Lynn D. Davis Appointed President of Wah Chang, an Allegheny Technologies Company

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Dan L. Greenfield
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania -- September 21, 2000 -- Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) today announced that Lynn D. Davis, age 51, has been appointed to the position of president of Wah Chang, an Allegheny Technologies company. He reports to Jack W. Shilling, president of Allegheny Technologies' high performance metals segment.

"Wah Chang is an exciting business with significant growth potential in ultra-high performance metals," said Jack Shilling. "In his new capacity as president, Lynn is uniquely qualified to lead Wah Chang. He has been instrumental in developing new markets and has demonstrated strong operating and technical leadership in meeting the strict customer requirements that define these highly specialized markets."

Most recently, Mr. Davis was executive vice president and general manager of Wah Chang. He joined the company in 1977 and has steadily progressed with positions of increasing responsibility in engineering, operations and technical at Wah Chang.

Lynn Davis holds bachelor and master degrees in metallurgical engineering from the University of Idaho.

This release contains forward-looking statements relating to prospects for growth. Actual results could differ materially from results anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements is contained in the company's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 and its Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000.

Wah Chang is one of the world's largest manufacturers of specialty metals and chemicals, used in energy production, chemical and mineral processing, aerospace, medical, research and consumer products. Wah Chang materials include hafnium, niobium, titanium, vanadium, zirconium, silicon tetrachloride, and zirconium and hafnium chemicals. Wah Chang's website can be found at http://www.alleghenytechnologies.com/wahchang/

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) is one of the largest and most diversified producers of specialty materials in the world. Our talented people use innovative technologies to offer growing global markets a wide range of specialty materials including stainless steel, nickel-based and cobalt-based alloys and superalloys, titanium and titanium alloys, specialty steel alloys, zirconium and related alloys, and tungsten-based specialty materials. Our goal is to be the low cost, high quality supplier to global markets. Allegheny Technologies website can be found at http://www.alleghenytechnologies.com.

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