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Rod Paul Webb Named Puroflow Marketing Director

11 February 1998

Rod Paul Webb Named Puroflow Marketing Director

                  Webb Leader in Sales of Technical Services

    VAN NUYS, Calif., Feb. 11 -- Puroflow Incorporated
(OTC Bulletin Board: PURO) today announced it has named Rod Paul Webb, an
executive with eight years experience in marketing and sales of technical
services, as its new Marketing Director.
    "We are pleased that a marketing executive with the breadth of experience
and record of success that Mr. Webb has achieved has joined the Puroflow
team," said Michael H. Figoff, Puroflow President and CEO.  "Mr. Webb is the
decisive, results-oriented, highly motivated team builder we need to ensure
Puroflow's future marketing success.  He has a strong record of being able to
establish and maintain effective, long-term relationships in a technical
field."
    Webb was previously Manager of Marketing and Sales for Fluid Technologies,
Inc. in Stillwater, Oklahoma, an independent test laboratory and major
manufacturer of filtration test equipment.  At Fluid Technologies, Webb
established a leadership position for the company in the testing and test
equipment market and participated in strategic planning to set the company's
vision, mission, goals and strategies.
    Webb has published and presented widely in the fields of fluid systems and
filtration.  An attorney, Webb also previously served as a commercial attorney
for major law firms in Oklahoma City.
    Webb received his Doctorate of Law at the Oklahoma City University School
of Law and his BA in Finance from Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
    Puroflow Incorporated with manufacturing facilities in Van Nuys, is a
leading supplier worldwide of high-performance filters, able to withstand
severe environmental conditions for the defense, space and commercial aircraft
industries, and for the automobile airbag industry.

SOURCE  Puroflow Incorporated