Earle M. Jorgensen Company Opens New Satellite Metals Processing and Distribution Facility in Quebec City

    20,000-Square-Foot Facility to Offer Daily Product Deliveries,
                Enhanced Service to Quebec City Region

   Earle M. Jorgensen Company (NYSE:JOR) today announced the opening
of its new metals processing and distribution facility in Quebec City,
Quebec.
   The 20,000-square-foot facility will hold an extensive inventory
of bar and tube stock and cutting equipment on-site, and will enable
Earle M. Jorgensen to offer daily product deliveries and enhanced
service to customers in the Quebec City region. Earle M. Jorgensen
currently operates a facility in Montreal, Quebec.
   "The opening of our new Quebec City facility extends Earle M.
Jorgensen's reach into the Canadian market while enabling us to better
serve our customers with value-added services and more frequent
deliveries in and around Quebec City," said William Gertin, Director
of Canadian Operations for Earle M. Jorgensen Company.
   The new facility is located at 180, Rue des Grands-Lacs, St.
Augustin de Desmaures, Quebec, and will have a full-time area manager
on-site.
   Quebec City is the fifth new facility opening or expansion
announced in recent months following those in or near Toronto;
Spokane, Wash.; Houston; and Hartford, Conn.

   About Earle M. Jorgensen Company

   Earle M. Jorgensen Company, headquartered in Lynwood, Calif., is
one of the largest distributors of metal products in North America
with 39 service and processing centers. The Company inventories more
than 25,000 different bar, tubing, plate, and various other metal
products, specializing in cold finished carbon and alloy bars,
mechanical tubing, stainless bars and shapes, aluminum bars, shapes
and tubes, and hot-rolled carbon and alloy bars.
   EMJ's press releases and additional information are available on
the Company's web site at www.emjmetals.com.

   Forward-Looking Statements

   Any forward-looking statements, as defined by the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, contained in this press
release are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, such
as the cyclicality of the metals industry and the industries that
purchase our products, fluctuations in metals prices, risks associated
with the implementation of new technology, general economic
conditions, competition in the metals service center industry, and our
ability to satisfy our "on-time or free" delivery guarantee. Actual
events or results may differ materially from expectations due to these
risks, uncertainties, and other factors. These factors and additional
information are included in Earle M. Jorgensen Company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, we refer you to
Earle M. Jorgensen Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 29, 2005. You should be aware that we do not plan
to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise unless required by law.

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