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Cascade Corporation Business Overview Presentation - Participant Instructions

    PORTLAND, Ore.--July 15, 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, 2003 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.