American Axle & Manufacturing Announces Executive Appointments

    DETROIT, July 2 American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings,
Inc. (AAM), which is traded as AXL on the NYSE, today announced the following
executive appointments.
    David J. Demos has been appointed president and chief operating officer at
AAM's wholly-owned subsidiary, Colfor Manufacturing, Inc., based in Malvern,
Ohio.  Prior to his current appointment, Demos served as AAM's vice president,
Strategic Planning & Business Development.  Demos joined AAM on March 1, 1994
as director of Sales & Marketing and has served as the company's vice
president Sales & Marketing as well as vice president of Procurement.
    Demos began his career as a college-graduate-in-training with General
Motors Corporation in 1973.  Throughout his 21 years at GM, he served as a
materials engineer, process engineer, plant metallurgist and manager of
Quality Assurance.  He also served as manager of sales, marketing and planning
for GM Steering Systems.
    He was GM's director of the ACG Europe Chassis Technical Center, in
France, where he was responsible for its construction, organization and
staffing.  Demos was also chief engineer, as well as sales, marketing and
planning director of the European business unit of Saginaw Division.  Upon
returning to the United States in 1992, Demos became chief engineer of GM
Final Drive Systems.
    "David has demonstrated a keen understanding of the total manufacturing
process from engineering and metallurgy to sales, marketing, procurement and
strategic planning," said AAM Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO Richard E. Dauch.
"His expertise will be invaluable in setting the future course of our Colfor
subsidiary."
    Charles B. Comeau has been appointed director, Cost Estimating &
Industrial Engineering.  Prior to his current assignment, Comeau was director,
Program Management.
    Brian W. McKenna has been named director, Program Management.  Most
recently, McKenna served as director, Sales.
    Michael J. Pannucci has been appointed director, Advanced Quality
Planning.  Prior to his current assignment, Pannucci served as director,
Advanced Programs & Cost Estimating.
    AAM is a world leader in the manufacture, engineering, validation and
design of driveline systems, chassis systems and forged products for trucks,
buses, sport utility vehicles and passenger cars.  In addition to its 14
locations in the United States (in Michigan, New York and Ohio), AAM also has
offices and facilities in Brazil, England, Germany, Japan, Mexico and
Scotland.
    Certain statements contained in this press release which are not
historical facts contain forward-looking information with respect to the
Company's plans, projections or future performance, the occurrence of which
involves risk and uncertainties that could cause the company's actual results
or plans to differ materially from those expected by the company which include
risk factors described in the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

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    Robert A. Krause               Carrie L.P. Gray
    Vice President & Treasurer     Director, Marketing & Corporate Relations
    313-974-3074                   313-974-2598
    krauser@aam.com                grayc@aam.com

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