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Associated Press - November 5, 2009 10:25 PM ET
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) - The owner of a plant that has made school buses in Conway for decades says that will end soon, affecting up to 477 jobs at the facility.
IC Corp.'s parent company, Warrenville, Ill.-based Navistar, told employees Thursday it would cease bus production operations at its Conway plant.
"We have to consolidate our bus-assembly operations into one facility," Navistar spokesman Roy Wiley said. "Unfortunately for Conway, Tulsa is a much newer facility."
He said the economy has reduced orders from school districts. Wiley said a smaller operation would continue at the plant, making parts for buses.
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