Purchase of Own Securities

Alumasc Group PLC
29 June 2000


                      THE ALUMASC GROUP plc
                                
                        SHARE REPURCHASE

Alumasc, the specialist engineering and building products  group,
announces  that  on  28 June 2000 it purchased  for  cancellation
750,000 (approx. 1.9%) of its ordinary shares at a price of  110p
per ordinary share.

Enquiries

The Alumasc Group plc                                01536 383844
  David Sowerby (Group Finance Director)

Bankside Consultants                                020-7220 7477
  Charles Ponsonby