model in service in London. Since the creation of TransBus merged both Plaxton and Alexander, the TransBus range included Plaxton coaches as well as two double-decker bodies (the Plaxton President and the Alexander ALX400), the Alexander ALX300 citybus and the Pointer body built in quantity on the aforementioned Dennis Dart chassis, which replaced the Alexander ALX200 body built previously on a Dart chassis. On 31 March 2004, TransBus International was put into administration.〔(Update: re Administration ) Mayflower Corporation 22 April 2004〕 On 17 May 2004, the Plaxton coach business was sold in a management buyout and resumed trading as Plaxton.〔(MBO heralds TransBus deal by end of this week ) ''The Scotsman'' 17 May 2004〕 TransBus had been in the process of eradicating the traditional company names from the vehicles. On 21 May 2004, the remaining part of TransBus (Alexander and Dennis) was bought by a consortium of merchant bank Noble Grossart and businessmen David Murray and Brian Souter.〔(Murray and Souter join forces to buy TransBus ) ''The Scotsman'' 21 May 2004〕 The new company was named Alexander Dennis. The sale did not include the former Alexander Belfast plant, which closed . On 26 January 2005, Alexander Dennis' Wigan plant closed, after completing outstanding orders of its President body. Alexander Dennis secured a number of major orders from UK operators. The company has also continued to find success in its predecessors' traditional markets of Hong Kong and the Republic of Ireland, with the Enviro500 securing orders in both markets, and the ALX400 double-deck body remaining the Dublin Bus standard vehicle until production ended in 2006. Alexander Dennis is also building its share of the North American market, securing £25m worth of orders in 2005 for its Enviro500 model from customers in Victoria, British Columbia, New York City (open top models), San Francisco and Las Vegas. In 2006 the company unveiled two new models, the Enviro400 double-decker and Enviro200 Dart midibus. In May 2007, Alexander Dennis purchased Plaxton, thus reuniting the two former TransBus businesses.〔(Plaxton bought by ADL ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 14 May 2007〕 In May 2012, New Flyer Industries and Alexander Dennis announced a new joint-venture to design and manufacture medium-duty low-floor bus (or midi bus) for the North American market. New Flyer will handle production and marketing, and Alexander Dennis will handle the engineering and testing.〔(New Flyer in Bus Joint Venture ) ''Diesel Progress'' 10 May 2012〕〔(ADL aims for North American growth ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 11 May 2012〕 In 7 June 2012, Alexander Dennis acquired Australian bodybuilder Custom Coaches.〔(Bus firm Alexander Dennis in major Australian deal ) ''BBC News'' 7 June 2012〕 However, in May 2014, Custom Coaches was placed into administration.〔(Custom Coaches at Royal Park has been placed in administration with 100 jobs at risk ) ''Adelaide Advertiser'' 30 May 2014〕 In August 2014, Custom Coaches was sold to its former management.〔(Custom Coaches sold - 120 jobs retained ) Deloitte 18 August 2014〕〔(Burgess buys back Custom Coaches ) ''Australasian Bus & Coach'' 18 August 2014〕〔(Consortium Announces Purchase of Custom Coaches from Administration ) Custom Coaches 19 August 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Dennis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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