Collins Industries
| Formerly | E-CON-O Conversion |
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1967 in Kansas City, Missouri |
| Founder | Don Collins, Sr. |
| Headquarters | 415 West 6th Street, , |
Area served | North America |
| Products | School buses |
| Parent | Forest River |
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Collins Industries is an American bus manufacturer headquartered in South Hutchinson, Kansas. Best known for production of yellow school buses, the company produces buses for multiple applications; all bodies designed by the company have been cutaway van chassis-based short buses.
Collins was founded in 1967 by Don Collins Sr. as E-CON-O Conversion; originally a part of Collins Industries, the company exists today as a wholly owned subsidiary of manufacturing company Forest River (A Berkshire Hathaway company). All production is sourced from the company's 94,000 square-foot facility in South Hutchinson, Kansas.