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                                                                      EXHIBIT 99



               LABARGE SELLS LABARGE CLAYCO WIRELESS JOINT VENTURE

ST. LOUIS, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- LaBarge, Inc. (Amex: LB) announced today it
has sold its 90% interest in its LaBarge Clayco Wireless L.L.C. joint venture to
Evolution Holdings, Inc. of Phoenix, Ariz. Evolution Holdings has also purchased
the remaining 10% of LaBarge Clayco Wireless owned by Clayco Construction
Company.

Subject to the finalization of post-closing adjustments, LaBarge expects its
portion of the net proceeds from the sale to be approximately $4.7 million,
including $4.5 million in cash and $225,000 in a convertible note. At the time
of the sale, the book value of LaBarge's investment in the LaBarge Clayco
Wireless joint venture was approximately $1.3 million.

LaBarge Clayco Wireless, which was formed in 1996, provides turnkey
construction, engineering and equipment installation services for the wireless
telecommunications industry. Evolution Holdings, Inc. is a recently formed
venture providing integrated wireless communications services to
telecommunications companies. Evolution Holdings intends to operate LaBarge
Clayco Wireless under the name LCW, L.L.C. and to continue the business at its
present location in St. Louis with current employees.

"Evolution Holdings' purchase of LaBarge Clayco Wireless demonstrates the value
LaBarge has built for our shareholders through our four-year investment in this
successful joint venture," said CEO and President Craig LaBarge. "Although we've
been pleased by the growth and profitability of LaBarge Clayco, the operation is
no longer closely aligned with LaBarge's strategic direction. Its sale allows us
to focus on growing our core Manufacturing Services business and our Network
Technologies Group activities, as well as to reduce debt."

LaBarge, Inc. provides customers in diverse industrial markets with
sophisticated electronic products and services through contract electronics
design and manufacturing services and the development of proprietary wireless
data communications products and network services. Headquartered in St. Louis,
LaBarge has operations in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. The
Company's web site address is www.labarge.com .

Statements contained in this release which are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws.
Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Future events and
actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by those
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; lack of acceptance by the market for the BusCall product; lack of
acceptance by the market for the products of the Network Technologies Group;
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.

/CONTACT: Colleen P. Clements of LaBarge, Inc., 314-997-0800, ext. 409 or
e-mail, colleen.clements@labarge.com/