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National-Standard Announces Company Web Site nationalstandard.com

13 December 1999

National-Standard Announces Company Web Site nationalstandard.com

    NILES, Mich., Dec. 13 -- National-Standard (Amex: NSD)
announced today that it has established a web site to provide easy access to
current information about the Company and its products.
    The site can be viewed on the Internet at "www.nationalstandard.com ".
    The site contains specifications, capabilities and frequently asked
questions relating to the wide range of wire products and air bag filtration
components manufactured by the Company.  Recent Company press releases,
financial statements, QS-9000 registration information, and shareholder
information is also available at the site.
    "We're delighted to have a presence on the Internet," said Ronald B.
Kalich, President and Chief Executive Officer.  "We believe it is very
important for us to use this rapidly expanding medium to supply information
about our products and capabilities to all parties interested in National-
Standard.  We expect to expand our site in the future to include additional
relevant information and eventually participate in some level of "e" commerce
with our customers."
    Golden Dome Media, a for-profit division of the University of Notre Dame,
produced the site.
    Founded in 1907, National-Standard is a Niles, Michigan based firm with
annual sales of approximately $200 million.  In ten operating facilities in
the United States and England, the Company manufactures and distributes a
broad range of wire and wire-related products, including tire bead wire and
welding wire, in addition to wire cloth, fabricated filters and inflator
housings for the automotive air bag industry.
    This press release contains forward looking statements, within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, relating to the
expansion and use of the National-Standard web site as well as to the
company's participation in e-commerce.  The Company's future use of the web
site and its level of e-commerce participation is subject to risks and
uncertainties, including, but not limited to, continued availability of an
Internet infrastructure, customer response to Internet based e-commerce and
government regulation of e-commerce.  Should any one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, actual use of the web site may vary materially.
The Company does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.