Reinhold Industries Announces First Quarter 2006 Financial Results

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., May 12  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Reinhold Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNHDA) of Santa Fe Springs, California, today announced financial results for the first quarter 2006.  Comparative 2005 results have been adjusted to remove NP Aerospace Ltd. from continuing operations.  NP Aerospace was sold in November 2005.

First quarter 2006 revenues were $9.7 million, up $2.5 million (35%) from first quarter 2005.  Sales in the Aerospace business unit increased by $0.7 million (13%) due primarily to additional sales of components related to the Minuteman III Propulsion Replacement Program.  Sales in the Seating Products business unit increased by $1.9 million (147%) compared with the first quarter of 2005 due to a surge in aircraft seating demand from our largest customer and production quantity sales to a new customer.  Sales were essentially flat in the Commercial business unit.

Income from continuing operations before income taxes for the first quarter of 2006 was $2.0 million, up $1.2 million (141%) compared to 2005 due to increased sales and higher selling prices.

Income from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2006 was $1.2 million, up $1.3 million compared to 2005.  The effective tax rate for the first quarter 2006 was 40% compared to 106% in 2005 due primarily to the impact of repatriated foreign income in the first quarter of 2005.

Income from discontinued operations for the first quarter 2006 was zero compared to $1.7 million in 2005.  Income from discontinued operations in the first quarter 2005 includes financial results from NP Aerospace Ltd., which was sold in November 2005.

Net income for the first quarter of 2006 was $1.2 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, compared to net income of $1.7 million, or $0.52 per diluted share in 2005.

"All product lines achieved significant increases in profitability compared to 2005," said Michael T. Furry, President and CEO of Reinhold.  "Our seating products financial performance reflected the shipment and completion of a significant customer program order during the quarter.  While we do not expect that revenues associated with this program will continue at the first quarter levels, we do expect that the improvement in financial performance that began in the fourth quarter of 2005 will continue."

This news release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and Reinhold's actual experience may differ materially from that anticipated in such statements.  Factors that might cause such a difference include those discussed in Reinhold's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to its most recent proxy statement, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.

Reinhold Industries, Inc. is a manufacturer of advanced custom composite components and sheet molding compounds for a variety of applications in the United States and Europe.

                Reinhold Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNHDA)
              (Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
                               (Unaudited)

                                                Three Months Ended
                                              3/31/06        3/31/05

  Sales                                        $9,679         $7,181
  Income from continuing operations
   before income taxes                          2,006            832
  Income (loss) from continuing
   operations                                  $1,207           ($54)
  Income from discontinued
   operations                                     $--         $1,749
  Net income                                   $1,207         $1,695
  Diluted EPS- continuing operations            $0.37         ($0.02)
  Diluted EPS                                   $0.37          $0.52


DATASOURCE: Reinhold Industries, Inc.



CONTACT:  Wanda Morrison of Reinhold Industries, Inc., [phone]

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