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Aldila Tour Successes
Poway, CA, March 31, 2005 - Aldila, Inc. (NASDAQ:NMS:ALDA) announced today it had two wins last week on Tour with their NV Series shafts. The NV Hybrid was used to win the PGA Tour, Player's Championship, and the Nationwide event in Louisiana with the NV graphite shaft in the winner's driver, according to the Darrell Survey Company.
This win at the Player's Championship is Aldila's third win this year on the PGA Tour, with wins also at the Mercedes Championship and Accenture World Golf Championships.
"We're extremely pleased with the success of our NV Series shafts on the professional golf tours. It's very gratifying to have the elite players in the sport use your product line so extensively," said Mike Rossi, Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Mr. Rossi continued by saying, "This is a testament to a state-of-the-art technology in the NV product line."
In addition, for the tenth straight week, Aldila's Hybrid NV was the most popular graphite shaft on the PGA Tour and the NV was the most used graphite shaft on the Nationwide Tour.
The NV product features exclusive aerospace materials and Aldila's unique Micro Laminate Technology that provides the player enhanced power, consistent flex and precise feel. The NV and NVS graphite shafts have a range of weight options from 55-105 grams in 10-gram increments. The NV Hybrid is available in either 85 or 105-gram models in parallel and taper tip and the new NV ProtoPype options are 70 and 90-gram models.
For further information on Aldila's entire product line, visit our web site at www.aldila.com.
Aldila is a leader among manufacturers of high performance graphite golf shafts used in clubs assembled and marketed throughout the world by major golf club companies, component distributors and custom clubmakers. Aldila also manufactures and assembles graphite hockey sticks and blades, and manufactures composite prepreg material for its golf shaft business, hockey business and external sales.
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