Alpha Pro Tech L T D. ALPHA PRO TECH, LTD. REVISES DISPOSABLE PROTECTIVE APPAREL DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY Company s Critical Cover Private Label Brand No Longer Available Exclusively Through VWR Company Changes Distribution

PRO TECH, LTD. REVISES

PROTECTIVE APPAREL DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY

Company s Critical Cover Private Label Brand No Longer Available

Through VWR Company Changes Distribution Network for Critical Cover

Nogales, Arizona March 29, 2010, Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (NYSE Amex: APT) a leading

manufacturer of products designed to protect people, products and environments,

including disposable protective apparel and building products, today announced a strategic change in the Company s

disposable protective apparel distribution strategy.

Critical Cover disposable protective apparel brand and its associated trade

names, SureGrip , AquaTrak , ComforTech and Microbreathe , are trademarks

owned by Alpha Pro Tech and have been manufactured by Alpha Pro Tech

exclusively for VWR International, LLC ( VWR ) since the early 1990s. Alpha Pro Tech has recently been informed

that VWR, which has always been Alpha Pro Tech s largest distributor of

disposable protective apparel, has decided to launch its own private label line

of disposable protective apparel, and has made a business decision to

transition away from selling Alpha Pro Tech s disposable garments to their own

brand of apparel. As a result of this

decision, Alpha Pro Tech will no longer supply VWR with Critical Cover

proprietary shoe and boot apparel. To

ensure that end customers have access to our widely known and well-recognized

Critical Cover products, Alpha Pro Tech has made these products available

through a broader distribution network.

We anticipate that the balance of our Critical Cover apparel product

line will be available through both the increased distribution network and VWR.

Millar, President of Alpha Pro Tech commented, We are disappointed that it has

come to this, but, having learned of VWR s decision to launch a competing line

of products, and based on the resulting change in our relationship with VWR, we

have no choice but to shift away from VWR as the sole distributor of our

Critical Cover protective apparel product line and to utilize

more diversified, broader, global distribution strategy. We will be working closely with our

distribution partners to ensure continuity in our distribution channel to

minimize potential supply-chain interruptions .

continued, Shoe and boot covers account for approximately 50% of our apparel

business and it is possible that our decision to not supply these products to

VWR could have an adverse affect on the remainder of our relationship with them

and on our business and financial condition.

However, we hope that we will have a continued relationship with VWR for

the balance of our product line, based on our long history with them. Above all, we are committed to producing the

highest quality products and we have an obligation to our customers and our

shareholders to protect our brand .

Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.

Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. is

the parent company of Alpha Pro Tech, Inc., and Alpha ProTech Engineered

Products, Inc. Alpha Pro Tech, Inc. develops, manufactures and

markets innovative disposable and limited-use protective apparel products for

the industrial, clean room, medical and dental markets. In addition, Alpha

ProTech Engineered Products, Inc. manufactures and markets a line of

construction weatherization products, including building wrap and roof

underlayment. The Company has manufacturing facilities in Salt Lake City, Utah;

Nogales, Arizona; Janesville, Wisconsin; Valdosta, Georgia; and a joint venture

in India. For more information and copies of all news releases and financials,

visit Alpha Pro Tech s Website at http://www.alphaprotech.com.

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