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Winnebago Industries' CEO Featured on CNBC

14 July 1998

Winnebago Industries' CEO Featured on CNBC

    FOREST CITY, Iowa, July 13 -- Bruce Hertzke, Winnebago
Industries Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was interviewed
this morning by host Mark Haines on CNBC's "Squawk Box" financial news
television program.  The appearance was prompted by the Company's solid 1998
performance;  its stock soaring to reach an 11 year high, closing at 14.4375
on July 10, 1998;  and Robert Olstein's (Olstein Financial Alert Fund) "buy"
rating communicated on the show's July 9 program.
    "This is a very exciting time for Winnebago because baby-boomers have
begun to reach our prime 50 plus age market segment and many are discovering
the benefits of the recreation vehicle lifestyle," Hertzke said. The Company's
stock opened at 14.625 today.
    Incorporated in 1958, Winnebago Industries is now celebrating its 40th
Anniversary. Winnebago Industries is a leading manufacturer of motor homes
that are self-contained recreation vehicles used primarily in leisure travel
and outdoor recreation activities. Other products manufactured by the Company
consist principally of a variety of component products for other
manufacturers. The Company builds quality products with state-of-the-art
computer-aided design and manufacturing systems on automotive-styled assembly
lines. The products and component parts conform to what the Company believes
to be the most rigorous testing in the RV industry. The Company's common stock
is listed on the New York, Chicago and Pacific Stock Exchanges and traded
under the symbol WGO. Options for the Company's common stock are traded on the
Chicago Board of Options Exchange. Visit Winnebago Industries' Web site at
http://www.winnebagoind.com