Contact: Stephen Deter, President
Midwest Tool And Cutlery Company
1210 Progress St.
Sturgis, MI 49091
269-651-7964
midwest@midwestsnips.com

$10,000 Grand Prize Awarded
in Upright Snips® Sweepstakes

Sturgis Michigan, August 28, 2006
-- The Upright Snips® Sweepstakes $10,000 Grand Prize has been awarded to Grand Prize Winner Mr. Gordon Orr Jr. of Utah. The sweepstakes was part of the new product marketing campaign for the revolutionary, patented Upright Snips® aviation snips which were introduced by Midwest Tool and Cutlery Company in 2004. Mr. Orr entered the contest at the Orem, Utah, Johnstone Supply location. The 2nd and 3rd place sweepstakes prizes -Mag-Lite® flashlights and Midwest Snips® playing cards - were also sent to winners in August.

The prize was presented in person to Mr. Orr at the Orem, Utah Johnstone Supply location by Robert Besser, Sales Manager and Harold M. Cody, Marketing Manager for Midwest Tool and Cutlery Company.

About Midwest Tool & Cutlery
Midwest Tool And Cutlery Company produces the made in the USA Midwest Snips® brand of aviation snips at manufacturing operations in Sturgis and Kalkaska, Michigan. The company also produces a full line of tinner snips, folding tools, cable cutters and other specialty tools for the HVAC/R, construction, siding, roofing and sheet metal industries. Midwest Snips are available at HVAC/R and industrial wholesale distributors in North America and worldwide and at selected retail outlets.


Mr. Gordon Orr Jr. receives his check for $10,000 as the Grand Prize winner in the Upright Snips® sweepstakes sponsored by Midwest Tool and Cutlery Co. In the background is the Johnstone Supply store in Orem, Utah where Mr. Orr entered the contest. From left to right: Robert Besser, Sales Manager; Midwest Tool and Cutlery Co., Bob Madsen; Store Manager, Johnstone Supply, Orem, Utah; Boyd Fullmer, President, Johnstone Supply, Salt Lake City/Orem, Utah; Gordon Orr Jr., Grand Prize Winner; Harold Cody, Marketing Manager, Midwest Tool and Cutlery Co.


TO DOWNLOAD THIS RELEASE FOR REPRODUCTION:
1. Click on the file names below to open in new windows.
2. For each, select "File" and "Save As" from your browser window options. Save in a convenient location.

TEXT MIDWEST SNIPS LOGO APPLICATION PHOTO