MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN -- July 2006 -- P&H MinePro Services is celebrating its tenth anniversary of providing the global surface mining industry with reliable, innovative products and services focused on reducing mining companies' cost of operation.

In 1996, P&H Mining Equipment formed the organization known as P&H MinePro Services, a worldwide network of distribution and service facilities close to customers in major mining centers. MinePro, which began with approximately 450 employees, currently has 2,200 employees located at 50 offices throughout the world.

MinePro's primary objective is to help customers manage the life cycle costs of surface mining equipment of any make, specializing in parts, products, and services to enhance equipment performance while driving down maintenance and inventory costs.

Specific areas of support and expertise include:

• P&H^® shovels, drills, and draglines
• Over 30 alliance partner products
• Customized buckets and dippers
• Electrical and mechanical upgrades
• Machine relocations/modernizations>
• P&H and alternative OEM parts
• Used equipment and parts
• Wire rope management
• P&H and non-P&H rebuilds
• Product training

MinePro employees throughout the world support both the mining industry and the communities they live in through active community involvement and assistance. P&H Mining Equipment provides equipment and support to more than 90% of the world's surface mines.

P&H MinePro Services is the global distribution and support arm of P&H Mining Equipment, the world’s leading supplier of electric rope shovels, large rotary blasthole drills and walking draglines. MinePro provides life cycle management support of surface mining machines, and also is a full-line distributor of wheel loaders, haul trucks, hydraulic excavators and allied products and services.