News Release                                                  October 25, 2004


           Valmont Appoints Two New Members to Its Board of Directors


     Omaha, NE - Valmont  Industries,  Inc. (NYSE:  VMI),  announced that it has
appointed Messrs. Glen A. Barton and Kaj den Daas to its Board of Directors.

     Glen  Barton  retired  earlier  this year as Chairman  and Chief  Executive
Officer of Caterpillar,  Inc. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of
construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial
gas  turbines.  Mr.  Barton  joined  Caterpillar  in 1961 as a college  graduate
trainee.  Mr. Barton received his Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from the
University of  Missouri-Columbia  in 1961. He completed the Stanford  University
Executive  program in 1977.  Mr.  Barton  serves on the Inco Limited and Newmont
Mining Corporation  Boards of Directors.  He is also a member of the President's
Export  Council.  On the local level,  Mr.  Barton is  currently  serving as the
Chairman of the Peoria Civic Federation and as a director of PeoriaNext.

     Kaj den Daas is Executive  Vice  President of Philips  Lighting B.V. of the
Netherlands  and the Chief  Operating  Officer of Business Group Lamps.  Philips
Lighting Company is the world's largest manufacturer of lighting products. Royal
Philips Electronics N.V. is one of the world's biggest electronics companies and
Europe's  largest.  Mr. den Daas earned a Doctoral degree in Business  Economics
from Erasmus  University in the  Netherlands  in 1977. In 1986, he completed the
Advanced Management Program at INSEAD in Fontainebleau,  France. Mr. den Daas is
a Director of EMGO, N.V. and  Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Philips
& Yaming Lighting Company Ltd.







     Commenting on the two appointments,  Mogens C. Bay,  Valmont's Chairman and
Chief Executive  Officer said, "I am very pleased to welcome Glen Barton and Kaj
den Daas to Valmont's Board. They both have vast global experience.  They have a
deep  understanding  of  manufacturing  and  distribution  issues  and they have
executed global  expansions for their respective  companies.  They will be great
assets to Valmont as we further  refine and implement  our  strategies to supply
products for infrastructure  development and water management for agriculture in
the U.S. and around the world."


     Valmont is the global leader in designing and manufacturing  poles,  towers
and  structures  for lighting and traffic,  wireless  communication  and utility
markets,  and a provider of protective coating services.  Valmont also leads the
world  in  mechanized  irrigation  equipment  for  agriculture,  enhancing  food
production while conserving and protecting natural water resources. In addition,
Valmont  produces  a wide  variety  of  tubing  for  commercial  and  industrial
applications.