Valspar to Showcase Sanitary Flooring Solutions at 2007 Worldwide Food Expo


WHEELING, IL, October 8, 2007 -- Valspar Flooring, a division of Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL), announced today it will display is new Flowfresh® SR chemical resistant cementitious urethane floor resurfacer at the Worldwide Food Expo, October 24-27, 2007, at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Visitors and media are encouraged to visit Valspar at Booth S-3849 where they can learn more about the company's broad line of sanitary flooring solutions.

Developed by Flowcrete® PLC and marketed in North and Central America by Valspar Flooring, Flowfresh SR is ideal for resurfacing concrete floors in wet processing areas, and is especially effective in USDA-inspected food, beverage or pharmaceutical plants. Polygiene®, a high-performance, natural antimicrobial is integrated into all Flowfresh products to inhibit the growth of bacterial odors and guard against degradation from microorganisms.

Worldwide Food Expo is the largest food and beverage processing and packaging event in the world, covering more than a million square feet with exhibits and featuring 1,000 of the world's leading suppliers. More than 25,000 attendees from 100 countries will visit the show to learn about new technologies, trends and ideas.

For more information, please visit valsparflooring.com, or call (800) 637-7793 x5050.

ABOUT VALSPAR

With fiscal 2006 sales of nearly $3 billion, Valspar is a global leader in the paint and coatings industry, with a broad range of products including industrial, architectural, packaging, automotive refinish and floor coatings and specialty polymers and colorants. Valspar shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. For investor information, please visit www.valsparglobal.com.

Website: valsparflooring.com

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Dan O'Connell
email: dan@oconnellpr.com
phone: 708.482.0212
Valspar Flooring
Product Inquiries
Valspar Technical Sales
email: flooringmarketing@valspar.com
phone: 847.520.8510 (x5050)

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