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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 21, 2010, the Board of Directors of Quanex Building Products Corporation (the “Company”), acting upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, elected LeRoy D. Nosbaum, age 63, to the Board of Directors of the Company, effective May 1, 2010. Mr. Nosbaum retired in 2009 as the chief executive officer of Itron, Inc., a $1.9 billion Nasdaq-traded manufacturer of electronic instruments and wireless software designed for electric, gas, and water utilities. Mr. Nosbaum joined Itron in 1996 and was promoted to the role of chief executive officer in 2000. Mr. Nosbaum graduated from Valparaiso University with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Nosbaum will serve on the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Nosbaum and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Nosbaum was selected as a director. Since November 1, 2008, Mr. Nosbaum has had no direct or indirect interest in any transaction or series of similar transactions contemplated by the language of Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

The foregoing is qualified by reference to the Press Release announcing Mr. Nosbaum’s election as director, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Not applicable

Not applicable

Exhibit 99.1. Press release dated April 27, 2010.

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SIGNATURE

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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Exhibit 99.1

News Release

Quanex Building Products Corporation
Elected LeRoy D. Nosbaum to its Board of Directors

Houston, Texas, April 27, 2010 – Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE:NX) today announced that it elected LeRoy D. Nosbaum to serve on its Board of Directors, effective May 1, 2010.

Mr. Nosbaum, 63, retired in 2009 as chief executive officer of Itron, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITRI), a Washington-based $1.9 billion sales, 8,700-employee electronic instrument and wireless software manufacturer servicing electric, gas and water utilities. Prior to that, Mr. Nosbaum spent seven years with California-based Metricom, Inc. and 20 years with Texas-based Schlumberger Limited.

“Quanex Building Products will benefit from Mr. Nosbaum’s successful background in strategic business development as well as from his diverse operating disciplines in the manufacturing environment. We look forward to his contributions to our company and shareholders,” said David Petratis, chairman and chief executive officer of Quanex Building Products.

“Mr. Nosbaum comes to us with extensive board experience, both as the past chairman of Itron and from his ongoing experience as a board member of Esterline Technologies Corp. (NYSE:ESL), where he currently serves on both its Nominating and Corporate Governance and its Strategy and Technology Committees,” commented Quanex Building Products’ Lead Director Joseph Rupp. “The combination of his tenured board experience and successful track record of profitably growing companies will make Mr. Nosbaum a valuable addition to the company’s board of directors.”

Mr. Nosbaum graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Valparaiso University in Indiana.

Corporate Profile
Quanex Building Products Corporation is an industry-leading manufacturer of value-added, engineered materials and components serving the building products markets. It is an ROIC-driven company that grows shareholder returns through a combination of organic growth via new products and programs and strategic acquisitions.

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