PRESS RELEASE : February 17, 2005
DUCOMMUN INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES ITS FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR END CONFERENCE CALL

LOS ANGELES, California (February 17, 2005) - Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE: DCO) will release its fourth quarter and year end 2004 results the morning of Monday, February 28, 2005. A teleconference with the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph C. Berenato, will be held on that same day at 7:30 AM PT (10:30 AM ET). To participate in the teleconference, please call 800-299-0433 (international 617-801-9712) approximately ten minutes prior to the conference time stated above. The participant passcode is 56297894. Mr. Berenato will be speaking on behalf of the company and anticipates the meeting and Q&A period to last approximately 40 minutes.

This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at Ducommun's web site at www.ducommun.com. Conference call replay will be available from the Company's web site at www.ducommun.com.

The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.fulldisclosure.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

Founded in 1849, Ducommun Incorporated manufactures components and assemblies for the aerospace industry.

The call is being webcast live by CCBN and can be accessed at




CONTACTS:
Joseph C. Berenato
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(310) 513-7209