AAON Self-Contained Unit Is Winner in ACHR News 2009 Dealer Design Awards

TULSA, OK, Jul 13 (MARKET WIRE) --
AAON (NASDAQ: AAON) was recognized for excellence in product design in
the 5th annual Dealer Design Awards Program sponsored by The Air
Conditioning Heating & Refrigeration News magazine. An independent panel
of 41 contractors acted as judges in the contest that had 124 entries
from 84 different brands. The company's SA Series was an Honorable
Mention in the HVAC Commercial Equipment category. The ACHR News is the
leading trade magazine in the heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and
refrigeration industries.

News Publisher John Conrad stated, "These awards give us a unique
opportunity to recognize the outstanding research and development efforts
that go into many of the products serving the HVACR industry and the
awards issue gives our readers an opportunity to read about innovative
installation and service solutions."

SA Series vertical self contained units, from 23-70 tons, feature a
modular design with a compact footprint ideal for retrofit applications.
The SA series can be applied in a number of different configurations
including:

-- a split system air conditioner, or heat pump, matched with a
condensing unit or condenser.
-- an air handling unit in a chilled water system.
-- a self-contained water-source heat pump in a cooling tower and boiler
system.
-- a self-contained water-source heat pump in geothermal system.

"The recognition of three AAON products (RN, SA, and LC Series) in
the 2009 Dealer Design Awards demonstrates our continuing commitment to
designing and engineering innovative and high performance HVAC
equipment," said Norm Asbjornson, President and CEO of AAON.

Winning entries in the Dealer Design Awards were featured in the July 13,
2009 issue of The ACHR News, which is distributed nationally to over
33,000 HVACR contractors, wholesalers, and other industry professionals.

About AAON

AAON is engaged in the engineering, manufacturing, marketing and sale of
air conditioning and heating equipment consisting of standard, semi-custom
and custom rooftop units, chillers, boilers, air handling units, make-up
air units, heat recovery units, condensing units and coils. Since the
founding of AAON in 1988, AAON has maintained a commitment to design,
develop, manufacture and deliver heating and cooling products to perform
beyond all expectations and demonstrate the value of AAON to our
customers. For more information, please visit www.aaon.com.

Contact:
Sam Neale
918-583-2266

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