Thomas Built Buses Inc.

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Tiny Jamestown was the scene of an international love fest when farmer British Prime Minister John Major joined Gov. Jim Hunt and Commerce Secretary Rick Carlisle to dedicate a new Thomas Built Buses Inc. plant. The venerable Tar Heel company was acquired two years ago by Oregon-based Freightliner LLC. The $12.5 million, 250,000-square-foot facility is a joint venture of Freightliner and Mayflower Corp., a London-based engineering group on whose board Major sits. The plant will build the new Thomas SLF, a low-floor, aluminum, midsize bus...