WHETHER YOU NEED AN EXHAUST SYSTEM PROTOTYPE OR A LONG-TERM EXHAUST SYSTEM SUPPLIER

In late June 2026, two business leaders from Principal Financial Group, Amy Friedrich and Nate Schelhaas, toured Auto-jet Muffler Corporation's manufacturing plant in Clive, Iowa. The visit covered how the company plans production capacity, sources its material, and manufactures finished exhaust components. Auto-jet manufactures exhaust systems and components for school-bus and heavy-duty applications. The steel used in production is sourced domestically. In a public post fol

Auto-jet has been manufacturing school bus exhaust parts in Clive since 1959. Not reselling. Building. That's why the catalog still reaches the older Blue Bird, IC Bus, Thomas Built, and Freightliner configurations distributors stopped stocking years ago, and why fleets calling for a hard-to-find part usually hear "in stock" instead of "backordered." President John Rapp joined Leisa Fox on the Made in Iowa podcast to talk about how Auto-jet has built and held that model throu