PRESS RELEASE : April 18, 2005
DUCOMMUN INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST QUARTER 2005 CONFERENCE CALL

LOS ANGELES, California (April 18, 2005) -- Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE: DCO) will release its first quarter results the morning of Monday, May 2, 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 800-329-9097 (international 617-614-4929) approximately ten minutes prior to the conference time stated above. The participant passcode is 46323762. Mr. Berenato will be speaking on behalf of the company and anticipates the meeting and Q&A period to last approximately 40 minutes.

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