ESSEX CRANE RENTAL CORP. MOVES CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER

New location in Fontana, CA offers modern facilities to better support the company's existing customer base and growth initiatives

BUFFALO GROVE, IL (June 25, 2003) Essex Crane Rental Corp. recently completed the relocation of its California Service Center to a new, larger, and more modern facility in Fontana, California.

The physical address of the new location is: 15060 Ceres Avenue, Fontana, CA 92335-4208

The phone and fax numbers remain unchanged: Phone:(909) 823-9055, Fax:(909) 823-9056

The new facility is located approximately 2 miles south of the old location, and thus continues to offer easy access to the Interstate 15 and connecting highways for quick and efficient mobilization of the lattice-boom crawler cranes that the company leases to customers on the west coast and nationwide.

Jim Crawford, Branch Manager of the Fontana Service Center commented: "The employees in California are very excited about this move, as it allows us to further improve our operations in the areas of customer service, technical support, and shipping logistics - which is what customers have come to rely on and expect from Essex"

Said Ron Schad, President & CEO of Essex: "This new location in Fontana meets all of our requirements for the future, and will allow us to better serve our customers on the west coast as we continue to grow our business in this part of the country."

About Essex Crane Rental Corp.

Acquired by Kirtland Capital Partners in May of 2000, Essex Crane Rental Corp. has grown steadily in its 42 year history into the world's largest provider of Manitowoc lattice-boom crawler cranes and attachments. With over 480 cranes and attachments in its fleet, Essex supplies cranes for construction projects related to power generation, petro-chemical, refineries, water treatment & purification, bridges, highways, hospitals, shipbuilding, and commercial construction.

In addition to the company's main headquarters in Buffalo Grove, Essex currently has five fully-equipped service centers in North America located in Alabaster (Birmingham), Alabama; Arcola (Houston), Texas; Longmont (Denver), Colorado; Fontana (Los Angeles), California; and Tampa, Florida.