Exhibit 99.1

                                  NEWS RELEASE

  ASSOCIATED MATERIALS INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO LEAVE
                      COMPANY UPON TRANSITION TO SUCCESSOR

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio, February 3 -- Associated Materials Incorporated ("AMI" or
the "Company") announced today that Michael Caporale has resigned as AMI's
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer by mutual agreement with the
Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Caporale will remain with the Company until
his successor is named and his responsibilities transitioned. In addition, he
will remain on the Company's Board of Directors as non-executive chairman. AMI's
Board has retained an executive search firm to help identify highly qualified
candidates to lead the Company on a permanent basis.

In a joint statement, Chris Stadler of Investcorp and Ira Kleinman of Harvest
Partners said, "We appreciate the many contributions that Mike has made over the
years with AMI and we wish him well in his future endeavors."

Messrs. Stadler and Kleinman continued, "We are excited about our continued
partnership with Associated Materials and its management team and believe very
strongly in the Company's future. We thank our loyal customers and employees for
contributing to the success of the Company over the past several years and look
forward to continuing to work with them to grow the business in the future."

Associated Materials Incorporated is a leading manufacturer of exterior
residential building products, which are distributed through company-owned
distribution centers and independent distributors across North America. AMI
produces a broad range of vinyl windows, vinyl siding, aluminum trim coil,
aluminum and steel siding and accessories, as well as vinyl fencing, decking and
railing. AMI is a privately held, wholly-owned subsidiary of Associated
Materials Holdings Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMH Holdings, Inc.
("AMH"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMH Holdings II, Inc., which is controlled
by affiliates of Investcorp S.A. and Harvest Partners, Inc. For more
information, please visit the Company's website at
http://www.associatedmaterials.com.

Founded in 1982, Investcorp is a global investment group with offices in New
York, London and Bahrain. The firm has four lines of business: corporate
investment, real estate investment, asset management and technology investment.
It has completed transactions with a total acquisition value of more than $28
billion. For more information on Investcorp please visit its website at
http://www.investcorp.com.

Harvest Partners is a private equity investment firm with a long track record of
building value in businesses and generating attractive returns on investment.
Founded in 1981, Harvest Partners has approximately $1 billion of invested
capital under management. For more information on Harvest Partners please visit
its website at http://www.harvpart.com.

     This press release contains certain forward-looking statements (as such
term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995)
relating to AMI and AMH that are based on the beliefs of AMI's and AMH's
management. When used in this press release, the words "may," "will," "should,"
"expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "predict," "potential"
or "continue" or similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. These
statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Such statements
reflect the current views of AMI's and AMH's management. The following factors,
and others which are discussed in AMI's and AMH's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, are among those that may cause actual results to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements: changes in the home building
industry, general economic conditions, interest rates, foreign currency exchange
rates, changes in the availability of consumer credit, employment trends, levels
of consumer confidence, consumer preferences, changes in raw material costs and
availability, market acceptance of price increases, changes in national and
regional trends in new housing starts, changes in weather conditions, the
Company's ability to comply with certain financial covenants in loan documents
governing its indebtedness, increases in levels of competition within its
market, availability of alternative building products, increases in its level of
indebtedness, increases in costs of environmental compliance, increase in
capital expenditure requirements, potential conflict between Alside and Gentek
distribution channels, and shifts in market demand. Should one or more of these
risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions or
estimates prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those
described herein as expected, intended, estimated, anticipated, believed or
predicted. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For further information, contact:

D. Keith LaVanway
Chief Financial Officer
(330) 922-2004

Cyndi Sobe
Vice President, Finance
(330) 922-7743