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Pierce Manufacturing announced today that MacQueen Emergency Group has acquired Schuhmacher Fire Equipment, including Schuhmacher’s Missouri territory. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, MacQueen is the authorized Pierce dealer for Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. With the acquisition of Schuhmacher, MacQueen has partnered with Rescue Repair, Inc. of Festus, Missouri to offer quality fire apparatus service and repair. 

APPLETON, Wis. (July 10, 2018) – Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) company, announced today that MacQueen Emergency Group (MacQueen) has acquired Schuhmacher Fire Equipment (Schuhmacher), expanding its territory to include Schuhmacher’s 109 Missouri counties. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, MacQueen Emergency Group is the authorized Pierce dealer for Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. With the acquisition of Schuhmacher, MacQueen has partnered with Rescue Repair, Inc. of Festus, Missouri, to provide the expertise of factory trained, certified technicians offering quality fire apparatus road service and repair in the former Schuhmacher territory. Western Missouri counties of Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Jackson, and Platte will continue to be supported by Pierce dealer, Conrad Fire Equipment, Inc.  

“I’d like to sincerely thank John Schuhmacher and his team for serving Pierce customers in Missouri for the last 37 years,” said Jim Johnson, president of Pierce Manufacturing. “Schuhmacher Fire Equipment and MacQueen Emergency Group are both highly regarded dealerships and service providers in North America with dedicated personnel, and I am confident the acquisition will be seamless.”

Schuhmacher is based in Washington, Missouri and has provided fire apparatus, equipment, and service since 1979. The company has attributed its success over the years to being dedicated to earning the trust and respect of its customers and operating as a unified team.

“After nearly forty years in business, I couldn’t be prouder of our incredible team and the customer relationships we’ve built,” said John Schuhmacher, president of Schuhmacher Fire Equipment. “One of my primary goals in finding the best acquisition partner was to ensure my entire team would be retained and given the opportunity to keep up their great work with the fire service community of Missouri. In addition, I look forward to continuing to be a resource for MacQueen Emergency Group.” 

With the acquisition of Schuhmacher, MacQueen brings a high level of experience in the industry and a large support network. Established in 1961, the MacQueen Equipment Group has expanded significantly over the last ten years, and the office in Washington, Missouri will be the company’s third location.

“We look forward to having an expanded territory that will allow us to develop new relationships and offer Missouri’s fire departments an enhanced customer experience,” said Dan Gage, president of MacQueen Emergency Equipment. “While providing the same quality products that Schuhmacher’s customers have come to know and trust, our growing team will recognize support and service as our top priority.”

For more information about Pierce Manufacturing and MacQueen Emergency Group’s acquisition of Schuhmacher Fire Equipment, visit www.piercemfg.com.

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About Pierce Manufacturing
Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation [NYSE: OSK] company, is the leading North American manufacturer of custom fire apparatus. Products include custom and commercial pumpers, aerials, rescue trucks, wildland trucks, mini pumpers, and homeland security apparatus. In addition, Pierce designs its own foam systems and was the first company to introduce frontal airbags and the Side Roll Protection system to fire apparatus. To learn more about Pierce, visit www.piercemfg.com.

About Oshkosh Corporation

At Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK), we make innovative, mission-critical equipment to help everyday heroes advance communities around the world. Headquartered in Wisconsin, Oshkosh Corporation employs approximately 17,000 team members worldwide, all united behind a common purpose: to make a difference in people’s lives. Oshkosh products can be found in more than 150 countries under the brands of JLG®, Hinowa, Power Towers, Pierce®, MAXIMETAL, Oshkosh® Defense, McNeilus®, IMT®, Jerr-Dan®, Frontline™ Communications, Oshkosh® Airport Products, Oshkosh® AeroTech™ and Pratt Miller. For more information, visit oshkoshcorp.com.

®, ™ All brand names referred to in this news release are trademarks of Oshkosh Corporation or its subsidiary companies.

Forward Looking Statements

This news release contains statements that the Company believes to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company’s future financial position, business strategy, targets, projected sales, costs, earnings, capital expenditures, debt levels and cash flows, and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this news release, words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “should,” “project” or “plan” or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, some of which are beyond the Company’s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include the Company's ability to successfully integrate the AeroTech acquisition and to realize the anticipated benefits associated with the same; the risks associated with international operations and sales, including compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act;  the Company’s ability to comply with complex laws and regulations applicable to U.S. government contractors; cybersecurity risks and costs of defending against, mitigating and responding to data security threats and breaches impacting the Company; the Company’s ability to successfully identify, complete and integrate other acquisitions and to realize the anticipated benefits associated with the same; and risks related to the Company’s ability to successfully execute on its strategic road map and meet its long-term financial goals. Additional information concerning these and other factors is contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this news release. The Company assumes no obligation, and disclaims any obligation, to update information contained in this news release. Investors should be aware that the Company may not update such information until the Company’s next quarterly earnings conference call, if at all.

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