American Standard to Present at Goldman Sachs Conference

PISCATAWAY, N.J., Oct. 28, 2005 -- Fred Poses, chairman and CEO of American Standard Companies Inc. , will be a featured speaker at the Goldman Sachs Global Capital Goods Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 1, beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET.

The live audio cast will be accessible on American Standard's Web site at http://www.americanstandard.com/ or at http://customer.talkpoint.com/GOLD006/110105a_cs/default.asp?entity=americanst andard. An archive of the audio cast will be available on the American Standard Web site through Monday, Feb. 6, 2006.

American Standard is a $9.5 billion global manufacturer with market leading positions in three businesses: air conditioning systems and services, sold under the Trane(R) and American Standard(R) brands for commercial, institutional and residential buildings; bath and kitchen products, sold under such brands as American Standard(R) and Ideal Standard(R); and vehicle control systems, including electronic braking and air suspension systems, sold under the WABCO(R) name to the world's leading manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks, buses, SUVs and luxury cars. The company employs approximately 61,000 people and has manufacturing operations in 28 countries. American Standard is included in the S&P 500.

Additional information is available at http://www.americanstandard.com/. U.S. callers can listen to the latest news release and other corporate information by dialing 1-888-ASD-NEWS.