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Message From The President February 2010

C It is with much regret that I must dealer in New Mexico,

report the passing of Mega re-purchased Magnum
I co-founder & co-owner Bill Schlegel and Bill returned as
A on December 23rd of last year. He Company President.
is survived by his daughter Alex, Jack & Bill changed the
L and his sons Randy and Troy & name to Mega Corp.
T seven grandchildren. He was 71. Inc. and continued to
grow the business and
Y In the early 70’s, Bill Schlegel & Mack Sons were employ- set the stage for what
ees of a steel fabricator in Albuquerque known as WW it is today. In 1984,
Steel. Bill was a salesman for WW and Mack was the shop Mega added coal haul-
H foreman. During that time, mining and home construction ers and bottom-dump
was booming in the arid Southwest & Bill and Mack saw wagons to the prod-
A an opportunity to manufacture water haulage equipment uct line – a diversification that has paid off well for Mega
U and spray systems for dust control and compaction. Their during the recent economic turmoil. The first coal
initial success in this business came through sales of water hauler, an 85 ton trailer combined with a Euclid tractor, was
L tanks & converted scraper “water pulls” while still with WW. delivered to ROMCO in Longview, Texas.
A By 1976 they had left WW and formed their own business;
Magnum Industries. In the mid-90’s, Bill’s son Randy joined the company as Vice
G President and later became a partner with Jack & Bill. In
E Over the years, Magnum expanded its range of 2001, Bill formally retired and Randy became President.
water haulage equipment to cover the entire spectrum Bill spent the early years of his retirement in Maui, Hawaii,
of both on and off-highway applications. Magnum’s returning to Albuquerque in 2006.
S success was attributable to creating & manufacturing
high-value, premium products, running a lean operation, A native of Texas, Bill came to Albuquerque in 1952. It was
O selling their products through OEM equipment dealers and clear Bill enjoyed his career at Magnum & Mega. He was
L standing behind what they built – business attributes that justifiably proud of the business he and others built. He
endures to this day. Among the earliest Magnum products possessed a creative mind and thrived on the process of
U were 5,000 gallon tanks combined with Caterpillar 613 “making the deal”. Whether an employee, customer, partner
T scraper tractors and 8,000 gallon tanks mounted on Cater- or friend, Bill was known for treating everyone well and he
pillar 769 trucks for Caterpillar dealer Empire Machinery in always brought joy to the workplace. He will be missed.
I Arizona – you can see these units and the original shop in
O the photo below. A memorial service for Bill was held on December 29th and
was attended by over 200 people. Contributions can be
N In 1980, Bill & Mack sold Magnum & invested in other made in his name to the Boys & Girls Ranch, 6209 Hendrix
business pursuits. In 1983, a group of investors led by Road, N.E., Albuquerque, NM, 87110.
S Bill and Jack Rust – owner of Rust Tractor, the Caterpillar
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Welcome aboard! Lonnie Mega is pleased to
U joined Mega's purchasing welcome back jack-of-
C department in January. Prior all trades Scott. Scott is
to Mega, Lonnie worked for one of the first employees
T Lockheed and Eclipse Aviation. to return from a lay-off. In February, Mega President, Jim Kunz,
I received the Silver Beaver award from
the Great Southwest Council of the Boy
O Scouts of America for his service to
N Scouting. The Silver Beaver is the highest BSA
Council award for an adult volunteer. Jim serves on
& the Executive Committee for the GSWC and is the
Lonnie Jacobs, Jr. Scott Adamson
Council Commissioner. Mega is a proud supporter
Buyer Custodian of Scouting.
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Mega Coal Hauler Deliveries

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Coal haulers continue to lead the way in Mega’s marketplace. This month,
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Mega delivered the first of five MHT175’s to Holt of Texas for use in

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power plant coal haulage. Also, this month two MHT175’s were
delivered to Finning Canada for use in coal haulage at a power plant in
Alberta.

Progress continues on the new Mega 34 yard elevating scraper. Mega has
ordered the tractor partial machine arrangement for the prototype from
Caterpillar and delivery of this unit to Mega is expected mid-year. Mega has
a customer in California for the first unit and arrangements are being made
for its trial operation beginning late this year.

CATERPILLAR Purchase Mega Parts on Caterpillar's ANTARES System.

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ANTARES SM Parts for Mega products are now available through Caterpillar dealers worldwide using CATS’s ANTARESSM parts
Parts Processing System system. Caterpillar dealer parts counter personnel have access to Mega part numbers and have the ability to
Go to www.megacorpinc.com enter orders for service, warranty, emergency and stock components. Pricing is available from Mega as well
for more information! as from Caterpillar’s dealer parts network. For more information please contact John Stubbs at 505-259-5975.

Mobile Pump Patent Global Mining Business

Remains Strong
We are proud to announce that
on December 22nd 2009, the
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
issued patent No. 7,635,254 for
Mega’s mobile pump (MMP).
Obtaining a patent can be a
long, laborious affair - this patent
process began in July of 2003!

The development process for

this product has been a textbook
example of responding to what
the marketplace was asking
for. The results have exceeded
our expectations: we have
manufactured approximately
Over the past year Mega has delivered over 30 MTT’s into mining
150 of them since building the
applications in South America and Africa. This year has started off strong
prototype in 2003.
with orders for another 10 on the books already. Most orders in these
markets are for tanks mounted on small or mid-size rigid frames and
articulated trucks used in metals mining of all types.

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