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Cascade Corporation Debuts Its Business Overview Presentation

    PORTLAND, Ore.--July 14, 2003--Cascade Corporation, , a leading international manufacturer of materials handling devices for lift trucks, will host a combined webcast slide presentation and conference call at 2:00 PST on Thursday, July 17, 2003 to present its business overview and respond to your questions.

    Presentation Topics

    Robert C. Warren, Jr., President and CEO and Andy Anderson, CFO will host a half hour webcast slide presentation immediately followed by a question and answer session. Topics to be presented include;

-- Overview of Cascade's products and distribution channels
-- Market statistics and business drivers
-- Competitive environment and dynamics
-- Manufacturing processes and benchmarks
-- Strategic direction
-- Financial review

    Presentation Details

    The live webcast slide presentation is accessed through any web connection and browser in combination with a toll free call to listen to the accompanying audio and join the question and answer session following the presentation. No special software is required on your computer. To participate please;

    -- Call 800-642-1687, (international participants, 706-645-9291,
    meeting id 1599493 to hear the audio portion of the
    presentation.

    -- Select
    http://www.placeware.com/cc/conferenceplace/A?id=Cascorp&pw=451867
    to access the live webcast slide presentation or go to the
    Cascade website at www.cascorp.com and select the Investor
    Relations tab for the conference link.

    -- Before the presentation begins: Please select the above link
    15 minutes prior to the beginning of the presentation to
    verify that your browser will operate at maximum speed. And,
    please call the dial-in number approximately 15 minutes prior
    to register for the Q&A session and to listen to the audio
    portion of the presentation.

    -- Following the presentation: the slideshow presentation can be
    accessed for replay until July 20, 1993 by selecting
    http://www.placeware.com/cc/conferenceplace/A?id=Cascorp&pw=451867
    and dialing 800-642-1687, refer to id number 1599493 to access
    the audio portion.

    Additional information about Cascade Corporation is available on the Company's website at www.cascorp.com. You may also request an investor packet by phoning the Company's investor relations department at 503-669-6210.