Order Book Update

Tanfield Group PLC 21 April 2004 TANFIELD GROUP PLC ORDER BOOK UPDATE Tanfield Group plc, the AIM listed technical and assembly solutions business, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a single source agreement with a new customer operating within the health sector and has received its first order under this agreement. The order is in respect of goods for the National Health Service with a minimum value of £0.9 million in the first year. Deliveries will commence in June 2004. This latest order is further evidence, the Directors believe, of the success of Tanfield's strategy of offering turnkey assembled and technical solutions. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange