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Spartan Motors Announces New Director of Purchasing

8 June 1999

Spartan Motors Announces New Director of Purchasing

    CHARLOTTE, Mich., June 8 -- Spartan Motors, Inc.
today announced it has hired Delbridge Malloch as its new
director of purchasing.
    The Charlotte, Mich.- based manufacturer of custom chassis, emergency
vehicles and buses said Malloch brings more than 15 years experience in all
areas of procurement, inventory control, distribution and logistics,
production planning, engineering change control and management information
systems to his new position.
    Malloch will oversee purchasing at Spartan Motors Chassis, which
manufactures chassis for recreational vehicles (RVs), fire trucks and buses.
He will also direct Spartan's new purchasing alliance with Federal Signal
Corporation .  Malloch will report to John Williamson, director of
operations.
    "One of our strategic objectives is to consolidate certain functions at
the corporate level, including purchasing," said John Sztykiel, president and
chief operating officer of Spartan Motors.  "Purchasing represents a
tremendous cost-saving opportunity for the company.  By using common bill-of-
material sets that can be interchanged between markets and products, we can
still offer customized products, yet drive our volume-purchasing power up --
and our costs down.  Del's experience provides Spartan Motors with an added
level of expertise that will help us improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness
in the purchasing area."
    Most recently, Malloch served as the corporate purchasing manager of the
Hillsdale Tool Division of Eagle-Picher Automotive, a Tier-One supplier to
several leading U.S., Japanese, European and Australian automakers.
Previously, Malloch was employed by Tac Manufacturing, where he served as
materials manager.  He also worked for 11 years at Consumers Power Company,
Michigan's largest public utility.  Malloch holds both a bachelor's degree and
an M.B.A. from Central Michigan University.  He is also certified by the
National Association of Purchasing Managers.  Malloch and his wife, Cindy,
reside in Jackson, Mich. with their four sons.
    Spartan Motors, Inc. (http://www.spartanmotors.com) is a leading developer
and manufacturer of custom chassis for fire trucks, RVs, transit buses, school
buses, and other specialty vehicles.  The Company also owns fire and rescue
vehicle manufacturers Luverne Fire Apparatus, Quality Manufacturing and Road
Rescue, Inc. and a majority interest in school-bus body manufacturer Carpenter
Industries.
    The statements contained in this news release include certain predictions
and projections that may be considered forward-looking statements by the
securities laws.  These statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties, including but not limited to economic, competitive,
governmental and technological factors affecting the Company's operations,
markets, products, services and prices, and actual results may differ
materially.