. "Dissolved by parent company"@en . "Carpenter Industries, Inc."@en . "2001Z"^^ . . . . . . "1919Z"^^ . "700"^^ . "Carpenter Body Company, also known over the years as the Ralph H. Carpenter Body Company, Carpenter Body Works, Inc., Carpenter Manufacturing Company, Carpenter Industries, Inc., and Crown By Carpenter, was a bus body manufacturer based in Mitchell, Indiana, United States. The majority of Carpenter bodies were used for school buses.Founded in 1919, Carpenter produced its first bus in 1923."@en .