Lakeland Industries, Inc.***701
                Koehler Avenue, Suite 7******Ronkonkoma,
                NY 11779******631-981-9700*****FOR
                IMMEDIATE RELEASE**


**Lakeland
      Industries, Inc. Announces the closure of its Celaya, Mexico plant and**


**the
      opening of its new Jerez, Mexico plant. Lakeland also announces the award of**


**a
      significant Chemical Suit contract.**





RONKONKOMA,
      NY – May 2, 2007 -- Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAKE), today announced
      that it is closing its Celaya, Mexico manufacturing facility and opening a
      new
      and larger facility in Jerez, Mexico. Lakeland is making this change in
      facilities primarily to reduce the unit cost of its production. Jerez presents
      better labor, rental and transportation values than does our current Celaya
      plant and the Company believes it can realize savings of close to $500,000
      annually once the production move is fully implemented in August 2007. The
      new
      Jerez facility will also double our capacity in Mexico and will be used for
      specialty woven items that are not made in China due to high tariffs and or
      quotas imposed by most customs departments in North and South America on such
      goods, but not dutiable if made in Mexico under the NAFTA and other Latin
      American Trade Treaties. The Company will take a $506,000 pretax write-off
      in
      its first quarter ended April 30, 2007 primarily attributable to $275,000 in
      legally mandated severance costs to its Celaya employees, $134,000 in other
      termination costs and $97,000 in moving and start-up costs.





This
      will
      be the last quarter of restructuring expenses. We therefore expect earnings
      to
      increase sequentially from this nadir for the next three quarters. Key fabric
      prices will stabilize starting in June and should remain stable for the next
      9-12 months. This in turn should stabilize margins and make future earnings
      more
      predictable.





Lakeland
      also announced that its chemical protective division which makes suits for
      protection against highly hazardous chemicals and biologicals received a
      contract valued at approximately $800,000 from a major customer.





**About
      Lakeland Industries, Inc.:**


We
      manufacture and sell a comprehensive line of safety garments and accessories
      for
      the industrial protective clothing markets. 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 medical facilities 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, Department of Homeland Security, 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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      1995:  Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and
      assumptions as described from time to time in Press Releases and 8-K(s),
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      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
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      result, there can be no assurance that Lakeland’s future results will not be
      materially different from those described herein as “should”, “could”,
“believed,” “projected”, “planned”, “intended”, “anticipated,” “estimated” or
“expected,” or other similar words which 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.