Designline Reference 2008

4th March 2008

Aeromarine Limited
P.O Box 2116
Timaru

Attention Mr Trevor Robb

Dear Trevor,

Since our previous reference provided in 2001, Designline have produced numerous diesel buses , and 26 Hybrid Electric Vehicles and 1 All Electric Vehicle for Adelaide City Council.  Eight of the HEV's are in New Zealand, four in the USA, ten in the UK and four in Hong Kong.

Most of our diesel buses are built for the home market, with the majority being for Auckland and Wellington.

We have secured a contract to manufacture 56 buses for Ventura in Melbourne, plus we are doing an HEV for delivery in June, along with 6 Plasma (little) buses to them.

We are awaiting confirmation of a tender for 3 HEV's for Sydney, which we have been told we have won.

We are ing the process of building 59 trolley buses for Wellington at present, along with an order for 120 buses for NZ Bus.

We now produce 200 buses a year and we are expanding that figure to 300 by the end of next year.

We are very pleased with the quality of your product and since we are ISO 9001 accredited, quality products from our major suppliers is a major factor.

We appreciate the effort taken to meet our deadlines, which can be very short at times and the effort your staff put into producing quality products for us.

We look forward to continuing to work with you in the future.

Yours faithfully

Damian Attwood
General Manager