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For Immediate Release: March 1, 2021 Mobile Track Solutions Welcomes MacAllister CAT as a Signed-on Dealer Elkader, Iowa – Mobile Track Solutions is pleased to announce the recent addition of MacAllister CAT to the MTS Dealer Network. This new partnership will allow access to Mobile Track Solutions equipment, parts, and service in Indiana. Mobile Track Solutions offers a variety of construction-grade equipment solutions such as tracked and wheeled tractors, truck-towed scrapers, tractor-towed scrapers, disks, compaction equipment, and much more. Our full product line-up can be found by visiting our website: www.mobiletracksolutions.com. If you are in the MacAllister CAT territory and interested in seeing the difference that Mobile Track Solutions can make for your earth-moving projects, contact their exceptional sales team. We are excited to have MacAllister CAT as a dealer of MTS equipment and look forward to what the future of this partnership will bring. About Us: Mobile Track Solutions is a family-owned construction-grade equipment manufacturer located in Northeast Iowa. Every product begins its life as an idea that stems from a real world need to improve efficiency and longevity. By utilizing our extensive background in the dirt-moving industry, we have had the opportunity to test each of our products in real-world situations. We have set our focuses on how much dirt our machines can move each second, rather than hours, days, or even months. MTS has utilized the best parts and service network in the world, Caterpillar. Our mission is to fill the gaps in the CAT Dealer portfolio at the quality and standards of all Caterpillar equipment. We put precedence in our Northeast Iowa values, especially pride in the work we are doing. This allows us to provide high quality support to our dealers and customers. CONTACT: Mobile Track Solutions marketing@mobiletracksolutions.com

For Immediate Release: March 1, 2021 Mobile Track Solutions Welcomes Michigan CAT as a Signed-on Dealer Elkader, Iowa – Mobile Track Solutions is pleased to announce the recent addition of Michigan CAT to the MTS Dealer Network. This new partnership will allow access to Mobile Track Solutions equipment, parts, and service in Michigan. Mobile Track Solutions offers a variety of construction-grade equipment solutions such as tracked and wheeled tractors, truck-towed scrapers, tractor-towed scrapers, disks, compaction equipment, and much more. Our full product line-up can be found by visiting our website: www.mobiletracksolutions.com. If you are in the Michigan CAT territory and interested in seeing the difference that Mobile Track Solutions can make for your earth-moving projects, contact their exceptional sales team. We are excited to have Michigan CAT as a dealer of MTS equipment and look forward to what the future of this partnership will bring. About Us: Mobile Track Solutions is a family-owned construction-grade equipment manufacturer located in Northeast Iowa. Every product begins its life as an idea that stems from a real world need to improve efficiency and longevity. By utilizing our extensive background in the dirt-moving industry, we have had the opportunity to test each of our products in real-world situations. We have set our focuses on how much dirt our machines can move each second, rather than hours, days, or even months. MTS has utilized the best parts and service network in the world, Caterpillar. Our mission is to fill the gaps in the CAT Dealer portfolio at the quality and standards of all Caterpillar equipment. We put precedence in our Northeast Iowa values, especially pride in the work we are doing. This allows us to provide high-quality support to our dealers and customers. CONTACT: Mobile Track Solutions marketing@mobiletracksolutions.com

In all facets of the business we are in from production & manufacturing to the dirt moving profession, managing our human capital is essential. Overseeing every team member’s work product day-to-day and ensuring we meet our target dates is a constant daily task for Leadership. I’ve outlined below what great Leaders do differently which results in their teams working together effectively in order to meet deadlines, stay safe, and build trust. PRESENCE Great Managers and Supervisors are present! I don’t just mean arriving to work every day and punching-in on the timeclock… I mean “present” in front of their employees. Great Managers work “side by side” their employees and are seen in the actual workplace/workspace where the work gets done. For some Leaders that might be in the office working elbow-to-elbow in software programs, or making customer calls together on the phone, for others it means our supervisors and managers are on the production floor working with the employees and actively seeing how our product gets made, assembled, or serviced. Present leaders who work with their employees know what is happening - why it is happening, and how it is happening by all of their team members. LISTEN Great Leaders Listen! Hearing is just the physical act of hearing sounds, but listening means paying attention, and giving consideration. Hearing is the easier of the two… its involuntary… no conscious effort is required. Its automatic. When you listen you need to give thoughtful attention. It can require practice and requires you to focus. Great Leaders know they need to give undivided attention to listening and not just hear what their employees are telling them. In order to become a better Listener here are some things you should consider – Focus. Stop what you are doing or what may be distracting you and give your undivided attention to the person. Don’t interrupt. Avoid finishing sentences or talking over the person who is speaking. Don’t listen with the intent of responding…. If you are doing this, then you are already not providing thoughtful attention to what the person is saying. Clear your mind and listen to what the person is telling you. ACT & RESPOND Great Leaders Act!. They take action, they solve problems, they deliver to the best of their ability. Through just the two qualities listed above (Being Present and Listening) a Great Leader is already positioned to show action to their employees. Providing a response and showing action is likely when employees start to build trust and respect. Things get done. All three of these qualities take time and patience. They are skills that need to be practiced over and over. Rarely what is best for the employee (or the customer) is the easiest path for Leadership to take. It’s a rough road of constant awareness, presence, listening and taking action. Ultimately it requires more time from the Leader to invest into their teams, it can be exhausting and equally rewarding. Great Leaders know this dedication of time and do it, which will always set them apart. Tasha Henkes, Human Resources Mobile Track Solutions

The Feedback Loop: To kick off MTS in Motion, I wanted to start by discussing something that is important to our readers; feedback. How do customers & others in the value chain of MTS improve our product from their feedback? Feedback is a keystone of our business, and the feedback loop is how we best visualize it. Take the different forms of feedback experienced at the output and efficiently get it in the hands of the teams controlling the input. In business, whoever can do this best, WINS. Keys to a Successful Feedback Loop: Recognize the Multiple Levels of Feedback What starts off simple can quickly get complicated. Who is the customer? What is the feedback we should obtain? What feedback should be more important than others? To be successful, feedback comes from all levels. Everyone involved in the product life cycle is a customer in some way. Here’s just a few of the areas we look to harvest feedback from: · Equipment operators · Technicians · Equipment Managers · Jobsite supervisors · Factory Employees · Owners · Dealer Employees The challenge is balancing the different avenues of feedback. (More to come on this subject in a later blog!) Actively shorten the feedback loop The faster we get quality feedback into the hands of those that can make improvements; the faster we get to where our customers want us to be. Putting that statement into action is where the hard work begins. Below are just a couple areas that MTS focuses on to strategically shorten the feedback loop. · Get the data from the front lines to the engineers in a pure form: MTS Product Specialists are on our front lines every day and they receive the purest form of feedback (whether they want to hear it or not). One of the most critical areas being product demonstrations on customer’s jobsites. Everyone is actively giving feedback throughout this process. After the demo, the Product Specialist completes a written demo report. These demo reports do not get “watered down” from middle management, but rather get sent directly to our engineering team and other key stakeholders. This allows everyone to hear directly from the field where we’re winning, and where we’re losing at. If needed, action can take place immediately. · Reap the data out of warranty claims: To me, there is no better feedback than warranty claims. While no manufacturer wants to talk openly about warranty, it’s where the battle is won & lost, and I can tell you the details count in this category. Just one example of small details is our picture requirement from the dealers. When MTS first started our tractor line in 2014, we enacted a requirement of (2) pictures per warranty claim. This was originally met with more than a little pushback from dealers, but thanks to those smart phones and everyone’s persistence, we get quality pictures with our claims. These pictures and reports are shared with our engineering team, and others within the service side to make them aware of past experiences. These pictures are also used to build cases with our vendors to improve the product in a factual way, along with improving our own quality in-house. Some dealers have implemented the picture requirement across the board for other OEM warranty work as well, which is a testament to how beneficial it can be! Also want to take a moment, and give a shout out to our Ziegler & Butler field techs. Some of the highest quality feedback comes from your teams! Thank you. · Get the vendors playing on your team: In early 2016, we did something that we’ve never done before. We organized a one week trip to visit early adaptors of our Generation II 3630 tractors with key vendors of the tractor. We travelled in a wonderful COVID-free world (how I miss those days) where we spent hours in vehicles talking with key decision makers of the engine, transmission, assembly, and overall engineering. When we arrived at our destinations, we shared lunch and conversations with operators of the machines. There is where we learned our areas of short comings and success. The beauty was our venders that had never seen the tractor’s natural habitat got to experience it firsthand. At the end of these trips our vendors walk away with a renewed passion for MTS and our mission, and our customers appreciated the time that we took to listen to them. To this day, we continue to do such trips after a new model release in the same fashion. Improved Oil Fill Cap Old Style Oil Fill Cap During one such trip, we were hearing of a short-coming where an oil fill cap on the engine was not user friendly and proved problematic. This feedback continued throughout the trip, and became the primary subject of the meeting. Today, our vendor; CAT Industrial Engines manufacturers our C18 engines with an improved cap style. It’s my personal opinion that if these key people where not on this trip to witness the caps’ inconvenience firsthand, this improvement would have never happened. It’s one thing to hear a complaint over the phone, but when you can witness the people it affects in person, the message resonates much stronger. · Do more than send designers to jobsites: A unique benefit to our manufacturing business is our sister company; C.J. Moyna & Sons. They’re a mid-western contracting business primarily working in the state of Iowa. This has allowed many opportunities to MTS. One such example is where our engineering manager was able to work several weekends at a nearby jobsite operating a 3630T & 23-28 scraper. He was surrounded by seasoned operators that gave him feedback on operation. It’s easy to guess what happens next… Our engineering manager is that much more understanding of what happens in the day to day of an operator, and because of those experiences, the quality of thoughtfulness for the operator is better represented on the front side of the design. That is only one such example, but there are many more MTS employees that jump on the opportunity to help as “weekend warriors” for CJ Moyna & Sons. Keep finding that weekend work guys! If you’re still reading this blog: Thank You, as it’s a first for me. This is just a quick snapshot of our day to day passion that drives what we do. If you’re in the value chain of MTS whether it’s as a dealer employee, customer, or even an MTS employee; thank you for any past feedback, and please keep the feedback coming for us to improve. It’s leading to our success every day! Cheers, Justin Augustyn, Vice President Mobile Track Solutions

Greetings from MTS Marketing! As we kick off 2021, there are many new projects that our team will be rolling out in the coming months. If you follow any of our social media channels, visit our website, or sit in on any of our training presentations, you are probably familiar with our new slogan: “Our People. Our Products. Our Passion.” We have set our focuses on recognizing each of these areas of our business and incorporating it into our daily activities at MTS. We are always striving to connect our customers, dealers, and MTS fans to the people and activities that take place within our facilities. This year we are rolling out a series of blog posts called "MTS in Motion". You will be hearing from a variety of individuals that are a part of our team, also known as #TeamMTS. These posts will come from departments such as manufacturing, sales, product support, safety, and many more. 2020 was a year of growth for all of the teams at Mobile Track Solutions, and we are looking forward to continuing this pattern in the years to come. Stay tuned next week for our first MTS in Motion blog post from MTS Vice President, Justin Augustyn! Taylor Bockenstedt, Marketing Mobile Track Solutions

For Immediate Release: December 18, 2020 Mobile Track Solutions Welcomes Wagner Equipment Company as a Signed-on Dealer Elkader, Iowa – Mobile Track Solutions is pleased to announce the recent addition of Wagner Equipment Company to the MTS Dealer Network. This new partnership will allow access to Mobile Track Solutions equipment, parts, and service in Colorado, New Mexico & El Paso, Texas. Mobile Track Solutions offers a variety of construction-grade equipment solutions such as tracked and wheeled tractors, truck-towed scrapers, tractor-towed scrapers, disks, compaction equipment, and much more. Our full product line-up can be found by visiting our website: www.mobiletracksolutions.com. If you are in the Wagner territory and interested in seeing the difference that Mobile Track Solutions can make for your earth-moving projects, contact the exceptional sales team at Wagner Equipment Co. We are excited to have Wagner Equipment Company as a dealer of MTS equipment and look forward to what the future of this partnership will bring. About Us: Mobile Track Solutions is a family-owned construction-grade equipment manufacturer located in Northeast Iowa. Every product begins its life as an idea that stems from a real world need to improve efficiency and longevity. By utilizing our extensive background in the dirt-moving industry, we have had the opportunity to test each of our products in real-world situations. We have set our focuses on how much dirt our machines can move each second, rather than hours, days, or even months. MTS has utilized the best parts and service network in the world, Caterpillar. Our mission is to fill the gaps in the CAT Dealer portfolio at the quality and standards of all Caterpillar equipment. We put precedence in our Northeast Iowa values, especially pride in the work we are doing. This allows us to provide high quality support to our dealers and customers. CONTACT: Mobile Track Solutions marketing@mobiletracksolutions.com

For Immediate Release: May 1, 2020 Mobile Track Solutions Welcomes Gregory Poole Equipment Co. as a Signed-on Dealer Elkader, Iowa – Mobile Track Solutions is pleased to announce the recent addition of Gregory Poole Equipment Co. to the MTS Dealer Network. This new partnership will allow access to Mobile Track Solutions equipment, parts, and service in eastern North Carolina. Mobile Track Solutions offers a variety of construction-grade equipment solutions such as tracked and wheeled tractors, truck-towed scrapers, tractor-towed scrapers, disks, compaction equipment, and much more. Our full product line-up can be found by visiting our website: www.mobiletracksolutions.com. If you are in the Gregory Poole Equipment Co. territory and interested in seeing the difference that Mobile Track Solutions can make for your earth-moving projects, contact the exceptional sales team at Gregory Poole Equipment Co. We are excited to have Gregory Poole Equipment Co. as a dealer of MTS equipment and look forward to what the future of this partnership will bring. About Us: Mobile Track Solutions is a family-owned construction-grade equipment manufacturer located in Northeast Iowa. Every product begins its life as an idea that stems from a real world need to improve efficiency and longevity. By utilizing our extensive background in the dirt-moving industry, we have had the opportunity to test each of our products in real-world situations. We have set our focuses on how much dirt our machines can move each second, rather than hours, days, or even months. MTS has utilized the best parts and service network in the world, Caterpillar. Our mission is to fill the gaps in the CAT Dealer portfolio at the quality and standards of all Caterpillar equipment. We put precedence in our Northeast Iowa values, especially pride in the work we are doing. This allows us to provide high quality support to our dealers and customers. CONTACT: Mobile Track Solutions marketing@mobiletracksolutions.com

At Mobile Track Solutions we hold our employee’s safety in the highest regard. Considering information available regarding the COVID-19 illness we will be making changes to our business processes while continuing with daily operations. We are asking our customers, dealers, vendors and the public to respect our employee’s safety and be patient with us, as we are suspending all non-staff visits to our facilities. While building face to face relationships is a critical part of who we are, at this time we will be pushing our business to virtual meetings and teleconferences. We want to ensure our customer’s and dealer’s needs and expectations are met, and we will be doing everything possible to continue filling equipment, parts, product support and warranty orders without disruption. We are fortunate to work with the best customers, dealers and vendors in the world and we are confident we will get through these times with continued growth. We appreciate your patience as we adapt to the current environment and we look forward to resuming business as usual very soon!

It's been a busy few months in Elkader! Mobile Track Solutions has manufactured a record amount of equipment this year and have our dedicated team of employees to thank for that accomplishment. We celebrated our hard working team with a tailgating themed grill-out. 🌭🍔🏈

We are back and ready to bring you a glimpse into what is going on at MTS! Since our last blog post, we've progressed on a new addition to our facilities, and we have also grown our MTS family. Stay tuned for more fun updates and information.

The ground has broke for the new 54,000 sqft addition to MTS.  This space will be used to expand the manufacturing space and increase the production capability of MTS. With the growing demand for our products and the development of new products, the 54,000 sqft addition will be a great addition for MTS.

On Friday October 2nd. MTS once again played host to a MFG DAY event.  The day was divided into sessions. Session one took place in the morning and it involved 204 students from local high schools.  The students and their instructors toured the MTS facilities and participated in an interactive parts scavenger hunt.  The objective of this first session was to introduce the kids to the  many professional opportunities available in the manufacturing sector (particularly MTS). A survey revealed that 100% of our employees have a high school diploma, 35% graduated from a 2-year post-high school program, and 20% have been awarded a college degree or higher. The main purpose for session two was to open the doors of MTS to the public. We always enjoy showing off the innovative products our employees produce .  The feedback to both sessions has been very positive.  MTS employees represent the best of our company and community.

On Friday July 10th. 2015 the Elkader Fire Department held its annual fund raising golf tournament at Elkader Golf and Country Club.  The weather was perfect and a full slate of golf teams participated. MTS was proud to be a sponsor of this worthwhile event.  Many of our employees (1 out of 5) contribute to the safety of their communities by volunteering to be on local fire departments.  Here is a list of our employees and the fire departments they serve on: Matt  Winch (Garber)Robbie Wemark (Elkader)Matt Aulwes  (Garber)Brad Herman (Littleport)Alex Hawkins (Arlington)Darren Nading (Volga)Austin Hawkins (Arlington)Lee Zapf (Garnavillo)Caleb Shea (Elkader)Ryan Lightfoot (Garnavillo)

On Friday May 8th. 2015 MTS played host to an Algerian delegation.  MTS is an international company that specializes in the manufacturing of heavy earth-moving equipment.  After a short power point presentation, highlighting our company and our products, the delegation participated in an interactive tour of our facilities.  The city of Elkader was represented by Keith and Kathy Garms, Roger Buchholz, and Roger Thomas.  The Algerian delegation consisted of: Dr. Ismael CHIKHOUNE: CEO/President, US Algerian Business Council - DC Mr. Addelmalek SAHRAOUI:CEO/Founder, Promo-invest SPA; Abdelkader Assn - Algiers Mrs. Sarah TATA: Human resources & training oficer; project manager, Sur les traces de I'emir - Algiers

On Wednesday February 18, 2015, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley visited MTS for a plant tour and to answer questions. Multiple members of the community, local schools, and employees asked important questions that were both locally and nationally relevant. The Q & A session last approximately 25 minutes and then a guided plant tour followed. MTS greatly appreciates the time Senator Grassley took out his busy schedule to stop by our facility. Thank you to everyone who made this event possible and we look forward the next public official to visit MTS.