Coach & Car Equipment Corp. (opens Antioch, California facility; other national contracts also listed) (Brief Article)

From: Railway Age | Date: December 1, 1993 | Copyright information

COACH & CAR EQUIPMENT CORP. will formally open a new transit-seating manufacturing facility and sales office in Antioch, Calif., on Jan. 1. "The expansion is required based on our large backlog and to also better service the needs of our West Coast OEM's and transit authorities," said the company's president, Joe Ponteri. Seating for the new BART "C" cars being built by Morrison Knudsen will be the first order of busi...

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