Arts-Way Manufacturing Co. Inc. : Art's Way Manufacturing Announces Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Shareholder Meeting Date

Art's Way Will Provide A Bus Tour Of Manufacturing Facilities For Shareholders

ARMSTRONG, Iowa, March 2, 2012 - Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: ARTW), announces its fiscal year 2011 annual meeting of shareholders which will be held at 9:00 am Central Time on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at The Hotel Julien, 200 Main Street, Dubuque, Iowa, 52001, 800-798-7098. www.hoteljuliendubuque.com . Registration begins at 8:45 am. The record date for purpose of shares to be voted is close of business on Monday, March 5, 2012.

For all interested shareholders, Art's Way will provide a bus tour of their manufacturing facilities in eastern Iowa including Art's Way Vessels in Dubuque, Art's Way Manufacturing in West Union and Art's Way Scientific in Monona. Lunch and refreshments will be served during the tour. If interested in going on the tour, please call Amanda at 712-864-3131 Ext 287 for reservations.

About Art's Way Manufacturing, Inc.

Art's Way manufactures and distributes farm machinery niche products including animal feed processing equipment, sugar beet defoliators and harvesters, land maintenance equipment, crop shredding equipment, plows, hay and forage equipment and top and bottom drive augers. After-market service parts are also an important part of the Company's business. We have two wholly owned subsidiaries. Art's Way Vessels, Inc. manufactures pressurized tanks and vessels and Art's Way Scientific, Inc. manufactures modular animal housing buildings and modular laboratories.

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