Veri-Tek International, Corp. to Present at Roth Capital Partners' 20th Annual OC Growth Stock Conference February 20
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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill., Feb. 12 / -- Veri-Tek International, Corp. (AMEX:VCC), a leading provider of engineered lifting solutions including boom truck cranes, rough terrain forklifts and special mission oriented vehicles, today announced that David Langevin, the Company's chairman and chief executive officer, will present at the Roth Capital Partners' 20th Annual Growth Stock Conference at the Ritz Carlton Laguna Nigel Hotel at One Ritz Carlton Drive, Dana Point, Calif. Veri-Tek is scheduled to present at 10 a.m. (Pacific) on February 20, 2008 in the Promenade and will be available for one-on-one meetings throughout the day. Interested attendees may schedule the one-on-one meetings directly through Roth Capital Partners.
Mr. Langevin will provide financial and operational overviews including Veri-Tek's strategy for growth and its focus on strengthening its lifting solutions product line through acquisitions and developing additional product lines of varying lifting capacities and functionality. He will discuss opportunities to expand the company's markets as well as opportunities to build out its global presence and drive organic growth.
The group presentation will be available to investors and the public live via webcast at Veri-Tek's corporate website, www.veri-tek.com/ and at Roth Capital's website at www.rothcp.com/. The link for directly accessing the webcast is http://wsw.com/webcast/roth16/vcc/
About Roth Capital Partners and the 2008 "OC" Conference
Roth is one of the last remaining independent full-service investment banks dedicated to the small and micro-cap market. The firm is privately owned with current principals being majority owners. The core management team has been consistent for many years. Since the inception of the firm in 1984, Roth has been a leader and innovator in the small and micro cap markets. Roth's exclusive focus has been, is, and will continue to offer a full spectrum of investment banking services, including raising capital, research coverage, trading and market making, merger and acquisition advisory services, and investor conferences. Roth's award-winning research is the foundation of its firm and key to its understanding of the micro- and small-cap sector. This research, when combined with a seasoned institutional sales team and its highly visible investor conferences, creates an unparalleled institutional sponsorship platform for growth companies. Roth has raised more than $10 billion for small and micro cap public companies and completed over 135 merger, acquisition and advisory assignments. Since year 2000, Roth has been a leading placement agent for the number of PIPE transactions, raising over $2 billion for its clients. Roth received top 20 IPO aftermarket performance rankings for six consecutive years from 1994 to 1999. Now in its 20th year, the ROTH Annual OC Conference will feature three days of presentations (February 18-21) from over 320 small-cap companies including over 40 U.S.-listed Chinese companies. The distinguished list of presenting companies have been identified by Roth's award-winning research team and are representative of a broad spectrum of sectors, including Technology, Healthcare, Energy and Industrial as well as Consumer Products and a designated "Green Track" with over 20 up and coming Alternative/Renewable Energy companies presenting and a special panel on Investing in Green Tech. Over 1,000 are expected to attend from the buy side.
About Veri-Tek International, Corp.
Veri-Tek International, Corp. is a leading provider of engineered lifting solutions including boom truck cranes, rough terrain forklifts and special mission oriented vehicles. Our Manitex subsidiary manufactures and markets a comprehensive line of boom trucks and sign cranes. Our boom trucks and crane products are primarily used in industrial projects, energy exploration and infrastructure development, including roads, bridges, and commercial construction. The Manitex Liftking subsidiary, which includes the Noble forklift product line, manufactures and sells a complete line of rough terrain forklifts and special mission oriented vehicles, as well as other specialized carriers, heavy material handling transporters and steel mill equipment. Manitex Liftking's rough terrain forklifts are used in both commercial and military applications.
Source: Veri-Tek International, Corp.
CONTACT: David Langevin of Veri-Tek International, Corp.,
+1-708-237-2060, djlangevin@manitex.com; or Investors, Peter Seltzberg,
peter@haydenir.com or Brett Maas, both of Hayden Communications,
+1-646-415-8972, for Veri-Tek International, Corp.
Web site: www.veri-tek.com/
http://www.rothcp.com/
http://wsw.com/webcast/roth16/vcc
