Manitex secures crane orders from dealers in North America and the UAE
(14/06/2010)

Manitex International, Inc. has announced receipt of new orders valued at approximately $5.0 million for shipment during the third and fourth quarters of 2010. Approximately $4.0 million is for the Company's Manitex boom truck cranes and $1.0 million is for the Company's specialized military material handling products. Of the total orders, approximately 25% is for international customers.

Scott Rolston, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Manitex International commented, "We are pleased to announce the receipt of these new orders for Manitex cranes from our dealers in North America and the UAE, many of which are seeing a surge in demand from their oil and gas extraction based customers. Also included in these orders are cranes for end users in South America, a region that is also experiencing increased demand from multiple sectors. The orders represent products from a range of crane tonnages, including our larger cranes that provide a particularly strong comparative return on investment to users."

Mr. Rolston added, "We are seeing a gradual increase in demand in our traditional North American markets, as well as within international markets that we've selectively entered. We have experienced increased quotation activity from these markets and are hopeful that additional new orders will materialize in the near future."

The new $1.0 million of orders for specialized material handling equipment are repeat orders from a United States-based customer that has a large fleet of these units dispersed throughout its operations globally, and an order from a new customer, the Spanish military.

Mark Aldrovandi, who is responsible for Manitex Liftking's international and military material handling sector, commented, "We are excited to receive orders not only from the US military to whom we have supplied these units for a number of years, but also with our breakthrough with the Spanish military, a customer with whom we hope to establish a similar long lasting relationship. The addition of Spain is evidence of our increasing number of military customers for these units and provides further support to our efforts to increase our market penetration in this business area."