Disposal

Carclo PLC
14 September 2000

                         CARCLO PLC
                              
               Disposal of Wire Rope Business


Carclo plc, the technical plastics group, announces the  sale
of  its  Brunton Shaw wire rope manufacturing business  to  a
newly  formed  subsidiary of Usha Beltron Ltd. to  be  called
Brunton Shaw UK Ltd.

Brunton  Shaw UK Ltd. will purchase the operating  assets  of
Brunton Shaw, excluding land and buildings, for cash at  book
value  which  is estimated to be £3.6 million at  completion.
Carclo will invest £320,000 in Brunton Shaw UK Ltd. in return
for  a  20%  equity share. Carclo has retained the  land  and
buildings  of the business with a book value of £1.7  million
which will be leased by Brunton Shaw UK Ltd.

Usha  Beltron  Ltd., a publicly quoted Indian company,  is  a
world  leading supplier of wire rope.  The sale agreement  is
conditional upon satisfactory consultation with the  affected
employees.

In  the  year to 31 March 2000, the business being  sold  had
sales  of  £8.4 million and generated an operating profit  of
£0.3 million.

Linked  with  this  disposal, and  the  continuing  difficult
trading conditions in the UK wire industry, Carclo intends to
close  the business of Lee Smith Wires at Ecclesfield,  South
Yorkshire.    The  cost  of  closure  is  estimated   to   be
£1.2million.

The divestment of the wire rope business of Brunton Shaw, the
closure of Lee Smith Wires and the previously announced  sale
of John Shaw (NZ) Ltd. complete our withdrawal from low added-
value  wire  operations.  Carclo's specialist wire  division,
which  now represents 25% of the group, is focused  on  niche
products  where we have strong world market positions,  based
on proprietary technology.


For further enquires please contact:

Carclo plc
Ian Williamson, Chief Executive                 01924 330 500
Chris Mawe, Finance Director

Golin/Harris Ludgate
Richard  Hews                                   0207 253 2252