Exhibit
99.1
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For
Immediate Release
Contact:
Fred Zinn
Drew
Industries, 914-428-9098
or
Ryan
McGrath, Jeff Lambert
Lambert,
Edwards & Associates
616-233-0500
or rmcgrath@lambert-edwards.com
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Drew
Industries Presents
Webcast of
First
Quarter Conference Call on May 5
WHITE
PLAINS, NY, April 17, 2008 — Drew Industries Incorporated (NYSE: DW), a White
Plains, NY-based manufacturer of components for the recreational vehicle
and
manufactured housing industries, will release its first quarter 2008 financial
results before the market opens on Monday, May 5, 2008.
Drew
Industries also will host a conference call on Monday, May 5 at 11 a.m. ET
to
discuss its results and other business matters. Participation in the
question-and-answer session of the call will be limited to institutional
investors and analysts. Individual investors and retail brokers are invited
to
listen via a live webcast of the call on Drew Industries’ website at
www.drewindustries.com.
Drew Industries will archive the webcast on
its
website for two weeks after the call.
Participating
in the conference call will be:
Leigh
Abrams,
President and CEO, Drew Industries
Fred
Zinn,
Executive VP and CFO, Drew Industries
David
Webster,
President, CEO and Chairman, Kinro, Inc.
Jason
Lippert,
President, CEO and Chairman, Lippert Components, Inc.
The
webcast is also available at www.companyboardroom.com.
Institutional investors can access the call via the password-protected event
management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).
About
Drew
Drew,
through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Kinro and Lippert Components, supplies
a
broad array of components for RVs and manufactured homes, including windows,
doors, chassis, chassis parts, bath and shower units, and axles. In addition,
Drew manufactures slide-out mechanisms for RVs, and trailers primarily for
hauling boats. Currently, from 31 factories located throughout the United
States, Drew serves most major national manufacturers of RVs and manufactured
homes in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Additional information about
Drew and its products can be found at www.drewindustries.com.
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