Invacare's Chairman and CEO Profiled On CNBC; Visit www.invacare.com to Access Profile

Business Wire, August 7, 2001

Business Editors

ELYRIA, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2001

Invacare Corporation's (NYSE:IVC) chairman and chief executive officer, A. Malachi Mixon, III, recently was profiled by reporter Mike Hegedus on CNBC. The three-minute piece, shot on location at Invacare headquarters in Elyria and at one of the company's nearby manufacturing facilities, is available for viewing through the Invacare web site at www.invacare.com.

Invacare Corporation (NYSE:IVC) is the global leader in the manufacture and distribution of innovative home medical products which promote recovery and active lifestyles through more than 25,000 providers. The company, which had 2000 revenues of $1.01 billion, goes to market in the following channels of distribution: home care, mass retail and institutional. Within these channels of distribution, Invacare participates in the following product segments: Home Care, which includes rehab products, respiratory products, manual wheelchairs, home care beds, therapeutic support surfaces and personal care products marketed by Invacare's Home Care Group; Soft Goods and Supplies, which includes ostomy, incontinence, wound care and diabetic supplies marketed by Invacare Supply Group; and Institutional, which includes nursing home beds, patient lifts and slings, nursing home furniture and bathing systems marketed by Invacare Continuing Care Group. The company's headquarters are in Elyria, Ohio, and the firm has manufacturing plants in the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. For more information about the company, visit Invacare's website at www.invacare.com.