ALDILA HITS THE MARKET PLACE WITH THE HM-40 TOUR GOLD SERIES OF SHAFTS

SAN DIEGO, CA (January 12, 2001) Aldila, golf's leading designer and manufacturer of high performance graphite wood and iron shafts, announced today the re-introduction of the original HM-40 Tour Gold wood shaft and the introduction of two new HM-40 models.

The HM-40 Tour Gold is the all time best selling high performance graphite shaft for better players. Along with the original 95gram design, Aldila now offers an ultra light weight 65gram design and a light weight 80gram design. These two new models offer the same performance attributes of the original shaft but in today's popular lighter weights. All three HM-40 models are available in Regular, Stiff and X-Stiff flexes and are all 46" in length.

"Our HM-40 graphite shaft has always been one of our most requested products year after year on the PGA Tour. It's unique design optimizes distance while still maintaining the controlled ball flight and accuracy demanded by better players.", said Mike Rossi, Aldila's vice president of sales and marketing. "With the addition of the new ultra light and light weight models, Aldila's new HM-40 Tour Gold Series of shafts is the most complete performance oriented line of graphite shafts available on the market today. The HM-40 has endured the test of time and the two lighter weight models will allow more golfers to enjoy its unparalleled performance."

The HM-40 Tour Gold Series is available now through all major golf distributors worldwide as well as premium club manufacturer's custom club departments.

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

Aldila is publicly traded on the NASDAQ with the symbol ALDA.

For further information on Aldila's HM-40 graphite shafts, please contact Rick Schloss at (858) 523-9688 or visit the company website at www.aldila.com.