Mike Hanson Named Chief Accounting Officer of Global Power Equipment Group Inc.

TULSA, Okla., March 24  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Power Equipment Group Inc. (NYSE:GEG), a leading design, engineering and fabrication firm providing a broad array of equipment and services to diversified global companies engaged in the power and process industries, today announced the appointment of Mike Hanson to Chief Accounting Officer, effective March 24, 2006. In this newly created position, Mr. Hanson will be responsible for leading and managing all accounting functions globally for Global Power.

Jim Wilson, Global Power Equipment Group's vice president and chief financial officer, stated, "I am very pleased that we have someone with Mike's experience and energy to provide the leadership to ensure we maintain the highest integrity for Global Power's accounting practices. I believe every member of our senior management team is confident Mike will be very successful in this new role."

Al Brousseau, the Company's president and CEO, added, "With the three self-standing business units that we have today, Mike's principal task will be to bring together all of the operating companies' accounting systems onto one common platform to improve our processes and position Global Power for future growth."

Mr. Hanson joined the Company in November 2003 as corporate controller. Prior to joining Global Power, Mr. Hanson served as a financial controller at Xeta Technologies, Inc. from December 2000 to October 2003. From May 1992 to November 2000, Mr. Hanson worked as an auditor with Arthur Andersen LLP, where he was an audit manager. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Oklahoma and holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Tulsa.

About Global Power

Oklahoma-based Global Power Equipment Group Inc. is a leading design, engineering and manufacturing firm providing a broad array of equipment and services to the global energy, power infrastructure and process industries. The Company designs, engineers and manufactures a comprehensive portfolio of equipment for gas turbine power plants and power-related equipment for industrial operations, and has over 30 years of power generation industry experience. The Company's equipment is installed in power plants and in industrial operations in more than 40 countries on six continents and believes, in its product lines, it has one of the largest installed bases of equipment for power generation in the world. In addition, the Company provides its customers with value-added services including engineering, retrofit, maintenance, repair and general plant services. Additional information about Global Power Equipment Group may be found at http://www.globalpower.com/ .

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