Blue Bird Fort Valley plant, operating as Blue Bird Body Company, is a school bus manufacturing plant in Fort Valley, Georgia owned by Blue Bird Corporation.
History The first Fort Valley facility was opened in 1935; It was destroyed by fire in 1945. The present-day Fort Valley facility was opened in 1946.
In 2008, the Blue Bird Corporation (formerly the Blue Bird Body Company) established a second plant in Fort Valley, Georgia, known as Blue Bird South, to expand its in-house component fabrication capabilities such as seat frames, metal panels, steps, and bumpers.
In 2023, Blue Bird opened a dedicated 40,000-square-foot Electric Vehicle Build-up Center on its main Fort Valley grounds to scale production from 4 up to 20 zero-emission vehicles per day.
Products made Blue Bird All American (1948–present) Blue Bird Vision (2003–present) Blue Bird Micro Bird (1975–2010) Blue Bird Conventional Blue Bird TC/2000 (1987–2003)
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