EXHIBIT 99.1

                              WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.

                           P R E S S    R E L E A S E

Contact:  James E. Deason
          Executive Vice President
          Chief Financial Officer
          (256) 580-3959


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                WOLVERINE TUBE ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF FACILITY AND
                             REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE


HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, (SEPTEMBER 30, 2003) -- Wolverine Tube, Inc. (NYSE: WLV)
today announced that it will be closing its Booneville, Mississippi, facility.
The facility produces both enhanced and smooth industrial tube, primarily used
by residential and commercial air conditioner manufacturers. Approximately 140
persons are employed in the Booneville plant.

Wolverine will immediately begin to transition production from the Booneville
plant to its Jackson, Tennessee, Shawnee, Oklahoma, and Decatur, Alabama
facilities. Lackluster product demand, as well as progress made in Jackson in
quality of product and efficiency of production, has contributed to this
decision. It is expected that this production transition will be completed over
the next several months and should not negatively impact the fulfillment of
customer requirements. Annual savings from this closure and reallocation of
production are expected to be approximately $3.0 million. Expenses associated
with the closure are expected to be approximately $6.0 million, of which $3.5
million is non-cash.

In addition to the employees affected by the Booneville closure, Wolverine
announced that it will reduce its overall workforce by 6%. The reduction will be
across the organization and will be primarily salaried, indirect hourly
employees and, to a lesser extent, direct hourly employees. This workforce
reduction is expected to result in an annualized savings of $7.5 million and
will cost approximately $1.3 million in severance and other expenses.

"The current economic environment is unprecedented in our generation, and the
length of the current recessionary environment, especially affecting
manufacturing enterprises, is extremely challenging," said Dennis Horowitz,
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We must continuously address
our cost structure to align expenses with our revenues, especially in times like
these. Automation of production processes and efficiencies gained through
various programs completed and announced today position Wolverine to take
advantage of improvements in economic conditions as they occur. We have and will
continue to assist with the transition of our employees in Booneville and
elsewhere who have been separated from Wolverine as a result of these actions,"
Horowitz added.


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Wolverine Tube, Inc. is a world-class quality partner, providing its customers
with copper and copper alloy tube, fabricated products, metal joining products
as well as copper and copper alloy rod, bar and other products. Internet
addresses: www.wlv.com and www.silvaloy.com.

Forward-looking statements in this press release are made pursuant to the "Safe
Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements use such words as "may", "will", "expect",
"believe", "plan", "anticipate" and other similar terminologies. This press
release contains forward-looking statements regarding the expected costs of
closing the Booneville facility and reducing the Company's workforce, the
anticipated cost savings related to these activities, and the future performance
of our facilities. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates
and projections about the industry and markets in which the Company operates, as
well as management's beliefs and assumptions and information currently
available. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly release any revision of any forward-looking statements
contained herein to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date
hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. With respect to
expectations of costs and cost savings related to the Booneville facility
closing and reduction in workforce, as well as the future performance of our
facilities, factors that could affect actual results include, without
limitation, the timing and magnitude of recovery from the current economic
downturn, labor costs, environmental contingencies, our inability to achieve or
delays in achieving anticipated results from our cost reduction initiatives,
product and process development activities, and quality and productivity
initiatives. A detailed discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which
could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking
statements, can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
most recently ended fiscal year and reports filed from time to time with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.











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