Companies Find Alternative Storage & Warehousing Methods

Established in 1994, American Trailer & Storage, Inc. (AT&S) works with businesses of all sizes to
provide storage, cartage and over the road semi-trailers and storage containers.

Kansas City, MO, December 16, 2010 --(PR.com)-- American Trailer & Storage, Inc. (doing business as
AT&S), a portable storage and transportation equipment sales and rental company, announced a
record-breaking month in November 2010 as demand for storage trailers and containers reached all time
highs.

“We've seen demand increase from several industry sectors, including Transportation, Retail,
Manufacturing and Distribution,” said Rick Honan, President of AT&S. “Companies are searching for
ways to quickly increase their warehousing and storage capacities without committing themselves to
long-term leases and other capital expenditures,” he added.

As most companies remain tentative about the future, businesses are more innovative in the methods used
to warehouse and store goods and materials without leasing building space. AT&S experienced a
significant increase in companies using semi-trailers and storage containers to handle increased inventory
levels. Companies can easily and quickly rent storage trailers to load seasonal merchandise or materials at
a warehouse dock and then store the trailer in their lot or other facility until such time the goods or
materials are needed. This eliminates the need to lease additional warehouse space at a time when the
economic future remains uncertain. Facilities without loading docks rent ground-level storage containers
that are delivered to their location and provide immediate on-site storage space with easy access.

“Our storage and cartage equipment offers an extremely low-cost solution to temporary and seasonal
fluctuations in storage,” said Dale Martens, Director of Sales at AT&S. Companies can rent large
quantities of space in a very short period of time. AT&S recently delivered over 100 storage units to a
single customer in less than one week. In this case, “AT&S was able to save our customer hundreds of
thousands of dollars in annual detention fees by trans-loading inbound freight into storage trailers,”
Martens added.

AT&S' revenues also benefited from a significant shortage in the world-wide availability of shipping
containers and national shortage of semi-trailers in the US. Manufacturing of such equipment dropped
significantly the past several years and much of the previous excess has been taken out of the
transportation systems via scrap or otherwise. “This year's increase in freight placed a premium on
transportation equipment. We anticipate this will continue well into 2011,” said Martens.

About AT&S
Established in 1994, AT&S works with businesses of all sizes to provide storage, cartage and over the
road semi-trailers and storage containers/conex boxes and other portable storage related services and
solutions. With locations in various cities throughout the Midwest, AT&S provides portable storage in
Saint Louis, Kansas City storage containers and Lincoln/Omaha storage containers. AT&S has storage
trailers for rent. Additionally, AT&S has both containers for sale and trailers for sale. The strong

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Midwestern work ethic is the foundation of our service. No customer is too big or too small for us. For
more information about AT&S log on to http://www.ATandSonline.com or call (816) 765-7771.

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Contact Information:
AT&S
Rick Honan
816-765-7771
sales@ATandSonline.com
www.ATandSonline.com

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