Regal Ware Donations to Hurricane Relief Efforts top $30,000

Kewaskum, Wisconsin (October 17, 2005) - Good things happen when people work together. Regal Ware Worldwide, based in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, offered to match dollar-for-dollar all employee donations for Hurricane Relief made during a 2-week period in September. The employee-match donations could be made to either the American Red Cross or to the Steelworkers Charitable and Educational Organization.

Financial contributions, which included the dollar-for-dollar match plus an impromptu Wisconsin cookout fundraiser held by the employees, totaled in excess of $12,000. In addition, Regal Ware committed to a donation of product worth $10,000 in 2005, and an additional donation of product worth $10,000 in 2006.

Jeff Reigle, President and CEO of Regal Ware, Inc., said, “The outpouring of generosity among Regal Ware associates to those affected by hurricanes this season is heartwarming. We are also pleased as a company to help people re-establish their households with the cooking tools necessary to prepare one of life’s most basic necessities, the food they eat.”

Regal Ware, a privately held company founded in 1945, is a widely respected name in the housewares industry. Regal Ware products are available throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, Asia and Europe. The company manufactures and markets a variety of quality items including range-top cookware, commercial coffee urns, food service-quality cookware, and home drinking water purification systems. Headquartered in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, Regal Ware manufactures product at both its Kewaskum and West Bend, Wisconsin facilities.