Alpha Pro Tech Reports Increase in Mask Demand.

Business Editors

NOGALES, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2001

Alpha Pro Tech (AMEX:APT)(CHX:APT), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of disposable protective apparel for the medical, dental, industrial safety, clean room and food service markets, today announced that demand for its N-95 Particulate Respirator face mask, which is NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) approved, has required the company to add additional shifts. The company is also anticipating building additional equipment.

"During the past three weeks, we have received numerous requests regarding Alpha Pro Tech's protective apparel and N-95 Particulate Respirator face mask," Al Millar, Alpha Pro Tech's president, said. "In order to meet current demand, we find it necessary to increase production."

The N-95 Particulate Respirator face mask is certified by NIOSH for protection against TB and will stop particles that are one-tenth the size of Anthrax with a 99 percent level of efficiency. For further information please refer to the Alpha Pro Tech Web site http://www.alphaprotech.com.

Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. 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, Ariz.; Janesville, Wis.; Valdosta, Ga.; and Benjamin Hill, Mexico. For more information e-mail Investor Relations at [e-mail].

This news release contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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 expectation 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 of 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.