Exhibit 99.1


                       Dayton Superior Announces Partial
                            Over-Allotment Exercise



    DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2007--Dayton Superior
Corporation (NASDAQ:DSUP) announced today that the underwriters of its
initial public offering have exercised 250,000 shares of the 1,177,500
shares available under the over-allotment option Dayton granted them
in connection with the offering. The exercise of the over-allotment
option will generate proceeds, after underwriting discounts and
commissions, of approximately $2.8 million. Delivery of the proceeds
is scheduled for Tuesday, January 23, 2007. Dayton intends to use
these proceeds to repay outstanding borrowings, as is more fully
described in the prospectus referred to below. The exercise of the
over-allotment option brings the aggregate proceeds, after
underwriting discounts and commissions, of Dayton's December 2006
initial public offering up to approximately $90.4 million.

    This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy the offered shares, and none of these
shares may be sold in any state in which such an offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification
under the securities laws of any such state. The offering may be made
only by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Syndicate Department, phone number
1-800-792-2473.

    This press release contains certain forward-statements (as such
term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995). These statements that are not statements of historical fact and
may include a number of risks and uncertainties with respect to our
financial condition, results of operations and business.
Forward-looking statements include statements that may relate to our
plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, future revenues
or performance, capital expenditures, financing needs and other
information that is not historical information and can be identified
by the use of terminology such as "subject to", "believes",
"anticipates," "plans," "expects," "intends," "estimates," "projects,"
"may," "should," "can," the negatives thereof, variations thereon and
similar expressions, or by discussions of strategy.



    CONTACT: Dayton Superior Corporation
             Edward J. Puisis, 937-428-7172
             Executive Vice President & CFO
             Fax: 937-428-9115