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                                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                      Contact: Christopher J. Eperjesy
                                      (262) 638-4343

               TWIN DISC, INC., ANNOUNCES TWO-FOR-ONE STOCK SPLIT

     RACINE, WISCONSIN-January 254, 2006-Twin Disc, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWIN), today
announced that its Board of Directors has approved a two-for-one stock split of
the Company's outstanding common stock.  The stock split will increase the
authorized number of shares of common stock to 30.0 million from 15.0 million
shares and the number of shares outstanding to approximately 5.8 million from
approximately 2.9 million.

     Holders of the Company's common stock of record at the close of business
on Friday, March 10, 2006 will receive one additional share of common stock for
every share of common stock they own as of that date.  The Company anticipates
that the additional shares resulting from the split will be issued in
book-entry form on payment date will be Friday, March 31, 2006.  The Company's
common stock split will take effectbegin trading at its post-split price at the
beginning of trading on Monday, April 3, 2006.

     Michael E. Batten, Twin Disc's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
stated, "Based on the continued improvement of earnings, the appreciation of
our stock price, and the Company's business outlook, we are pleased to be
splitting the stock.  As aTwin Disc is a shareholder-oriented company, and
the stock split should improve the stock's liquidity and make it more
affordable for individual investors."

     Twin Disc, Inc., designs, manufactures and internationally distributes
heavy-duty off-highway power transmission equipment for the construction,
industrial, government, marine, agricultural, and energy and natural resources
markets.

     This press release may contain statements that are forward looking as
defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission in its rules, regulations
and releases. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be
subject to the safe harbors created thereby. All forward-looking statements are
based on current expectations regarding important risk factors including those
identified in the Company's most recent periodic report and other filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, actual results may differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, and the
making of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the
Company or any other person that the results expressed therein will be achieved.