Exhibit 99.1

Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. Files Registration Statement for
Proposed Initial Public Offering of Income Deposit Securities

    RIPON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2004--Alliance Laundry
Systems LLC ("Alliance Laundry") announced today that Alliance Laundry
Holdings Inc. ("Alliance Holdings"), a company formed to be the
holding company for the operations of Alliance Laundry Systems LLC and
its subsidiaries ("Alliance"), filed a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial
public offering of Income Deposit Securities ("IDSs") representing
shares of Alliance Holdings' Class A common stock and senior
subordinated notes. The registration statement also relates to an
offering of a separate issue of senior subordinated notes of the same
series as the senior subordinated notes represented by the IDSs.
    In connection with these offerings, Alliance Laundry expects to
commence a tender offer and consent solicitation for all of its
outstanding $110 million aggregate principal amount of 9 5/8% senior
subordinated notes due 2008.
    CIBC World Markets and Lehman Brothers will be the joint
book-running managers for the offerings.
    A preliminary prospectus for these offerings is not currently
available. When available, interested persons may obtain a copy of the
preliminary prospectus from CIBC World Markets, 425 Lexington Avenue,
New York, New York 10017 or Lehman Brothers, 745 Seventh Avenue, New
York, NY 10019.
    A registration statement relating to these securities has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet
become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to
buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes
effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or
the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of
these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
the securities laws of any such State.

    About Alliance Holdings

    Alliance Holdings will become the holding company for the
operations of Alliance in a reorganization in connection with the
offerings. Alliance is a leading manufacturer of commercial laundry
products and provider of services for Laundromats, multi-housing
laundries, on-premise laundries and drycleaners in North America.
Alliance offers a full line of washers and dryers for light commercial
use as well as large frontloading washers, heavy duty tumbler dryers,
and presses and finishing equipment for heavy commercial use. The
company's products are sold under the well-known brand names: Speed
Queen(R), UniMac(R), Huebsch(R) and Ajax(R).

    Forward Looking Statements

    Statements contained herein that are not statements of historical
or current fact constitute "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When
used herein, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of Alliance Holdings or Alliance
Laundry to be materially different from historical results or from any
future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. In addition to statements which explicitly describe such
risks and uncertainties readers are urged to consider statements
labeled with the terms "believes," "belief," "expects," "intends,"
"anticipates" or "plans" to be uncertain and forward-looking. The
forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally
to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time
in Alliance Holdings' and Alliance Laundry's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these risks and
uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

    CONTACT: Alliance Laundry Systems LLC
             Bruce P. Rounds, 920-748-1634