Alpha Pro Tech Reports 1st Quarter Results - 51.5% Increase in Net Income EPS $ 0.02 vs $ 0.01.

Business Editors

NOGALES, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--APril 26, 2000

ALPHA PRO TECH, LTD. (AMEX: APT; CHX: APT), announced today financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2000, reporting net income of $412,000 compared to $272,000 for the same period in 1999, a 51.5% increase. Earnings per share improved to $0.02 per share on 26,131,013 diluted weighted average shares outstanding compared with $0.01 per share on 24,379,268 diluted weighted average shares outstanding a year ago.

First quarter sales totaled $4,940,000 compared with $4,489,000, an increase of 10.0% from the 1999 quarter. Alpha Pro Tech attributed the gains to increases in mask and eye shield sales, which rose 28.7% to $1,450,000 in the first quarter compared with $1,127,000 in the 1999 period. It also cited a 5.6% sales increase in its Apparel Division to $2,854,000 from $2,703,000 a year ago, noting the sixth consecutive quarter of increased sales from the division's largest distributor.

Alpha Pro Tech expects strong sales and income for the full year, aided by growth in its new Food Service Safety Products. "Our Company looks forward to continued growth in revenue in its current markets, as well as in the Food Service sector," stated Al Millar, President of Alpha Pro Tech. "Based on the positive response at a recent Convention, the future growth of the Food Service product line appears to be very optimistic," Mr. Millar added.

Alpha Pro Tech develops, manufactures and markets innovative disposable and limited-use protective apparel products for the medical, dental, industrial, clean room and food service markets. The Company has manufacturing facilities in Salt Lake City, Utah; Nogales, Arizona; Janesville, Wisconsin; Valdosta, Georgia; and Benjamin Hill and Nogales, Mexico.

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("Act") provides a safe harbor for forward-looking information made on behalf of the Company. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions as described from time to time in registration statements, annual reports and other periodic reports and filings of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All statements, other than statements of historical facts which address the Company's expectations of sources of capital or which express the Company's expectations for the future with respect to financial performance or operating strategies, can be identified as forward-looking statements. As a result, there can be no assurance that the Company's future results will not be materially different from those described herein as "believed," "anticipated," "estimated" or "expected," which reflect the current views of the Company with respect to future events. We caution readers that these forward-looking statements speak only as the date hereof. The Company hereby expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which such statement is based.

                         ALPHA PRO TECH, LTD.
                 Selected Statement of Operations Data
                              (Unaudited)

                                 Three Months Ended
                                      March 31,
                             2000                   1999
                             ----                   ----

Sales                $    4,940,000         $     4,489,000

Net Income           $      412,000         $       272,000

Diluted Net Income
  Per Share          $         0.02         $          0.01

Diluted Weighted Average
  Shares Outstanding     26,131,013              24,379,268