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CHARLOTTE, Mich., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR) (“Spartan” or the “Company”) today announced operating results for the first quarter of 2012.  Revenues totaled $118.8 million, up 25% from the first quarter of 2011.  Excluding restructuring charges of $5.4 million, Spartan posted adjusted operating earnings of $0.04 per diluted share in the […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR) today announced that its board of directors has declared a semi-annual cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock. The Charlotte, Mich.-based manufacturer of custom chassis, emergency-rescue and service and delivery vehicles reported its semi-annual dividend will be payable on June […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR) will announce its first quarter 2012 results prior to the market opening on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. 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 […]

Executive will lead both Spartan ERV and Spartan Chassis as they move into international markets CHARLOTTE, Mich., April 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dennis Schneider, a longtime manufacturing, operations and logistics executive with experience in the U.S. and abroad, has been named president of Spartan Motors’ Emergency Response business. Schneider, who joined Spartan Motors (Nasdaq:SPAR) […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., March 28, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPAR), announced its Supplier Performance And Review Committee (SPARC) recently recognized twelve top-performing suppliers during the 10th Annual Supplier Conference held March 21, 2012 near the Company’s headquarters in Charlotte, MI. The suppliers honored consistently embody Spartan Chassis’ […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR), the leading manufacturer of specialty chassis and vehicles, today announced that Joseph Nowicki, Chief Financial Officer, and Greg Salchow, Director of Investor Relations and Treasury, will participate in the Sidoti & Company, LLC Sixteenth Annual New York Institutional Investor Forum. The presentation will take […]

WAKARUSA, Ind., March 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Utilimaster Corporation, a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPAR), announced today that it has partnered with Bi-Phase Technologies, LLC to sell and market propane conversions for Isuzu N-Series gasoline vehicles. Under terms of the agreement, a Vehicle Modification Center was established at the Charlotte, MI campus where […]

WAKARUSA, Ind., March 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Utilimaster Corporation, a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPAR), announced today that it has partnered with Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. (Smith) to produce and market the all-electric zero-emission Newton Step Van. Utilimaster and Smith co-developed an integrated walk-in van design using Smith’s Newton chassis platform, which includes […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR) (“Spartan” or the “Company”) today announced that Andrew M. Rooke has been named to the Company’s Board of Directors.   Hugh Sloan, Chairman of the Board, commented on Mr. Rooke’s appointment, “We are pleased to welcome Andrew to Spartan’s Board of Directors.  We believe his […]

New Facility Will Enable Significant Operating Efficiencies, Through Improved Manufacturing Methods, Process, Product Quality, and Lower Operating Costs Achieved by Elimination of Non-Value Added Functions CHARLOTTE, Mich., Feb. 14, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPAR) today announced that it will relocate Utilimaster Corporation’s manufacturing operations, headquarters, and all supporting departments and functions, to […]