Sint-Michiels (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪnt mɪˈxils]) is a sub-municipality of the city of Bruges located in the province of West Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium.

SETRA had a contract with Continental to produce the buses but wanted out so it could use all of its production capacity to serve its European customers.

La Brugeoise et Nivelles, primarily a maker of railway equipment, agreed to assemble the buses with parts and tooling from SETRA, which arrived in 1960.

BN also made several hundred PCC streetcars or trams for the cities of Brussels, Antwerp and Gent in Belgium plus the Dutch capital of The Hague.

BN recently started production in 2018 of a large order of double deck passenger equipment for the Belgian Railways.