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New Flyer of America delivers immediate safety improvements through the 3M international Customer Project
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nNew Flyer of America delivers immediate safety improvements through the 3M international Customer Project\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nST. CLOUD, MN, May 14, 2018\n\n\n\nST. CLOUD, MN, May 14, 2018 /CNW/ - (TSX: NFI) New Flyer of America Inc. and New Flyer Industries Canada ULC (collectively \"New Flyer\"), subsidiaries of NFI Group Inc., formerly called New Flyer Industries Inc. (\"NFI Group\"), the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, today celebrated the successful completion of the 3M Customer Project, as one of only two globally-approved projects.\n\n\n \n \n\n \nNew Flyer was selected as one of two global host locations for the project in 2017. The customer project is part of 3M's Catalyst program to develop its high potential leaders from around the globe. The science and technology company sent six members to New Flyer's world-class manufacturing facility in St. Cloud, Minnesota, to work with the onsite manufacturing team on a New Flyer project. The real-world challenge builds leadership skills and global experience for the 3M Catalyst team, while creating value and lending global perspective to host organizations. New Flyer elected to focus the Catalyst Customer Project on identifying safety improvement opportunities.\n\n\"We were proud to be selected as one of two organizations around the world to host a 3M Catalyst team,\" said Wayne Joseph, President, New Flyer of America. \"It is an honor to work with a global science and safety leader such as 3M, and to further advance safety in our manufacturing space. We have no greater responsibility than the safety of our team members.\"\n\nThe project commenced December 2017 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and concluded March 2018 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA, where the 3M Catalyst team (comprised of members from Korea, China, Australia, France, the Middle East and the U.S.) converged to collaborate with New Flyer leaders and share best practices from the 3M Alexandria facility. \n\n\"This approach is a diffe...