Press Release

MINNEAPOLIS, Mar 20, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:APOG) today announced that Russell Huffer, chairman, president and chief executive officer, will host a live conference call and real-time webcast to discuss the company's fourth quarter and fiscal 2003 full-year results and operations on Thursday, April 3, 2003 at 10 a.m. Central Standard Time (11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time). The call will last approximately one hour. Fourth quarter results will be released after the market closes on April 2.

Investors and other interested parties can participate in the call by dialing 1-877-679-9045 toll free or 952-556-2802 local, and referencing "Apogee Enterprises." Access to the conference call is open to the press and general public in a listen-only mode. The call will be available for replay from 1 p.m. Central Standard Time on Thursday, April 3, through midnight Central Standard Time on Thursday, April 10, by calling 1-800-615-3210 toll free, access code 98830.

To listen to the live conference call over the internet, go to the Apogee Web site at http://www.apog.com and then click on "investor relations" followed by the webcast link at the top of that page at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, the webcast version will be archived on the company's Web site at the same location.

For more information, contact Mary Ann Jackson at 952-830-0674 or e-mail ir@apog.com.

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (www.apog.com), headquartered in Minneapolis, is a world leader in technologies involving the design and development of value-added glass products, services and systems. The company is organized in three segments:

-- Architectural products and services companies design, engineer, fabricate, install and renovate the walls of glass and windows comprising the outside skin of commercial and institutional buildings. -- Automotive replacement glass and services companies fabricate, repair and replace automobile windshields and windows. -- Large-scale optical technologies companies develop and produce high technology glass that enhances the visual performance of products for the display, imaging and picture framing industries.

CONTACT:          Apogee Enterprises, Inc., Minneapolis
                  Investor Relations:
                  Mary Ann Jackson, 952/830-0674
                  mjackson@apog.com

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