Press Release

January 5, 2004

Allied Mineral Products, Inc. is proud to announce the Grand Opening of its manufacturing facility in Brownsville, Texas.  A Grand Opening celebration was held November 18, 2003.  The plant began producing and shipping Allied product in September 2003.  Allied Mineral Brownsville primarily serves customers in Mexico and the Western United States.  This facility also provides a back-up manufacturing location for Allied’s primary manufacturing facility in Columbus, Ohio.

The grand opening celebration was well attended by many local authorities as well as customers and suppliers. Attending from Columbus were Jon K. Tabor, John L. Turner, Jr., Jon R. Tabor, William M. Carmean, and Ed Rainaldi from Hanlin Rainaldi Construction, the contractor who built the facility. John Turner served as the master of ceremonies with Jon K. Tabor being the keynote speaker. Allied also was presented with a letter from U.S. Senator John Cornyn that praised Allied's decision to build a plant in Texas and to use NAFTA to export goods to Mexico.