EXHIBIT 99.1

 Span-America Announces Hill-Rom Supply Agreement to Expire May 2008


    GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2007--Span-America
Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAN) announced today that its
exclusive agreement to supply Hill-Rom Company, Inc. with private
label support surfaces will expire on May 4, 2008. Following the
expiration of the exclusive supply contract, Span-America will be able
to sell its proprietary PressureGuard(R)CFT(R) therapeutic support
surfaces to non Hill-Rom customers, and Hill-Rom will be able to
purchase similar products from other suppliers. The current agreement
between Span-America and Hill-Rom provides for mutual exclusivity
regarding products that feature non-powered, self-adjusting technology
similar to Span-America's CFT product.

    "Hill-Rom remains a valued customer of Span-America and we will
continue to work with them to provide our proprietary mattress
products," stated Jim Ferguson, president and chief executive officer
of Span-America. "We expect to continue supplying Hill-Rom with our
private label products through the expiration of the contract in May
2008. During the first seven weeks of this first quarter of fiscal
2008, we have already booked or shipped $1.5 million in Hill-Rom
orders compared with sales of $2.4 million for the entire first
quarter of fiscal 2007. Following the expiration of the contract, we
expect to provide products to Hill-Rom on an order-by-order basis.

    "The expiration of the contract will end our exclusive supply
agreement between Span-America and Hill-Rom. This will allow
Span-America to market our PressureGuard(R)CFT(R) therapeutic support
surfaces to non Hill-Rom customers. We believe our products have an
excellent track record of providing our medical customers with a high
level of clinical performance at a competitive price. We are
optimistic about expanding the market opportunities for our
PressureGuard technology to other customers," continued Mr. Ferguson.

    "Our forecast for fiscal 2008 is for Hill-Rom sales to decline
from last year's levels; however, we expect Hill-Rom to remain as one
of our top five medical customers based on sales volume. Our sales to
Hill-Rom in fiscal 2007 were $10.4 million. We remain very positive
about continued growth of our medical products to other customers in
the coming year. Orders remain strong across our medical product lines
and our newer therapeutic support surfaces are among our best
performing product groups. We also anticipate that our earnings will
benefit from exiting the safety catheter business in fiscal 2008. The
safety catheter segment was a drag on our operations, and we expect
future earnings will improve by eliminating the approximately
$1.1 million in losses we incurred in each of the past two years from
the safety catheter business unit. In addition, we expect the sale of
this segment will allow us to focus more resources on our core medical
business," concluded Mr. Ferguson.

    About Span-America Medical Systems, Inc.

    Span-America manufactures and markets a comprehensive selection of
pressure management products for the medical market, including
Geo-Matt(R), PressureGuard(R), Geo-Mattress(R), Span+Aids(R),
Isch-Dish(R), and Selan(R) products. The Company also supplies custom
foam and packaging products to the consumer and industrial markets.
Span-America's stock is traded on The NASDAQ Global Market under the
symbol "SPAN." For more information, visit www.spanamerica.com.

    CONTACT: Span-America Medical Systems, Inc.
             Jim Ferguson, 864-288-8877, ext. 6912