ALDILA SIGNS PGA TOUR STAR NICK PRICE TO ADVISORY STAFF

SAN DIEGO, CA (March 20, 2000) Aldila, golf's most dominant and technologically advanced manufacturer of state-of-the-art graphite golf shafts announced today the addition of Nick Price, the world's 8th ranked player and the winningest PGA Tour player in the 90's to the company advisory staff.

Price, who begins his 18th year on the PGA Tour has career earnings of over $11 million along with 40 tournament wins worldwide. In addition, Price, who won the Vardon Trophy in 1993 and 1997 has captured three major titles including two PGA Championship titles (1992, 1994) and one British Open (1994) crown. Price was also named PGA Player of the Year following the 1993 and 1994 seasons.

"Nick will be an extremely valuable asset to our team and we are delighted to have him on board," said Mike Rossi, Aldila's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. " A player with his extensive knowledge of the golf swing, will enhance our research and development effort. Nick's ball striking expertise and experience ensures the continued development and flow of high performance graphite shafts suitable for the world's best players in woods and irons."

"I'm looking forward to my association with Aldila. The company has been the leader in graphite shaft production and sales for many years. I've used their products throughout my career on the PGA Tour and know first hand about their consistency and performance,"said Price, who entered the 2000 season with 107 Top 10 and 181 Top 25 career finishes. "Recently, I had an opportunity to test their new HM 2000 Tour graphite shaft for woods and it was very impressive, a unique combination of proper tip stiffness and balance resulting in what I consider to be optimum ball flight, especially into the wind."

Aldila, the leading shaft brand among consumers and on the worldwide professional tours, supplies leading manufacturers, distributors and custom clubmakers throughout the world with quality graphite shafts for golfers of all abilities.

Aldila is publicly traded company on the NASDQ with a symbol of ALDA.

For further information on Nick Price and Aldila, please contact Rick Schloss at (760) 942-6501.