Purchase of Own Securities

Alumasc Group PLC
23 October 2000



                            THE ALUMASC GROUP PLC


                            PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES


Alumasc, the specialist engineering and building products group, announces
that on 20 October 2000 it purchased, for cancellation, 2 million
(approximately 5%) of its ordinary shares at a price of 143p xd per ordinary
share.



Enquiries:

The Alumasc Group plc             01536 383844

John McCall (Chairman and Chief Executive)

Bankside Consultants Limited     020 7220 7477

Charles Ponsonby

Baron Phillips