Purchase of Own Securities

ALUMASC GROUP PLC
22 October 1999

                               
                       SHARE REPURCHASE
                               
The  Alumasc  Group plc announces that on 21 October  1999  it
purchased  for  cancellation  500,000  (approx  1.2%)  of  its
ordinary shares at a price of 112.5p per ordinary share.

Enquiries:

The Alumasc Group plc                             01536-383844
  John McCall (Chairman & Chief Executive)

Bankside Consultants Limited                     0171-220 7477
  Charles Ponsonby