Apogee Enterprises’ Tru Vue Unit Introduces New Products to Its Conservation Series Line

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Tru Vue, a unit of Apogee’s Glass Technologies business segment, adds products to its Conservation Series® line of picture framing glass, which has been growing at a 30% compound annual rate in recent years.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, February 7, 2000 -- Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: APOG) today announced that it has added new products to its Conservation Series® line of picture framing glass, a high-end line used primarily by art framing professionals. Tru Vue is the world’s only producer of market-proven Conservation Series glass, which has grown rapidly in recent years to become one of the company’s largest product lines. In fiscal 1999, Tru Vue accounted for approximately 10% of the total sales in Apogee’s Glass Technologies business segment.

Conservation UltraClear is a new addition to the Conservation Series line of ultraviolet-blocking glass products. This water white glass combines unmatched trueness-to-color with 97% UV blocking to protect, preserve and beautify the art it covers. Tru Vue also added two new glazing options: Conservation Perfect Vue for its Conservation Series, and Perfect Vue for its Premium Series. The two glazing technologies combine to produce one of the most unique glazing products in the industry.

“Tru Vue continues to break new ground in its glass technologies and provide solid growth and profitability,” said Russell Huffer, Apogee’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “This growth led us to more than triple Tru Vue’s production capacity in the past year, creating opportunities to add new products to its Conservation Series product line, which has grown at a 30% compound annual rate.”

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. is a world leader in technologies involving the design and development of value-added glass products, services and systems. Organized in two business segments, the Glass Technologies businesses are leaders primarily in architectural glass and high-end glass coatings for the electronics markets, while the Glass Services businesses are leaders in replacement auto glass and building glass services. Headquartered in Minneapolis, the company’s stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol APOG.