Rosenbauer2008 30. June 2008

 Saudis buy fire fighting vehicles from Austria 

The Austrian firm Rosenbauer International AG, the parent company of the
Rosenbauer Group, has won an order from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of the Interior to
supply a total of 130 fire fighting vehicles and technical fire safety equipment worth around
30.0 m€.

The vehicles to be supplied comprise Austrian-manufactured rescue pumpers, emergency
tenders and air crash tenders for helipads, as well as industrial vehicles built in collaboration
with the Group’s US subsidiary General Safety in Wyoming, MN. The order also includes
several of the latest model of Metz aerial ladder, hydraulic rescue equipment and special
equipment for haz-mat missions.

The vehicles are be delivered and commissioned in several tranches by the middle of 2010.
Since 2001, when Rosenbauer won the first major order from Saudi Arabia in the company’s
recent history, the Group has supplied a total of 900 fire fighting vehicles to the Saudi
Arabian Department of Civil Defence, as well as fire safety equipment for 15,000 firemen.
Won in the face of fiercely contested international bidding, this order once again confirms the
Rosenbauer Group’s pre-eminent position on the worldwide fire-equipment market. The
superior quality of the products supplied, and of Rosenbauer’s order-fulfilment, is the basis of
the excellent long-standing working relationship it enjoys with its Saudi Arabian client.

About the Rosenbauer Group
The Rosenbauer Group is the fire protection and civil defence sector’s leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles for airports and industry. A “full-liner” with a workforce of over 1650 and a wide range of municipal fire-fighting vehicles and aerials (to both European and US Standards) as well as a comprehensive series of air crash tenders and industrial fire fighting vehicles, advanced fire fighting components and fire & safety equipment, Rosenbauer is represented in more than 100 countries. In 2007, the Rosenbauer Group posted revenues of over 425 m€.
 

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