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                                                                Exhibit 99.2


                            COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC.

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                                  PRESS RELEASE

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                              CONTACT:

CompX International Inc.                            David A. Bowers
Three Lincoln Centre                                Chief Executive Officer
5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1700                        Tel.:  864.286.1122
Dallas, Texas   75240-2697


           COMPX ANNOUNCES THE COMPLETION OF THE SALE OF THOMAS REGOUT


     DALLAS,  TEXAS . . . January 25, 2005 . . . CompX International Inc. (NYSE:
CIX)  announced  today that on January  24,  2005 it  completed  the sale of its
Thomas  Regout  operations,  conducted  at its facility in the  Netherlands,  to
members  of  Thomas  Regout  management  for  approximately  $23  million.   The
transaction is not expected to have a significant  impact on CompX's  results of
operations  in 2005.  As  previously  announced,  CompX  recorded  a  charge  of
approximately  $14 million in the fourth  quarter of 2004 in order to write-down
its investment in Thomas Regout to the then estimated realizable value.

     CompX is a leading manufacturer of precision ball bearing slides,  security
products and ergonomic computer support systems.

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