Mile Marker International Announces Latest Military Order

    POMPANO BEACH, Fla.--Oct. 9, 2001--Mile Marker International, Inc. (OTCBB:MMKR), a specialty auto parts manufacturer/distributor, today announced the receipt of its latest U.S. military order for 1,404 hydraulic winch/bumper assemblies worth $3,568,969.
    In its Form 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Mile Marker announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mile Marker, Inc., had received notice from the United States Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command of the U.S. Department of the Army (the "U.S. military") that the U.S. military was exercising its option to buy another 1,404 hydraulic winch/bumper assemblies worth $3,568,969 in addition to the 1,404 hydraulic winch/bumper assemblies worth $3,568,969 ordered by the U.S. military on January 25, 2001. Mile Marker has previously announced several other orders from the U.S. military totaling approximately $2,300,000 for its unique patented hydraulic winch assembly.
    Richard Aho, President and CEO of Mile Marker International, Inc., said: "This latest military order increases our total military orders to over $8 million this year, which is very significant compared to our total sales of $5,574,986 in 2000, of which only $1,525,261 were military sales. We have already delivered about half of our total 2001 orders."
    Mr. Aho added: "These latest orders confirm the U.S. military's strong confidence in the reliability of our company's unique hydraulic winches for its Humvee combat vehicles. After years of rigorous field testing the Mile Marker hydraulic winch, the military has been retrofitting its existing Humvee vehicles by replacing electric winches with the Mile Marker hydraulic winch. In addition, we have been supplying our unique hydraulic winches for the ongoing production of new Humvee vehicles. We believe that there is a substantial continuing demand for our tested hydraulic winches, not only for the many thousands of U. S. military Humvee vehicles, but also from foreign military allies. The success of our hydraulic winch with the U.S. military has increased demand for our hydraulic winch from electric utilities, gas companies and other commercial users."