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                  IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
 
 
 **Lakeland
        Industries Announces Signed Contract to Buy the**
 **Industrial
        Glove Assets of RFB Latex, Ltd. of New Delhi, India.**
 
 RONKONKOMA,
        NY - November 22, 2006 -- Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAKE), today
        announced that it is closing on its contract to buy the Industrial Glove
        assets
        of RFB Latex, Ltd. (RFB) of New Delhi, India for a purchase price of
        approximately $3.4 million, subject to reconciliation of operations over
        the
        prior year and an audit.  Such assets consist of long term land leases,
        buildings and equipment. This purchase price is in addition to the cumulative
        outlay of approximately $1.5 million through November 15, 2006 which consists
        of
        the cost of the purchase option, inventory, receivables, operating losses
        to
        date and working capital. The company may, subject to Indian law, liquidate
        its
        existing subsidiary and set up a new subsidiary which will consummate the
        purchase transaction. The Company anticipates including an after-tax operating
        loss of approximately $260,000 in its quarter ended October 31, 2006 relating
        to
        its Indian operation. Such amount includes a $200,000 write-off of a cost
        associated with its Option Agreement, which has lapsed. Management intentionally
        let such option lapse after determining it was not advisable to work with
        RFB
        Latex and its principals. It has purchased the assets in question directly
        and
        has hired a new COO to manage and control the Indian operations. Management
        expects to begin shipping gloves to the USA in early calendar 2007.
 
 RFB
        is a
        manufacturer , supported (gloves with a cotton or other fabric liner),
        unsupported (gloves with no liner), and Flock Lined Gloves using Latex, Nitrile,
        Rubber, Neoprene or combinations thereof and other compounds for the worldwide
        industrial hand safety markets. RFB specializes in technologically advanced
        gloves usually used to protect against hazardous chemicals to suit end user
        safety needs, coupled with quality, service, price and delivery. The market
        for
        these types of gloves worldwide is approximately 1 billion dollars. The addition
        of this Line of Gloves to our Kevlar and Spectra String Knit Lines will complete
        Lakeland’s Glove line in higher technology/higher margin gloves used for
        protection from cuts, heat and chemicals in the industrial work place. This
        additional glove line should broaden our offerings and make our line much
        more
        attractive to our current customer base and complements our diversification
        efforts and our expansion of international sales. These facilities have the
        production capacity to fulfill our sales of these products for the next four
        to
        five years.
 
 **About
        Lakeland Industries, Inc.:**
 We
        manufacture and sell a comprehensive line of safety garments and accessories
        for
        the industrial protective clothing market. Our products are sold by our in-house
        sales force and independent sales representatives to a network of over 800
        safety and mill supply distributors. These distributors in turn supply end
        user
        industrial customers such as chemical/petrochemical, automobile, steel, glass,
        construction, smelting, janitorial, pharmaceutical and high technology
        electronics manufacturers, as well as hospitals and laboratories. In addition,
        we supply federal, state and local governmental agencies and departments
        such as
        fire and police departments, airport crash rescue units, the Department of
        Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and
        the
        Centers for Disease Control.
  
  For
        more
        information concerning Lakeland, please visit us at: www.lakeland.com
 
 **Contact:**Lakeland
                  Industries
              Gary
                  Pokrassa, (631) 981-9700,GAPokrassa@lakeland.comChristopher
                  J. Ryan (631) 981-9700,CJRyan@lakeland.com
 
 
 
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        Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
        1995:  Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and
        assumptions as described from time to time in Press Releases and 8-K(s),
        registration statements, annual reports and other periodic reports and filings
        filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or made by management. 
All statements, other than statements of historical facts, which address
        Lakeland’s expectations of sources or uses for capital or which express the
        Company’s expectation for the future with respect to financial performance or
        operating strategies can be identified as forward-looking statements.  As a
        result, there can be no assurance that Lakeland’s future results will not be
        materially different from those described herein as “believed,” “projected”,
“planned”, “intended”, “anticipated,” “estimated” or “expected,” which words
        reflect the current view of the Company with respect to future events.  We
        caution readers that these forward-looking statements speak only as of the
        date
        hereof.  The Company hereby expressly disclaims any obligation or
        undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements
        to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations or any change in events
        conditions or circumstances on which such statement is based.