Gibraltar Industries Names Ronald R. Garris President, Hubbell Steel Corporation

Founded in 1980, Hubbell specializes in providing galvanized,galvalume, acrylic coated, and prepainted cold rolled sheets and coilsto a variety of industries. Headquartered in Franklin Park, IL,Hubbell also operates a facility in Birmingham, AL. Gibraltar acquiredHubbell in 1995.

Mr. Garris, 45, will oversee all aspects of Hubbell's operations,including sales, marketing, customer service, processing, anddistribution. He will report directly to Ken Matz, Group President.

Most recently, Garris served as Vice President, MBA BuildingSupplies SE, Inc., where he oversaw southeast operations for the steelstud manufacturer.

Prior to MBA, Garris served as a consultant to Clark SteelFraming, and as President of Dale/Incor-Dale Industries, Inc., aprivately-owned steel framing manufacturer. He began his career withDietrich Industries, Inc., where he held successive positions asInside Sales/Product Manager, Corporate Manager of Technical Sales,and Marketing Manager.

Gibraltar Industries is a leading manufacturer, processor, anddistributor of metals and other engineered materials for the buildingproducts, vehicular, and other industrial markets. The Company servesa large number of customers in a variety of industries in all 50states, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America.It has approximately 4,500 employees and operates 94 facilities in 29states, Canada, Mexico, and China.

Information contained in this release, other than historicalinformation, should be considered forward-looking, and may be subjectto a number of risk factors, including: general economic conditions;the impact of the availability and the effects of changing rawmaterial prices on the Company's results of operations; natural gasand electricity prices and usage; the ability to pass through costincreases to customers; changing demand for the Company's products andservices; risks associated with the integration of acquisitions; andchanges in interest or tax rates.

Gibraltar's news releases, along with comprehensive informationabout the Company, are available on the Internet, atwww.gibraltar1.com.