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               SYNALLOY CORPORATION COMPARATIVE
      ANALYSIS 
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               THREE
      MONTHS ENDED 
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               SIX
      MONTHS ENDED 
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               Jul
      3, 2010 
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               Jul
      4, 2009 
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               Jul
      3, 2010 
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               Jul
      4, 2009 
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               Net
      sales 
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               Metals
      Segment 
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            $ | 25,137,000 | $ | 14,135,000 | $ | 50,099,000 | $ | 36,762,000 | ||||||||
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               Specialty
      Chemicals Segment 
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            11,212,000 | 7,557,000 | 21,450,000 | 15,323,000 | ||||||||||||
| $ | 36,349,000 | $ | 21,692,000 | $ | 71,549,000 | $ | 52,085,000 | |||||||||
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               Operating
      income 
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               Metals
      Segment 
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            $ | 963,000 | $ | (108,000 | ) | $ | 561,000 | $ | 666,000 | |||||||
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               Specialty
      Chemicals Segment 
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            1,241,000 | 445,000 | 2,327,000 | 935,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2,204,000 | 337,000 | 2,888,000 | 1,601,000 | |||||||||||||
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               Unallocated
      expenses 
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               Corporate 
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            496,000 | 671,000 | 1,059,000 | 1,364,000 | ||||||||||||
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               Interest
      and debt expense 
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            13,000 | 89,000 | 14,000 | 194,000 | ||||||||||||
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               Change
      in fair value of interest 
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                   rate
      swap 
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            - | (28,000 | ) | - | (77,000 | ) | ||||||||||
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               Other
      income 
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            (1,000 | ) | (2,000 | ) | (10,000 | ) | (3,000 | ) | ||||||||
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               Income
      (loss) from continuing 
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               operations
      before income taxes 
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            1,696,000 | (393,000 | ) | 1,825,000 | 123,000 | |||||||||||
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               Provision
      for (benefit from) income taxes 
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            618,000 | (134,000 | ) | 665,000 | 42,000 | |||||||||||
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               Net
      income (loss) from 
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               continuing
      operations 
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            1,078,000 | (259,000 | ) | 1,160,000 | 81,000 | |||||||||||
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               Net
      income (loss) from 
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               discontinued
      operations 
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            - | 100,000 | - | (46,000 | ) | |||||||||||
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               Net
      income (loss) 
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            $ | 1,078,000 | $ | (159,000 | ) | $ | 1,160,000 | $ | 35,000 | |||||||
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               Net
      income (loss) per basic common share: 
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               Continuing
      operations 
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            $ | 0.17 | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.01 | |||||||
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               Discontinued
      operations 
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            0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
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               Net
      income (loss) 
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            $ | 0.17 | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.01 | |||||||
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               Net
      income (loss) per diluted common share: 
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               Continuing
      operations 
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            $ | 0.17 | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.01 | |||||||
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               Discontinued
      operations 
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            0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
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               Net
      income (loss) 
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            $ | 0.17 | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.01 | |||||||
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               Average
      shares outstanding 
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               Basic 
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            6,283,011 | 6,262,959 | 6,277,399 | 6,257,035 | ||||||||||||
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               Diluted 
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            6,313,135 | 6,262,959 | 6,300,258 | 6,261,401 | ||||||||||||
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               Backlog-Piping
      Systems & Process Equipment 
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            $ | 33,046,000 | $ | 40,300,000 | ||||||||||||
| 
               Balance
      Sheet 
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               Jul
      3, 2010 
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               Jan
      2, 2010 
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               Assets 
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               Cash 
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            $ | 99,000 | $ | 14,097,000 | ||||
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               Accounts
      receivable, net 
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            19,892,000 | 14,041,000 | ||||||
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               Inventories 
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            35,690,000 | 25,504,000 | ||||||
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               Sundry
      current assets 
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            2,724,000 | 3,259,000 | ||||||
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                 Total
      current assets 
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            58,405,000 | 56,901,000 | ||||||
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               Property,
      plant and equipment, net 
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            18,342,000 | 15,797,000 | ||||||
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               Other
      assets 
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            5,611,000 | 5,554,000 | ||||||
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               Total
      assets 
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            $ | 82,358,000 | $ | 78,252,000 | ||||
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               Liabilities
      and shareholders' equity 
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               Accounts
      payable 
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            $ | 10,518,000 | $ | 6,582,000 | ||||
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               Accrued
      expenses 
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            4,361,000 | 6,195,000 | ||||||
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                 Total
      current liabilities 
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            14,879,000 | 12,777,000 | ||||||
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               Long-term
      debt 
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            2,313,000 | - | ||||||
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               Other
      long-term liabilities 
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            2,685,000 | 2,754,000 | ||||||
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               Shareholders'
      equity 
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            62,481,000 | 62,721,000 | ||||||
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               Total
      liabilities & shareholders' equity 
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            $ | 82,358,000 | $ | 78,252,000 | ||||