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Industrial Services of America, Inc. Announces the Nomination of Director

Posted on: Thursday, 20 April 2006, 18:00 CDT

Industrial Services of America, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDSA), a leading provider of logistics management services, equipment and processes for waste, recyclable commodities and other materials, announced the nomination of Albert A. Cozzi as a director for the upcoming one-year Board term beginning June 6, 2006.

From July 1999 to January 2004, Mr. Cozzi served as the Chief Executive Officer of Metal Management, Inc., headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, one of the largest full service metals recyclers in the United States. From December 1997 to June 1999, Mr. Cozzi served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Metal Management, Inc. From 1963 to 1997, Mr. Cozzi held various positions with Cozzi Iron & Metal, originally located in Chicago, Illinois prior to its merger with Metal Management, Inc., including President from 1990 to 1997.

"Albert brings a wealth of scrap material recycling management experience to the Industrial Services of America Board," commented Harry Kletter, Chairman, CEO and the major shareholder of Industrial Services of America. "We look forward to the valuable insight he has gathered from his 43 years in the scrap recycling industry to move our Company forward in this industry".

In addition to Mr. Cozzi, the nominating committee of Industrial Services of America has proposed Craig Feltner and Richard Ferguson to one-year Board terms along with incumbents, Harry Kletter, David Lester, Roman Epelbaum and Orson Oliver. Harry Kletter further commented "To make these valuable additions, while keeping the stability of our present Board, we are increasing the Board from five members to seven members".

The Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at Building No. 1, 7100 Grade Lane, Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at 10:00 A.M. (Eastern Daylight Time).

Industrial Services of America, Inc., is a Louisville, Ky.-based logistics management services company servicing commercial, industrial and logistics customers nationwide. Industrial Services of America, Inc. provides scrap processing, waste and recycling management services, and equipment sales and service. Industrial Services of America, Inc. also actively participates in international markets, exporting non-ferrous metals and other recyclable materials. Additional information is available at www.isa-inc.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from predicted results. Specific risks include varying demand for waste managing systems, equipment and services, competitive pressures in the waste managing systems and equipment, competitive pressures in the waste managing business, loss of customers and fluctuations in the price of recycled materials. Further information on factors that could affect the Company's results is detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to the forward-looking statements.

Source: Business Wire

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