Corporate Profile for Alpha Technologies Group Inc., dated Aug. 20, 1999

Business Wire, August 20, 1999

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Published Date:   Aug. 20, 1999

Company Name:     Alpha Technologies Group Inc.

Address:          1155 Dairy Ashford, Ste. 216
                  Houston, TX  77079

Main Telephone
 Number:          281/759-3500

Internet Home
 Page Address
  (URL)           http://alphatgi.com

Chief Executive
 Officer:         Lawrence Butler

Chief Financial
 Officer:         Johnny J. Blanchard

Investor Relations
 Contact:         Patricia Grimes
 Business number: 281/759-7978
 E-mail address:  pgrimes@alphatgi.com

Industry:         Manufacturing electronic components

Trading Symbol/
 Exchange:        ATGI/Nasdaq

Company description: Alpha Technologies Group Inc. ("Alpha" or the "Company") manufactures thermal management products, electronic connectors, and custom designed subsystems.

Thermal management products, principally heat sinks, are primarily fabricated aluminum extrusions that have high surface area to volume ratios and are engineered to dissipate unwanted heat generated by electronic components. The Company's thermal management products serve the microprocessor, computer, consumer electronics, telecommunication, transportation, automotive, industrial controls, factory automation, power supply, aerospace and defense industries.

Connectors are electro-mechanical devices that permit electronic subassemblies such as printed circuit boards, power supplies and input-output wire harnesses/cable assemblies to be coupled and separated. The Company's connector products include sub-miniature, micro-miniature and ultra-miniature connectors and cable and/or wire harness connector assemblies, the majority of which are custom manufactured to meet rigid specifications. The Company's connector products serve the aerospace, communications, defense, factory automation, industrial controls, medical electronics, scientific/process instrumentation and test/measurement industries.

Custom designed subsystems are operational sub-units integrated into major networks for data transmission, retrieval and transfer. The Company designs, fabricates and tests custom designed subsystems for the defense industry, the telecommunications industry and certain commercial markets.

Fiscal year 1998 -- sales $77,045,000; Net Loss $2,783,000; high $5.50 and; low $1.50.