Portland, OR – April 24, 2008 – Sapa Profiles, Inc. a global leader in the aluminum extrusion industry, has hired Alexander Cole as the Marketing Coordinator for the newly developed Technical Center. Mr. Cole will be responsible for helping to promote, both internally and externally, the Portland Technical Center under the guidance of the Marketing Manager. Alex will help to increase existing marketing activities, aid in the development of new marketing strategies, conduct marketing research for individual business areas and general collateral development.

Alexander Cole graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oregon in Business Administration.

Corporate summary
Sapa is an international industrial group, which develops, manufactures and markets value-added aluminum profiles, profile-based components and systems, and heat exchanger strip in aluminum. The Sapa Group generates sales of 5 billion USD and has 15,000 employees.

Further information about Sapa can be found on our web site:
www.sapagroup.com/us/profiles

Contact:
Alyssa Stibolt
Sapa Profiles, Inc.
Phone: 503-802-3454 Fax: 503-802-3484
alyssa.stibolt@sapainc.com
www.sapagroup.com