I just wanted to send a short note saying how much we enjoyed octoberfest. I appreciate the hospitality and information provided. The show really opened our eyes to the future of the steel fabricating industry. It is exciting to know that Peddinghaus is on the cutting edge of equipment technology and will have the right solutions for fabricators to help us as our business grows.

- David Merchant, President - Merchant Iron Works Inc.

I just wanted to thank you for inviting AISC to participate in Oktoberfest 2008. I worked our booth on Saturday, and I was able to attend dinner and the concert on Saturday night. What a fantastic event! One of the best nights out I've had in while!

Thanks!

- Keith A. Grubb, Regional Engineer - American Instutude of Steel Construction

I would like to thank all of you for a great time and a very informative show. Your facility is top notch and you should be proud, ... that your people were very helpful. Thanks to Alicia, she tries very hard to get us the best product you guys can put out. Lyle & Paul, you guys are great! Thanks so much, I hope to be invited to the next Oktoberfest!

- Ed Lanham, Marion Steel Fab

I personally, and Tekla would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to attend and present at this year’s Oktobefest 2008. It was a fantastic event. Transportation and accommodations were great. We had a steady flow of good quality traffic not only on a North American level, but internationally. We were busy and taking questions all the way up until 5PM Saturday evening. It was a fantastic event for us, and we hope we can do another event with you guys at the next Oktoberfest and also have you present at our next User Meeting event next summer.

- Christopher Keyack, Steel Production manager - North America

I would just like to thank you for the amazing event that you guys put together. I thoroughly enjoyed it! Please congratulate all involved for making it a success.

The Peddinghaus staff was very accommodating, friendly, professional and provided a wealth of useful information.

We are looking forward to working with you again.

- Jacques J. de la Querra, Project Engineer - Group Five Steel

Thank you for the invitation to Octoberfest and giving us a great tour on Thursday. It is exciting to see the changes within the Bradley facility. I can’t believe the changes that have taken place since the beginning of this year!

The innovations in your products speak volumes about the engineering staff and direction of Peddinghaus. The HSFBD 2500 is an impressive machine. Paul and I agreed to get in touch in the near future and set up a meeting on site at Ryerson Chicago, I will keep you updated.

Please express my appreciation to the entire Peddinhaus team for such a fine event.

- Brian Seeley, Ryerson

Thank you very much for the great event and the hospitality last week. The whole MEBA team is proud to work together with this fantastic Peddinghaus team.

I am sure it was a enormous task with a lot of work for you and your team to create this event. From all customers I got a great feedback during the Oktoberfest and I just can join this opinion. You really made a fantastic job.

The Oktoberfest will be beneficial for business and of course for our partnership.

- Marc Kashel, Exports Sales Manager - Meba

We had such a great time last week! You guys definitely outdid yourselves. Your staff was helpful, friendly, and wonderful!

- Carly Moore, Membership Services Manager - AISC

I wanted to thank the entire Peddinghaus family for the hospitality everyone has shown our people during last week. We certainly enjoy the partnership between our companies and of course everyone needs to see the business side as well as enjoy our time together in everything we do.

Please extend my thanks also to Anton who obviously did invest a lot in this event and I hope you had as much fun as we did during our visit to Oktoberfest.

- Hans G Ehrnrooth, President - Tekla, Inc.

I speak for everyone in the UK touring group when I say that it was an incredible show – awe inspiring in fact – everything ran very smoothly, no doubt because of both of your efforts and your excellent team over Bradley.

- G. Home-Roberts, UK Participant

. . .the best and biggest steel fabrication gathering I’ve ever attended in my life’!! – I would say Peddinghaus has well and truly put itself on the map – Congratulations.

- Bob Killelea, James Killelea and Sons, UK

This was the greatest corporate event I have ever attended. It was outstanding!

Thank you to all for making my week a productive and memorable experience.

Texas Fabricator

I can not tell you how much we appreciate the opportunity in having participated in you outstanding event. The opportunities for my company were outstanding. Hopefully our participation was helpful for you event as well.

Jeffery Saxman

“Thank you so much for the great weekend with Peddinghaus. Every one of your staff went out of their way to make us feel at home. We think of Kevin Woods, Steve Farrow, Paul Muraski, and Ted Trybek as friends, not sales personnel. That is a huge compliment to your whole organization. The changes in Bradley since my last visit are really impressive. Best of Luck.”

Duff Zimmerman – Cooper Steel Supply, Shelbyville, Tennessee

“What can we say – “Wow” what an incredible event! Very nice job – well done. Thank you, as always for all of your hospitality."

Paolo Colucci – Maple Industries, Chatham, Ontario, Canada

Thank you so much for a wonderful Oktoberfest celebration. We all had a wonderful experience with the “Peddinghaus Family”. It was great to share your business’ successes and the camaraderie of your employees and representatives.”

DenCol Supply, Inc. – Denver Colorado USA

"George and Chris have asked me to thank you sincerely for the fantastic time they had in Chicago. They were so impressed with the generosity and hospitality shown to them, they have not stopped talking about their time there."

Lynne Piacentini - Page Steel Fabrications Pty.Ltd – Derrimut, Victoria, Australia

"Thank you very much for inviting me to the Peddinghaus Oktoberfest, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Peddinghaus’ hospitality was of the highest possible standard and I look forward to a long relationship with the company.

Getting an inside look into the company was very beneficial and from this I don’t think it is possible for any other machine manufacturer to compete in any way"

James van Rooyen – Transcape Steels – Capetown, South Africa