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PRESS RELEASE
                             For further information contact:
                                                       Edward F. Ruttenberg
                                                       Phone: (817) 329-1600
                                                       Fax:       (817) 481-3993
                                                       Release No:  2005-18

(BW)  (TX-AMERICAN-LOCKER-GROUP)  AMERICAN LOCKER GROUP  INCORPORATED  ANNOUNCES
APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

BUSINESS EDITOR

     GRAPEVINE,  TX - (BUSINESS  WIRE) December 21, 2005.  American Locker Group
Incorporated  (NASDAQ:  ALGI)  announced that Ronald Cronin was appointed  Chief
Financial  Officer of the Company as of December 15, 2005. Mr.  Cronin,  59, has
been the Company's Corporate  Controller since September 2005. Mr. Cronin served
from February 2005 to September 2005 as Controller of MosquitoNIX, a provider of
pest control services based in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Cronin also served in multiple
financial-related  capacities,  most recently as Regional Controller, for Metals
USA Building Products, L.P., a division of Metals USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: MUSA) based
in Mesquite,  Texas and a premium  provider of metal  building  products for the
home and commercial building industry.

     Edward F. Ruttenberg,  the Company's  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
stated,  "The  Company is  delighted  to have Ron Cronin as its Chief  Financial
Officer.  Ron's  contributions as the Company's  Corporate  Controller have been
significant,  and we are confident that his leadership and talents will continue
to be invaluable to the Company in his new role as Chief Financial Officer."

The  matters  discussed  in this press  release  which  contain  forward-looking
statements,  including without limitation,  statements relating to the Company's
plans,  strategies,  objectives,   expectations,   intentions  and  adequacy  of
resources,  are made  pursuant  to the Safe  Harbor  Provisions  of the  Private
Securities  Litigation  Reform Act of 1995.  Investors are  cautioned  that such
forward-looking  statements  involve  certain known and unknown  risks,  some of
which are beyond the Company's control,  including,  among others, risks related
to  (i)  the  Company's  plans,  strategies,   objectives,   expectations,   and
intentions,  which are  subject to change at any time at the



discretion of the Company,  (ii) the successful  implementation of the Company's
restructuring plan, including a significant reduction of annual selling, general
and  administrative  expenses  and the  restructuring  of its bank debt on terms
acceptable to its lenders,  (iii) new product  development by the Company,  (iv)
the Company's  liquidity and capital resources,  (v) the Company's  competition,
and (vi)  other  risks  and  uncertainties  indicated  from  time to time in the
Company's  filings with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission.  The Company's
actual   results   could  differ   materially   from  those   expressed  in  any
forward-looking  statement made by or on the Company's behalf. In light of these
risks and  uncertainties,  there can be no  assurance  that the  forward-looking
information  will, in fact, prove to be accurate.  The Company has undertaken no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements,  whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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