# TPI Composites signs five-year supply agreement with Proterra for composite bus bodies

TPI Composites entered into a five-year supply agreement with Proterra to be the supplier of composite bus bodies for Proterra's Catalyst zero-emission electric buses from its existing Rhode Island facility and a new facility in Newton, Iowa expected to open in the first half of 2018. TPI will provide capacity for up to 3,350 bus bodies over the five-year period.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-11-08
- Where: United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: up to 3,350 bus bodies over five years
- Products: composite bus bodies
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [TPI Composites](https://endata.com/companies/27982.md) (supplier)
- [Proterra](https://endata.com/companies/27983.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [einpresswire.com](https://www.einpresswire.com/article/414482627/tpi-expands-its-strategic-relationship-with-proterra-to-manufacture-composite-bus-bodies), 2017-11-08: "TPI Composites, Inc., announced today that it has entered into a new, five-year supply agreement with Proterra Inc. to be the supplier of composite bus bodies for Proterra’s Catalyst® zero-emission electric buses from its existing Rhode Island manufacturing facility and from a new U.S. manufacturing"

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