Angelica Completes Swap of Plants.

Business Editors

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2003

Angelica Corporation (NYSE:AGL) announced today that its Angelica Textile Services segment has completed an exchange of its plant and operations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a plant and operations of Tartan Textile Services, Inc., located in Vallejo, California. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Paul Anderegg, President of Angelica Textiles Services and Vice President of Angelica Corporation, said "This transaction gives us the opportunity to trade our plant in Philadelphia for Tartan's plant in northern California where we need additional capacity." He went on to say, "We welcome the customers and employees of the Vallejo plant to the Angelica family. The entire Angelica team anticipates building a strong partnership with our new customers by providing innovative Linen Management solutions to them."

Angelica Corporation, traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AGL, provides textile rental and linen management services to healthcare institutions through its Angelica Textile Services segment with 25 plants located across the country. Angelica also operates a national chain of retail healthcare uniform and shoe stores with a fully-integrated catalogue and e-commerce operation.

Tartan Textiles, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a privately-held textile service company with 12 plants serving customers in 20 states.