Exhibit 99.1


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PRESS RELEASE
                                                For further information contact:
                                                Edward F. Ruttenberg
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                                                Release No:  2005-09

(BW) (NY-AMERICAN-LOCKER-GROUP) (NASDAQ:ALGIE) ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FILED;
RESULTS FOR 2004 ANNOUNCED

BUSINESS EDITOR

   JAMESTOWN,   NY-  (BUSINESS  WIRE)  July  27,  2005.  American  Locker  Group
Incorporated  announced  that it filed  its  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for its
fiscal year ended  December  31, 2004 and also plans to file  amended  quarterly
reports for the first three quarters of 2004 to reflect  increases in net income
in each  period from that  previously  reported  as a result of  corrections  in
inventory accounting.

   The  operating  results  for 2004  reflect a full year of  revenues  from the
Company's  long-term  contract with the United States Postal  Service (USPS) for
polycarbonate  and aluminum  Cluster Box Units (CBUs),  which was not renewed by
USPS and  expired  on May 31,  2005.  The  Company  expects  that its  sales and
operating  results will decline  substantially in 2005 as compared to 2004, as a
result of the loss of USPS as a customer.  In addition,  the Company will record
an  impairment  charge  of  approximately  $6.4  million  including  a  goodwill
write-down of $6.1 million against its operating results in the first quarter of
2005.

   After the Company received  notification in February 2005 that the USPS would
not renew the CBU  contract,  the  Company's  Board of  Directors  reviewed  the
Company's strategic  alternatives,  with the assistance of outside advisors, and
adopted a restructuring plan,  summarized in the Annual Report, to reduce annual
selling,  general and administrative  expenses  significantly,  primarily though
personnel reductions in Jamestown,  New York and the relocation of the Company's
headquarters to its owned facilities in Grapevine, Texas, by the end of 2005. In
addition,  the Company is seeking to restructure  its term and revolving  credit
loans. As a result of the nonrenewal of the USPS contract,  the Company's lender
notified  the  Company  that  it  was  in  default  on  its   outstanding   bank
indebtedness.


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   In 2004 the Company recorded its largest sales volume ever, with consolidated
net sales of $49,023,417,  an increase of $9,766,979,  or 24.9%,  over the prior
year. This increase was attributable  primarily to an  approximately  $7,000,000
bulk order of CBUs from the USPS  delivered in the third quarter of 2004.  Sales
to USPS accounted for 53.9% of consolidated net sales in 2004, compared to 52.7%
of consolidated  net sales in 2003.  Pre-tax income rose from $3,545,379 in 2003
to  $4,500,938 in 2004, an increase of 27.0%,  after  accounting  for a one-time
charge of  $1,102,500  for an  environmental  settlement.  Net income  rose from
$2,147,132 in 2003 to  $2,702,948  in 2004,  an increase of 25.9%.  Earnings per
share on a diluted basis were $1.73 per share,  up $0.35 from the previous year,
an increase of 25.4%.



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,  the  relocation  of the  Company's  headquarters  in  Texas,  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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