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Optare Optare, the Leeds-based bus and coach manufacturer with 550 staff, has been acquired by Jamesstan Investments for undisclosed terms. 14-Mar-2008 Optare is planning to create up to 80 jobs later this year at a new £2m production plant in Rotherham for the Alero small bus. 28-Jan-2002 Optare has won a contract to supply 75 airport buses to American Eagle Airlines, which is likely to create a number of new jobs at its Leeds plant. 24-Aug-2000 Optare, the bus builder, is being acquired by North American Bus Industries in a £21m deal. 21-Jan-2000 Optare, the UK bus builder, is setting up a joint venture with Ceylinco of Sri Lanka and Itochu of Japan to build up to 500 vehicles per year in Sri Lanka. 03-Dec-1996 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008