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Industry Clusters
- Transportation Equipment
Introduction
Special Industry Information
Transportation Equipment
Resources
Industry Specialist
IntroductionCompanies that manufacture
transportation equipment have invested over $2
billion in New York State since 1995. New York
is home to a vibrant automotive industry, including
the world's largest engine plant, the world's
largest transfer case plant, a major diesel engine
production facility and numerous companies that
produce automotive components. New York is also
the largest producer of equipment for the transit
industry. Leading manufacturers and re-manufacturers
of transit cars, rail cars, subway cars and buses,
as well as suppliers of transit components, operate
production facilities in the State. New York is
also home to manufacturing facilities of industry-leading
suppliers of high value-added components for automobiles
and light, medium and heavy-duty trucks.
Transportation equipment firms in New York State
employ some 50,000.
New York sites for transportation equipment production
benefit from size of operations; strong, highly
trained, flexible, stable labor forces; easy access
to Mid-Western headquarters and assembly facilities;
sophisticated educational and financial institutions;
high speed freight facilities; tax credits; and
research and development funding. Thus, making
New York State the location of choice for numerous
world-leading transportation equipment companies,
such as:
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Ford Motor Company |
General Motors |
Super Steel |
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Alstom |
New Venture Gear |
Cummins Inc. |
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Bombardier |
Delphi |
Borg-Warner |
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Valeo |
Orion Bus |
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In addition, New York State is at the forefront
of cutting-edge and highly innovative developments
of clean and advanced transportation products.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
operates a large fleet of hybrid-electric drive
buses produced by Orion Bus in Oriskany, New York
and British Aerospace (BEA) in Johnson City, New
York. The MTA is also experimenting with applications
of compressed natural gas (CNG) powered transit
buses and New York City has converted part of
its taxi fleet to CNG fuels.
To help transportation equipment businesses grow
and prosper, New York offers a host of resources
and incentives, including:
- Numerous prime sites, pre-approved, permitted
and ready-to-occupy
- World class research and development facilities
and ready access to global markets
- More than 300 colleges and universities, as
well as 250 vocational schools, offering a first-rate
educational infrastructure to attract and develop
the best and the brightest professionals
- Customized worker-training programs leading
to a highly educated and productive workforce,
providing New York companies with the competitive
edge they need for success
- Research and development funding to support
advanced transportation products built in New
York State
- Tax credits for the purchase or lease of electric
and alternate fuel vehicles
For more information contact our Industry
Specialist.
Special Industry Information
See ESD's at-a-glance
profile of the transportation equipment industry.
Transportation
Equipment Profile (pdf)
Associations
Supporting Research
Other Regional Resources
Capital Region
Central New York/Mohawk Valley
Finger Lakes
Long Island
Mid-Hudson
New York City
North Country
Southern Tier
Western New York
Industry Specialist
Michael Morse, Industry Director -
Automotive
Jim Jacob, Industry Director - Transit
Telephone: 518-292-5200
E-mail: Michael Morse -
mmorse@empire.state.ny.us
Jim Jacob -
jjacob@empire.state.ny.us
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