JOR Earle M. Jorgensen Company

20,000-Square-Foot Facility to Offer Daily Product Deliveries, Enhanced Service to Quebec City Region Earle M. Jorgensen Company (NYSE:JOR) today announced the opening of its new metals processing and distribution facility in Quebec City, Quebec. The 20,000-square-foot facility will hold an extensive inventory of bar and tube stock and cutting equipment on-site, and will enable Earle M. Jorgensen to offer daily product deliveries and enhanced service to customers in the Quebec City region. Earle M. Jorgensen currently operates a facility in Montreal, Quebec. "The opening of our new Quebec City facility extends Earle M. Jorgensen's reach into the Canadian market while enabling us to better serve our customers with value-added services and more frequent deliveries in and around Quebec City," said William Gertin, Director of Canadian Operations for Earle M. Jorgensen Company. The new facility is located at 180, Rue des Grands-Lacs, St. Augustin de Desmaures, Quebec, and will have a full-time area manager on-site. Quebec City is the fifth new facility opening or expansion announced in recent months following those in or near Toronto; Spokane, Wash.; Houston; and Hartford, Conn. About Earle M. Jorgensen Company Earle M. Jorgensen Company, headquartered in Lynwood, Calif., is one of the largest distributors of metal products in North America with 39 service and processing centers. The Company inventories more than 25,000 different bar, tubing, plate, and various other metal products, specializing in cold finished carbon and alloy bars, mechanical tubing, stainless bars and shapes, aluminum bars, shapes and tubes, and hot-rolled carbon and alloy bars. EMJ's press releases and additional information are available on the Company's web site at www.emjmetals.com. Forward-Looking Statements Any forward-looking statements, as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, contained in this press release are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, such as the cyclicality of the metals industry and the industries that purchase our products, fluctuations in metals prices, risks associated with the implementation of new technology, general economic conditions, competition in the metals service center industry, and our ability to satisfy our "on-time or free" delivery guarantee. Actual events or results may differ materially from expectations due to these risks, uncertainties, and other factors. These factors and additional information are included in Earle M. Jorgensen Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, we refer you to Earle M. Jorgensen Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2005. You should be aware that we do not plan to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise unless required by law. JORG