Maintainer Selects Empire Truck & Trailer as New Distributor

Phoenix, AZ (October 19, 2009) – Maintainer Corporation and Empire Truck & Trailer (ET&T) announced today that Empire Truck & Trailer has been selected as the exclusive distributor for Maintainer products throughout Arizona, parts of Southern California and Northern Mexico.

“Empire Truck & Trailer presented Maintainer with a unique capability,” said Tom Eggers, Director of Sales and Marketing for Maintainer. “The company has significant presence within their market region and massive investments in infrastructure. Empire has built a loyal customer base due their reputation for outstanding service, and their people understand both commercial trucks and what it takes to deliver customized products that fit our customer’s applications.”

“Empire Truck & Trailer is pleased to be selected to represent the Maintainer product,” remarked Empire Truck & Trailer General Manager Brett Burns. “As an end user of the Maintainer product, we were already fans. During the due diligence process, we learned more about the organization’s commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. By aligning ourselves with the industry’s best, we can better deliver on our commitment to providing value for our customers.”

Empire Truck & Trailer will represent the full Maintainer product line, including steel and aluminum service bodies, combination bodies, lube bodies and cranes.

About Maintainer
Maintainer Corporation is one of the largest manufacturers of customized mechanics’ service truck bodies, lube truck bodies and extendable boom cranes. Based in Sheldon, Iowa, Maintainer strives to deliver products that provide superior customer value in terms of the function and durability of their purpose-made products.

About Empire Truck & Trailer
Empire Truck & Trailer (ET&T) is the on-highway division of Empire Southwest, which is regarded as one of the top industrial distributors in the world. ET&T specializes in providing sales, service and parts to on-highway customers throughout Arizona and southeastern California.

HDA Parts Network Selects Empire Truck & Trailer For Membership

Phoenix, AZ (May 7, 2009) — HDA Parts Network and Empire Truck & Trailer announced today that Empire has been selected for membership in the HDA Parts Network.

“Securing direct access to Original Equipment parts will help us provide a complete solution for our on-highway customers,” said Brett Burns, Empire Truck & Trailer’s general manager. “Our membership in HDA will ensure off-the-shelf availability of truck and trailer parts in all of our Arizona and California locations. Given our geographical reach, I am certain that customers will find both convenience and value with this arrangement.”

“We are pleased to have Empire Truck & Trailer as part of the Heavy Duty America distribution network,” said Pat Brooks, director of distributor sales for Heavy Duty America. “They have been developing a loyal customer base for the last 60 years, and now Empire will be able to competitively offer aftermarket truck parts to that base. This is a big win for everyone — HDA, Empire and Empire’s customers.”

About HDA Parts Network

HDA Parts Network is a heavy-duty truck parts marketing group with over 540 warehouse distributors throughout the United States and Canada. HDA members are recognized globally as the premier network of distributors providing the highest quality and most cost-effective products and services to the transportation industry.

About Empire Truck & Trailer

Empire Truck & Trailer is the on-highway division of Empire Southwest, which is regarded as one of the top industrial distributors in the world. Empire Truck & Trailer specializes in providing the southwest’s on-highway markets with sales, service and parts through its Arizona and California locations.

Empire Southwest Launches New Truck & Trailer Division

Mesa, Ariz., (Jan. 5, 2009) – Empire Southwest LLC, the Caterpillar distributor for Arizona, southeastern California and northern Mexico, is launching a new division, Empire Truck & Trailer, in 2009.

“After more than 40 years of supporting the on-highway trucking industry as an engine-only distributor, we are excited to finally offer a total truck solution to our on-highway, construction, agriculture and mining customers,” said Jeff Whiteman, president of Empire Southwest.

Empire Truck & Trailer will be the distribution arm for the sales and support of on-highway vehicles and associated equipment. The on-highway business was formerly part of Empire Power Systems, another division of Empire Southwest. Empire Power Systems will maintain all other segments of the engine business, including electric power generation (EPG), industrial, marine, OEM and petroleum engines.

“Empire Truck & Trailer is a direct result of the significant changes that have occurred in the truck business over the last several years,” said Brett Burns, general manager of the new Empire Truck & Trailer division. “As truck OEMs began using proprietary engines in their chassis, or vertical integration, the rules of engagement had to change. When Caterpillar announced that it was entering the class 8 truck business, we viewed that as an opportunity to expand into other related areas where customers would value Empire’s expertise and infrastructure.”

Empire Truck & Trailer has considerable service capacity and a staff dedicated to supporting customers with trucks and trailers. Customers will receive bumper-to-bumper service at all Empire Truck & Trailer locations. Current Empire Truck & Trailer locations are in Phoenix, Kingman, Tucson, Yuma and Show Low, Ariz., and also in Imperial, Calif. Empire’s considerable strength in earthmoving markets will enable existing customers to access on-highway products with assistance from their machinery account managers.

“Empire has been selling and providing service and parts support in the capital goods market for almost 60 years,” Whiteman said. “We understand that if we provide high-quality products at a fair price and support those products with best-in-class product support, our customers will be more successful and so will we. The Empire Truck & Trailer division will allow us the customer focus we need to be exceptional at this business.”

Empire Southwest is widely regarded as one of the premier Caterpillar distributors in the world and has been instrumental in building the infrastructure and shaping the landscape of the Southwest for almost 6o years.

About Empire Southwest Empire Southwest is a family-owned business founded in 1950 as Empire Machinery, an Eastern Oregon Caterpillar and John Deere dealership. When founder Jack Whiteman was awarded Caterpillar’s Arizona territory in 1959, the company relocated and began building partnerships with Arizona’s construction and mining industries. Today, Empire ranks among the top Caterpillar dealers in the world. The company has more than 1,600 employees in a territory that includes Arizona, southeastern California and portions of northern Mexico. For more information, visit www.empirecat.com.