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Consolidated Backlog Increases 54.7 Percent, Return on Invested Capital Improves to 22.2 Percent CHARLOTTE, Mich., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) today reported its second consecutive quarter of record sales and earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2006. Spartan also reported a 95.3 percent increase in net earnings and a 22.3 […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) will announce its second quarter 2006 results prior to the market opening on July 27, 2006. The Company will also host a webcast of its conference call on the same day at 10 a.m. ET to discuss its financial results with analysts and institutional […]

Event to Mark Three Years of Combat Operations without a Reported Fatality CHARLOTTE, Mich., June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) and Force Protection, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FRPT) will display a Cougar and a Buffalo military vehicle in front of the St. Regis Hotel in New York City on June 28 from […]

Record Orders, Highlighted by Best-Ever Month in May for Fire Truck Chassis, Spur Expansion CHARLOTTE, Mich., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR), will break ground in July 2006 on a new $14.5 million, 102,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Charlotte, Mich. The new plant will help Spartan meet […]

New Vehicle Program Will Help Protect New Iraqi Military from Threat of Explosive Devices CHARLOTTE, Mich., June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR), today announced it has secured a role through BAE Systems to supply and integrate key chassis components and assist in the manufacturing of 378 […]

Vehicles will protect U.S. Marines abroad from threat of explosive devices CHARLOTTE, Mich., May 12, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR), today announced it has received a subcontract order from Force Protection, Inc. to supply and integrate key chassis components and assist in […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR), reported today it expects a subcontract order from Force Protection, Inc. to supply chassis for an additional 79 Cougar Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal Rapid Response Vehicles (JERRV). On May 2, 2006, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., April 27, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) today announced its board of directors declared regular cash dividends of $0.22 per share of common stock for 2006. The Charlotte, Mich.-based manufacturer of custom motorhome chassis, fire truck chassis and emergency-rescue vehicles said the regular cash dividend of […]

Consolidated Backlog Up 35.1 Percent; Return on Invested Capital Improves 94.6 Percent CHARLOTTE, Mich., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) today reported its best-ever quarterly results, highlighted by a 119 percent increase in net earnings on a 16.6 percent increase in net sales for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006. Spartan […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) will announce its first quarter 2006 results prior to the market opening on April 27, 2006. The Company will also host a webcast of its conference call on the same day at 10 a.m. ET to discuss its financial results with analysts and institutional […]