SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of January 18, 2007, is entered into by and among MISCOR GROUP, LTD., an Indiana corporation (the “ Company ”), and the investors identified on the signature page hereto (each a “ Buyer ” and collectively, the “ Buyers ”).

A.   The Company and the Buyers are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemptions from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act and Rule 506;

B.   The Buyers desire to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, 62,500,000 shares of common stock, no par value per share of the Company; and

C.   Contemporaneous with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A , pursuant to which the Company has agreed under certain circumstances to register the resale of the Shares under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

NOW THEREFORE, the Company and the Buyers hereby agree as follows:

“ 1933 Act ”   means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“ 1934 Act ”   means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“ 2006 SEC Documents ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4 .

“ Action ”   means any action, suit claim, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation against or affecting the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign), public board, stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.

“ Agreement ”   means this Securities Purchase Agreement.

“ Buyer ” and “ Buyers ” have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“ Closing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

“ Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

“ Common Stock ”   means the Company’s common stock, no par value per share.

“ Company ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“ Environmental Laws ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11 .

“ ERISA ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.21 .

“ Future Offering ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8 .

“ Hazardous Materials ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11 .

“ Intellectual Property ”   has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8 .

“ Investment Company ”   has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13 .

“ Laurus ” means Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.

“ Laurus Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2 .

“ Legal Requirement ” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational or other law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree, ordinance, policy or directive, including those entered, issued, made, rendered or required by any court, administrative or other governmental body, agency or authority, or any arbitrator.

“ Material Adverse Effect ” means any material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company.

“ Observation Rights ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7 .

“ Observer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7 .

“ Offering Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8 .

“ Permits ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10 .

“ Purchase Price ”   means a price of $0.20 per share for the Shares to be issued and sold to the Buyers at the Closing.

“ Registration Rights Agreement ”   means the Registration Rights Agreement   executed and delivered contemporaneously with this Agreement   pursuant to which the Company has agreed under certain circumstances to register the resale of the Shares under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

“ Rule 506 ” means Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act.

“ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“ SEC Documents ”   has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5 .

“ Shares ” means the 62,500,000 shares of Common Stock being issued and sold under this Agreement.

“ Subsidiaries ” means with respect to the Company, Magnetech Industrial Services, Inc., an Indiana corporation, Martell Electric, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, HK Engine Components, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, Magnetech Industrial Services of Alabama, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, and Magnetech Power Services, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company.

“ Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and any other documents contemplated by this Agreement.

“ Transfer Instructions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 .

2.1   Purchase of Shares . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, the Company shall issue and sell the Shares and each Buyer shall purchase from the Company the number of Shares as is set forth below such Buyer’s name on the signature page hereto.

2.2   Purchase Price and Form of Payment; Delivery . On the Closing Date each Buyer shall pay $0.20 per share for the Shares to be issued and sold to it at the Closing, for a total price of $12,500,000. The Purchase Price shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written instructions. At the Closing, upon payment of the Purchase Price therefore by the Buyers, the Company will deliver irrevocable written instructions (“ Transfer Instructions ”) to the transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock to issue certificates representing the Shares registered in the name of each Buyer and to deliver such certificates to or at the direction of each Buyer. The Company shall not have the power to revoke or amend the Transfer Instructions without the written consent of the Buyers.

2.3   Closing Date . Subject to the satisfaction (or written waiver) of the conditions set forth in Article 6 and Article 7 below, the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be held on January 18, 2007, or such other time as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties to this Agreement (the “ Closing Date ”), at the offices of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg LLP, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 2700, Chicago, Illinois 60606   or at such other location or by such other method (including exchange of signed documents) as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties to this Agreement (“ Closing ”).

Each Buyer represents and warrants to the Company that:

3.1   Organization and Qualification . Each of the Buyers is an entity of the type identified on the signature page hereto, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with full power and authority to purchase the Shares and otherwise perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

3.2   Authorization; Enforcement . This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by, and duly executed and delivered on behalf of, such Buyer. This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents constitutes the valid and binding agreement of such Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by: (i) applicable

bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws in effect that limit creditors’ rights generally; (ii) equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies; and (iii) principles of equity.

3.3   Securities Matters . In connection with the Company’s compliance with applicable securities laws:

a.   Such Buyer understands that the Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemption and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Shares.

b.   Such Buyer is purchasing the Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, for investment purposes and not with a present view towards resale, except pursuant to sales exempted from registration under the 1933 Act, or registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement.

c.   Such Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act, and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares. Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Shares involves a significant degree of risk. Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Shares.

d.   Such Buyer is not acting as an underwriter for the sale of the Shares to the public or to others. Such Buyer is not a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) and for a period of 12 months prior to the date of this Agreement, has not been affiliated or associated with any company, firm, or other entity that is a member of the NASD.

e.   Such Buyer is not executing this Agreement and purchasing the Shares as a result of (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.

3.4   Information . Such Buyer has conducted its own due diligence examination of the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. In connection with such investigation, such Buyer and its representatives (i) have reviewed the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the three most recently concluded interim periods, the Company’s Registration Statements on Form S-1 and Form S-1/A filed on November 1, 2005, May 4, 2006, October 11, 2006 and November 2, 2006 and the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K or Form 8-K/A filed in 2006 (and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the the “ 2006 SEC Documents ”), and (ii) have been given an opportunity to ask questions, to the extent such Buyer considered necessary, and have received answers from, officers of the Company concerning the business, finances and operations of the Company and information relating to the offer and sale of the Shares, and (iii) have received or had an opportunity to obtain such additional information as they deem necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the purchase of the Shares.

3.5   Restrictions on Transfer . Such Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the issuance of the Shares has not been and is not being registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws. Such Buyer may be required to hold the Shares indefinitely and the Shares may not be transferred unless (i) the Shares are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, or (ii) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel to the effect that the Shares to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, which opinion shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. Such Buyer understands that until such time as the resale of the Shares has been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise may be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration, certificates evidencing the Shares may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the certificates evidencing such Shares): 

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE FEDERAL SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAW OF ANY STATE. THE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE UNLESS THEY HAVE FIRST BEEN SO REGISTERED OR UNLESS THE COMPANY RECEIVES A WRITTEN OPINION FROM LEGAL COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. ”

Except as set forth in the Company’s Disclosure Schedule attached hereto, and subject to any information contained in the 2006 SEC Documents, the Company represents and warrants to the Buyers that:

4.1   Organization and Qualification . The Company has no subsidiaries other than the Subsidiaries. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, with corporate or limited liability company power and authority to own, lease, use and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now operated and conducted. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability company to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any provision of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, partnership agreement, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, as the same may have been amended. 

4.2   Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue the Shares, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of the Shares) have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors, or its shareholders is required. This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company. This Agreement and each of the

other Transaction Documents will constitute upon execution and delivery by the Company, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by: (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws in effect that limit creditors’ rights generally; (ii) equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies; (iii) principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in law or in equity); and (iv) to the extent rights to indemnification and contribution may be limited by federal securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws.

4.3   Capitalization; Valid Issuance of Shares . As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 300,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 117,285,272 shares are issued and outstanding, and no shares are held by the Company as treasury shares, and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which no shares are issued and outstanding. All of such outstanding shares of Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Shares have been duly authorized and when issued pursuant to the terms hereof will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will not be subject to any encumbrances, preemptive rights or any other similar contractual rights of the shareholders of the Company or any other person. No shares of capital stock of the Company are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights of the shareholders of the Company or any liens or encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the Company. As of the date hereof, the Company had outstanding warrants to purchase 13,761,269 shares of Common Stock, options to purchase 1,185,000   shares of Common Stock issued under its 2005 Stock Option Plan, as well as 300,000 shares of restricted Common Stock issued under its 2005 Restricted Stock Plan. As of the date of this Agreement, except to the extent described in the preceding sentence and Schedule 4.3 attached hereto, (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock, (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of its or their securities under the 1933 Act (except the Registration Rights Agreement) and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of the Shares. Except as may be described in any documents which have been publicly filed by any of the Company's shareholders, to the Company’s knowledge, there are no agreements between the Company’s shareholders with respect to the voting or transfer of the Company’s capital stock or with respect to any other aspect of the Company’s affairs. 

4.4   No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of Shares) will not (i) conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company or the Amended and Restated Code of By-Laws, as amended, of the Company, (ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both could become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement, indenture, patent, patent license or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any Legal Requirement (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory organizations to which the Company or its securities are subject) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected (except for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its

Certificate or Articles of Incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time would result in a default) under, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action that would give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except for possible defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except with respect to any filings or notices related to the issuance of the Shares to be filed with the OTC Bulletin Board, if any, and as required under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency, regulatory agency, self regulatory organization or stock market or any third party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations that the Company is required to effect or obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof. 

4.5   SEC Documents; Financial Statements . 

a.   Since December 31, 2004, the Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the “ SEC Documents ”), or has timely filed for a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Documents prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

b.   As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes, year end adjustments or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to September 30, 2006, and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of business and not required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected in such financial statements, which, individually or taken in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

c.   The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the 1934 Act). Such disclosure controls and procedures:

(A) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s chief executive officer and its chief financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the Company’s reports and filings under the 1934 Act are being prepared, (B) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of the most recent annual period reported to the SEC, and (C) are effective to perform the functions for which they were established. Neither the auditors of the Company nor the Board of Directors of the Company has been advised of: (x) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of the internal controls over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the 1934 Act) of the Company that have materially affected the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; or (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Company

4.6   Absence of Certain Changes . Except that on May 31, 2006, Magnetech Industrial Services of Alabama, LLC, acquired substantially all of the assets of E. T. Smith Services of Alabama, Inc., and except with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and by each of the other Transaction Documents, since December 31, 2005, (i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has conducted its business only in the ordinary course, consistent with past practice, and since that date, no changes have occurred which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected on the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the SEC.

4.7   Absence of Litigation . Except as set forth in Schedule 4.7 , there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director or officer thereof (in his or her capacity as such), is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending any investigation by the SEC involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company (in his or her capacity as such). The SEC has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company under the 1934 Act or the 1933 Act.

4.8   Patents, Copyrights . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses the requisite licenses or rights to use all patents, patent applications, patent rights, inventions, know-how, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade names and copyrights (“ Intellectual Property ”) necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, to the Company’s knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); there is no claim or Action by any person pertaining to, or proceeding pending, or to the Company’s knowledge threatened, which challenges the right of the Company or of a Subsidiary with respect to any Intellectual Property necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated