Exhibit 99.1

 MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC. APPOINTS ALEXANDER P. FEDERBUSH TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mueller Industries, Inc.
(NYSE: MLI), announced today that Mr. Alexander P. Federbush joined the Board
of Directors effective February 17, 2005.  Mr. Federbush is the President of
the Queens West Development Corp., a subsidiary of the Empire State
Development Corporation and a public-benefit corporation that is a joint
venture among New York State, New York City, and the Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey.  Prior to his tenure with Queens West, Mr. Federbush was
Director of Industry Development for the Strategic Business Division of Empire
State Development and he was appointed to the New York State Financial
Services Modernization Task Force.

    Mr. Federbush is a member of the Building Congress of New York and a fellow
of the Institute for Urban Design. He was formerly a member of the Young
President's Organization and also served on the Board of Trustees and Audit
Committees of French-Polyclinic and Beekman Downtown Hospital. Mr. Federbush is
a graduate of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Federbush, age 62, has no business relationships with the Company.

    The appointment of Mr. Federbush expands the Company's Board of Directors
to seven members.  The Company's Board Committees are composed as follows:
Audit Committee members are Messrs. John Fulvio (Chair), Gary S. Gladstein,
and Terry Hermanson.  Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee members
are Messrs. Gladstein (Chair), Federbush, and Fulvio.  Compensation Committee
members are Messrs. Hermanson (Chair), Federbush, and Fulvio.

    Mueller Industries, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of copper tube and
fittings; brass and copper alloy rod, bar and shapes; aluminum and brass
forgings; aluminum and copper impact extrusions; plastic fittings and valves;
refrigeration valves and fittings; and fabricated tubular products. Mueller's
operations are located throughout the United States and in Canada, Mexico, and
Great Britain.

    Statements in this release that are not strictly historical may be
"forward-looking" statements, which involve risks and uncertainties. These
include economic and currency conditions, continued availability of raw
materials, market demand, pricing, competitive and technological factors, and
the availability of financing, among others, as set forth in the company's SEC
filings.

SOURCE  Mueller Industries, Inc.
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    /CONTACT:  Kent A. McKee of Mueller Industries, Inc., +1-901-753-3208/
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