EXHIBIT 99


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LaBARGE SELLS ScadaNET NETWORK(TradeMark) RAILROAD BUSINESS TO GE TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS GLOBAL SIGNALING

ST. LOUIS, November 4, 2002-LaBarge, Inc. (AMEX: LB) announced today it has sold
the railroad industry portion of its ScadaNET Network(TradeMark) remote
equipment monitoring business to GE Transportation Systems Global Signaling, LLC
(GETS Global Signaling), Grain Valley, Mo.

The sale is valued at approximately $6.8 million, including $5.3 million in cash
and GETS Global Signaling's assumption of approximately $1.5 million in certain
liabilities.  In connection with the sale, LaBarge and GETS Global Signaling
have entered into a manufacturing agreement under which LaBarge will continue to
produce the ScadaNET hardware.  Under a separate service agreement, LaBarge will
also provide back-end network services to GETS Global Signaling through the
earlier of June 2003 or such date as GETS Global Signaling integrates the
services sooner.

The sale will be recorded in LaBarge's fiscal 2003 second quarter, and the
Company will realize $3.2 million in cash after taxes on the transaction.  On a
book basis, LaBarge will record a pretax gain of $2.3 million.  Because the
transaction reflects the sale of intellectual property with a low tax basis, it
will result in an after-tax book loss of approximately $.01 per share, and will
be treated as discontinued operations.

"We are pleased to complete the sale of our railroad sector business to GETS
Global Signaling and look forward to continuing a mutually beneficial
relationship with the company as a provider of high-quality electronic
manufacturing services," said Chief Executive Officer and President Craig
LaBarge.  Sales to railroad customers were approximately $2.5 million for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2002.  LaBarge indicated it is retaining the rights
to utilize the ScadaNET Network technology in industries other than railroad.

The ScadaNET Network is a unique wireless data communications system that
provides reliable, low-cost monitoring of remote industrial equipment.  More
than 40 railroads, including the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Company and the Union Pacific Railroad, currently use the system to receive
early warning of power outages and potential malfunctions of critical safety
equipment at highway-rail grade crossings.  Several railroads include the
ScadaNET Network as a standard component on new and upgraded crossings.

GETS Global Signaling is a division of GE Transportation Systems
(http://www.getransportation.com/), which is one of the world's leading
suppliers to the railroad, transit, and mining industries, providing freight and
passenger locomotives, motorized drive systems for mining trucks and drills,
railway signaling and communications systems, valued added services, and
information technology solutions to its customers. With sales in excess of $2
billion, GE Transportation Systems is headquartered in Erie, PA, and employs
approximately 8,000 employees worldwide.

LaBarge, Inc. is a broad-based provider of electronics to technology-driven
companies in diverse industrial markets.  The Company provides its customers
with sophisticated electronic products and services through contract electronics
design and manufacturing services.  Headquartered in St. Louis, LaBarge has
operations in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.  The Company's
Web site address is http://www.labarge.com.

Statements contained in this release relating to LaBarge, Inc. that are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
federal securities laws. Matters subject to forward-looking statements are
subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including economic,
competitive and other factors that may cause LaBarge or its industry's actual
results, levels of activity, performance and achievements to be materially
different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Important
factors that could cause LaBarge's actual results to differ materially from
those projected in, or inferred by, forward-looking statements are (but are not
necessarily limited to) the following: the impact of increasing competition or
deterioration of economic conditions in LaBarge's markets; cutbacks in defense
spending by the U.S. Government; loss of one or more large customers; LaBarge's
ability to replace completed and expired contracts on a timely basis; the
outcome of litigation the Company is party to; unexpected increases in the cost
of raw materials, labor and other resources necessary to operate LaBarge's
business; the availability, amount, type and cost of financing for LaBarge and
any changes to that financing; and other factors summarized in our reports filed
from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these
uncertainties, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking
statements. Unless otherwise required by law, LaBarge disclaims any obligation
to update any forward-looking statements or to publicly announce any revisions
thereto to reflect future events or developments.
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