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Collins Industries Retains Carl Thompson Associates for Investor Relations

30 August 2000

Collins Industries Retains Carl Thompson Associates for Investor Relations

    HUTCHINSON, Kan., Aug. 30 Collins Industries, Inc.
has retained Carl Thompson Associates, one of the nation's
leading investor relations firms, to help maximize shareholder value through a
national proactive investor relations program.
    "We are very happy to be working with Carl Thompson Associates to enhance
our continued efforts to increase communications between Collins Industries
and its shareowners, analysts and institutions throughout the investment
community," said Don Collins, President and Chief Executive Officer of Collins
Industries.
    Collins Industries is the world's largest manufacturer of ambulances
(including medical attack vehicles, rescue vehicles and fire emergency
vehicles), North America's largest producer of Type "A" small school buses,
and the nation's second largest manufacturer of terminal trucks.  Since 1971,
Collins Industries has grown to over 1,000 employees in five plants comprising
over one million combined square feet of manufacturing space.  The company
sells its products throughout the United States and abroad.
    Based in Louisville, Colorado, Carl Thompson Associates is one of the
nation's leading investor relations firms with clients nationwide.  Since
1985, the agency has helped more than 400 public companies increase their
shareowner value through a professional, cost-effective approach to investor
relations.

    Information about Collins Industries can be accessed over the Internet at
http://www.collinsind.com.

    Information about Carl Thompson Associates can be accessed over the
Internet at http://www.ctaonline.com.