764401--11/9/2009--INSTEEL_INDUSTRIES

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Demand for our products is highly variable and difficult to forecast due to our minimal backlog and the unanticipated changes that can occur in customer order patterns or inventory levels. Our customers may be adversely affected by the continued negative macroeconomic conditions and tightening in the credit markets. Although the additional federal infrastructure-related funding provided for under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ( ARRA ) is expected to have a favorable impact on demand for our products, the timing and magnitude of the impact are uncertain. Our financial results can be negatively impacted by the volatility in the cost and availability of our primary raw material, hot-rolled carbon steel wire rod. Foreign competition could adversely impact our financial results. Our manufacturing facilities are subject to unexpected equipment failures, operational interruptions and casualty losses. Our financial results could be adversely impacted by the continued escalation in certain of our operating costs. Our capital resources may not be adequate to provide for our capital investment and maintenance expenditures if we were to

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