NEW YORK, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV, L.P. ("AIP") is pleased to announce the formation of Allied Specialty Vehicles, Inc. ("ASV" or the "Company").

By Bart Mills, The Lima News, Ohio Sep. 19--BLUFFTON -- After a quarter century in Bluffton, Mid Bus is pulling out of town. The Bluffton bus manufacturer's parent company, Collins Industries Inc., announced Tuesday it will move Mid Bus production to its main facility in South Hutchinson, Kan.

HUTCHINSON, Kan., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Collins Industries, a leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles in the United States, announced today the closing of the Mid Bus, Inc. production facility in Bluffton, Ohio.

By Bill Wilson, The Wichita Eagle, Kan. Sep. 19--Collins Industries officials announced Tuesday the first of what may be two expansions of the company's South Hutchinson bus manufacturing plant. The company's Bluffton, Ohio, Mid Bus production plant will move to South Hutchinson by Nov.

HUTCHINSON, Kan., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Collins Industries , a leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles in the United States, has named Kent Tyler as President of their bus division effective January 19, 2007.