For moreinformation please call 800-922-8360 or visit Media Contacts:Nicole King, Media Relations ContactKing orMayo Rude, Director of Sales and MarketingJohnson Truck Copyright Business Wire 2009. ElectriMax, All-Electric Truck Refrigeration Delivers Significant Cost Savings,Flexibility and Zero Carbon EmissionsRICE LAKE, Wis.--(Business Wire)--Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies` (), an industryleader in thermal efficient truck bodies and trailers, announced their latestall-electric truck refrigeration solution - ElectriMaxTM. The new solutionprovides outstanding flexibility and operational savings for the refrigeratedtransport industry. ElectriMax does not have an integral combustion engine;therefore, it is exempt from transport refrigeration unit (TRU) diesel emissionregulations in California.

ElectriMaxTM demonstrates flexibility by serving a vast array of delivery needs- from single temperature to multiple temperature bodies with compartments formedium, frozen and dry goods to versa-temp applications that transport frozenone day and fresh the next. Furthermore, ElectriMax - operates with electricityinstead of diesel fuel, which saves companies as much as 1,400 gallons a truckper year in diesel fuel, and its simple design, increases savings even more bysignificantly lowering maintenance costs and downtime. The Johnson fiberglass composite truck body equipped with ElectriMax,all-electric refrigeration, requires a truck chassis (standard or hybrid) withan automatic transmission and a PTO gear option. The mobile power source isintegral to the operation of the truck and provides power for the refrigeration.The active forced air cooling component provides high performance coolingcapacity through an active evaporator, while recharging cold plates and theback-up power source en route.

The result is pure performance, very littledowntime and minimal recharge time. ElectriMax refrigeration has received very positive reviews across the countryfrom leading food distributors of dairy, fluid milk, juice, cookie and ice creamproducts. The ElectriMax solution delivers unsurpassed evaporator airflow andtemperature recovery after door openings, making it the ideal refrigerationsolution for a host of refrigerated and frozen products including dairy, icecream, produce, confection, bakery goods, frozen foods, ice, seafood and meat,pizza and other sensitive frozen foods. "ElectriMax gives Johnson customers a new way to provide more value and costsavings to consumers which are especially important in today`s economy," saidMayo Rude, Johnson director of sales and marketing. "We are pleased to deliver aproven refrigeration solution that offers significant fleet operation savings,lower maintenance and the same flexibility as diesel-powered truckrefrigeration." ElectriMax is an efficient and economical alternative, savingcompanies thousands of dollars annually in refrigeration operation costs. "Johnson fiberglass truck bodies paired with ElectriMax refrigeration meet theneeds of our customers by reducing their overall fuel consumption and carbonfootprint," said Ron Ricci, Johnson president "We`re proud of our innovativeachievements. We`ll continue to develop reliable, light-weight composite bodydesigns and clean and green refrigeration solutions to pursue value-added andenvironmentally friendly solutions for our customers." For decades, Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies has demonstrated its commitmentto clean and green refrigeration technologies that benefit the environment.Johnson is the leader in cold plate technology, and the inventor of RouteMax,clean and green refrigeration, which features a combination of evaporators andcold plates and ElectriMax, designed with and without cold plates, is wellsuited for truck bodies ranging in length from 12 to 26 feet.