Stewart & Stevenson Features S&S Fire Apparatus Service and Repair Capabilities at FDIC

HOUSTON, April 3 -- Stewart & Stevenson will exhibit the Power Products Divisions' fire apparatus service and repair capabilities at the FDIC trade show April 3-5 at the Indiana Convention Center, 100 South Capital Avenue in Indianapolis.

Stewart & Stevenson's Booth 3131 at the FDIC trade show will feature the company's Detroit Diesel Corporation engine and Allison transmission replacement, service and repair capabilities for fire apparatus, as well as AuraGen portable power generation that provides an onsite energy source. Also featured will be Stewart & Stevenson's FMTV, the rugged five-ton truck with proven superior off-road mobility and reliability produced for the U.S. Army, whose chassis has been selected by Saulsbury Fire Rescue, Inc., for specialized, rough terrain fire apparatus vehicles to be used for off-road brush firefighting.

Patrick K. Hughes, Stewart & Stevenson's Fire Apparatus Product Line Manager, will provide information on Stewart & Stevenson's EVT certified fire apparatus service, support and training capabilities.

Stewart & Stevenson currently offers varying degrees of Fire Apparatus Service and Support at the company's Customer Service Centers in San Leandro, CA, Dallas, TX, Auburn, WA, Phoenix, AZ, Commerce City, CO, and Houston, TX. Fire Apparatus Service and Support will soon be available at other Customer Service Center locations throughout the central and western United States.

Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc., founded in 1902, is a billion-dollar company that manufactures, distributes, and provides service for a wide range of industrial products and diesel-powered equipment to key industries worldwide, including power generation, defense, airline, marine, petroleum, marine and transportation. For more information on Stewart & Stevenson visit www.ssss.com .

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on management's current expectations, estimates, and projections. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions and are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Many factors, including those discussed more fully elsewhere in this release and in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly its latest annual report on Form 10-K, as well as others, could cause results to differ materially from those stated. Specific important factors that could cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include risk of competition, risks relating to technology, risks of general economic conditions, risks of oil and gas industry economic conditions, risks of airline industry economic conditions, risks as to terrorist attacks on the U.S. and their impact on the U.S. economy, risks relating to personnel, risks of dependence on government and failure to obtain new government contracts, inherent risks of government contracts, risks of claims and litigation, risks of product defects, risks as to foreign sales and global trade matters, risks as to cost controls, risks as to acquisitions, risks as to currency fluctuations, risks as to environmental and safety matters, risks as to distributorships, risks as to licenses, and credit risks, all as more specifically outlined in the Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K. In addition, such forward-looking statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates, general domestic and international conditions including interest rates, inflation and currency exchange rates and other future factors. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements.

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Mandy Ramsay, 713-803-0611

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