Wrightbus wins £30m bus contract

Wrightbus has won a £30 million contract to supply buses to Singapore. [TICON-A VIDEO] The Northern Ireland-based firm signed its fourth consecutive contract with SBS Transit, a bus and rail company based in the south-east Asian country. Wrightbus' international arm will supply 415 double decker buses over the next three years, in partnership with Volvo Bus. Since 2011, Wrightbus has delivered more than 1,000 buses to Singapore from its manufacturing plant in Ballymena, County Antrim. Wrightbus supplies in kit form to Singapore and other markets in Asia, including Hong Kong, from its Ballymena base. The vehicles are then assembled by local engineering companies. Steve Harper, business...