THE ZAMBONI COMPANY ENTERS ITS FOURTH DECADE OF OLYMPIC PARTICIPATION

Paramount, California, March 01, 2001

The Frank J. Zamboni Company has participated in many historic events, but one of the most significant is the Winter Olympic Games. The 2002 Winter Olympics, which are being held in Salt Lake City, Utah, will be a "homecoming" of sorts for the Zamboni Company. Frank Zamboni, the inventor of the world's first ice resurfacer, was born in Eureka, Utah, in 1901, which is just southeast of Salt Lake City.

The Salt Lake Olympic facilities have selected Zamboni exclusively for ice resurfacing and seven machines in all will maintain the ice, including one new Model 700 machine, which is the largest Zamboni ice resurfacing machine made. Zamboni machines will be on the ice for all skating and hockey related events, including the women's hockey, men's hockey, figure skating and speed skating competitions.

The Zamboni® Ice Resurfacing Machine made its Olympic debut at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California in 1960. The Squaw Valley Games were the first to use a mechanical ice resurfacer, with six Zamboni machines maintaining the ice sheets. As the Games approached, Frank Zamboni was working on his latest innovation: an electric version of the ice resurfacing machines, which until that time had been powered with gasoline. As the Games began, the very first electric Zamboni Ice Resurfacing Machine moved out on to the Olympic ice surface and history was made.

Since that time, the machines have been a part of almost every Olympic ice event. The machines were witness to the Gold medal victory of the 1980 United States Hockey Team in Lake Placid. Most recently, the machines were featured on the ice in Nagano, Japan for the 1998 Winter Olympics.

It has been over 50 years since Frank J. Zamboni developed his first ice resurfacing machine. Since that time, thousands have been sold around the world and the Zamboni Company has seen an affinity develop for their product, which was brought to "life" when Snoopy® of PEANUTS fame took to the ice with a Zamboni machine in 1980. Zamboni's Olympic participation through the years continues to be a source of great pride for the Company.

For more information about the Zamboni Company or the Company's participation in the Olympic events, contact:

Zamboni Merchandising Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 1248
Paramount, CA 90723
(562) 663 1650/ phone
(562) 663 1651/ fax

E-mail: info@zamboni.com
Web site: www.zamboni.com

ZAMBONI and the configuration of the Zamboni® ice resurfacing machine are registered trademarks of Frank J. Zamboni & Co., Inc.