Channell Selected by Forbes Magazine for Its 200 Best Small Companies List for Second Consecutive Year

Business Wire, Oct 19, 2000

Business Editors and High-Tech Writers

TEMECULA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2000

Channell Commercial Corp. (Nasdaq:CHNL) Thursday announced it is one of 72 companies selected for the second consecutive year by Forbes for the magazine's annual list of the 200 Best Small Companies.

The 200 Best Small Companies list, which includes public companies with sales between $5 million and $350 million, appears in the Oct. 30, 2000, issue of Forbes.

William H. Channell, Jr., president and chief operating officer, said, "All of us at Channell are pleased to be included again in Forbes' prestigious list. This honor reflects our employees' hard work and dedication to serving the needs of our customers in more than 90 countries worldwide."

About Channell

Channell Commercial Corp. is a global designer and manufacturer of telecommunications equipment primarily supplied to telephone and broadband network operators worldwide. Major product lines include a complete line of thermoplastic and metal fabricated enclosures, advanced copper termination and connectorization products, fiber optic cable management systems and coaxial-based passive RF electronics.

With headquarters in Temecula, Channell currently operates its U.S. manufacturing facilities in California and a distribution facility in North Carolina. International operations include manufacturing facilities in Toronto; London; Sydney, Australia; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Channell's customers have included telco and broadband service providers such as AT&T, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, GTE, British Telecom, Singapore Telecom, Telekom Malaysia, Telstra, Cable & Wireless, Rogers Canada, Shaw Communications, Optus, Cox Communications, Time Warner, Media One and TCI.

Corporate Profile

An eight-page Channell Corporate Profile can be viewed at www.channellcomm.com. The Corporate Profile includes illustrations of the Local Loop and typical Channell products in the Local Loop. It also includes a discussion of the company's markets, competitive position and growth strategy.

Forward-Looking Statements

Forward-looking statements contained within this news release are subject to many uncertainties in the company's operations and business environments. Examples of such uncertainties include customer demand, material costs, integration of acquired businesses and worldwide economic conditions among others. Such uncertainties are discussed further in the company's annual report/10K and S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.