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CHARLOTTE, Mich., May 22, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) will host an analyst day for analysts and institutional investors at its headquarters in Charlotte, Mich. from 8:30 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 30, 2007. The event will feature presentations from Spartan’s management team, tours […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., May 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR), today announced it has received subcontract orders from two major defense manufacturers totaling $107.6 million — its two largest specialty-vehicle orders to date. Spartan Chassis said it has received a $60.0 million order from General Dynamics Land Systems […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) today announced its board of directors has increased the size of the board from seven to eight members and elected Hugh W. Sloan, deputy chairman of the Woodbridge Foam Corporation, to the board. Sloan will serve as an independent director and on the audit […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) today announced its board of directors declared regular cash dividends of $0.16 per share of common stock for 2007. The Charlotte, Mich.-based manufacturer of custom motorhome chassis, fire truck chassis and emergency-rescue vehicles said the regular cash dividend of $0.08 per share is payable […]

Earnings Increase 60.8 Percent; Order Backlog Up 37.6 PercentCHARLOTTE, Mich., May 1, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) reported record quarterly results, including a 37.8 percent year-over-year increase in net sales and a 60.8 percent year-over-year increase in net earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007. Spartan, […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., April 20, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) will announce its first quarter 2007 results prior to the market opening on May 1, 2007. The Company will also host a webcast of its conference call on the same day at 10 a.m. ET to discuss its financial […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., April 9, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR), announced the purchase of two manufacturing facilities near its headquarters in Charlotte, Mich. The facilities, which total 80,000 square-feet, will help Spartan meet anticipated increased demand from its military customers to supply and […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — John E. Sztykiel, president and CEO of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR), will attend the Next Generation Equity Research Industrials Conference on March 14 at the Westin O’Hare in Chicago. The first-ever Industrials Conference from Next Generation Equity Research LLC (www.nextgenres.com) provides institutional investors with access to management through […]

CHARLOTTE, Mich., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Building on its growing expertise in specialty vehicles, Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR), today announced it has received $16.4 million in subcontract orders for new military vehicles — its second largest order announcement in 2007. Under the new subcontracts, Spartan Chassis will supply […]

Sales in All Segments Grow; Consolidated Backlog Increases 38.3 Percent CHARLOTTE, Mich., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) today reported its earnings more than tripled for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2006, boosted by net sales gains of 63.8 percent. Spartan had 2006 fourth quarter net earnings of $3.3 million, or […]