American Axle & Manufacturing Announces Executive Appointments

DETROIT, Jan. 19, 2005 -- American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM), today announced the following executive appointments:

David C. Dauch has been named executive vice president, Commercial and Strategic Development. Previously he served as senior vice president, Commercial.

Richard F. (Rick) Dauch has been appointed president, Metal Formed Products Division. Previously Dauch served as vice president, Metal Formed Products Division.

Alberto L. Satine has been named vice president, Procurement. In his previous position, Satine served as executive director, Global Procurement - Direct Materials.

Abdallah F. Shanti has been appointed vice president Information Technology, Electronic Product Integration & Chief Information Officer (CIO). Shanti served as vice president, Global Procurement, Information Technology & CIO in his previous position.

James C. Peters has been named director, Direct Materials. Previously he served as Global Commodity Manager.

"We are extremely pleased to announce the appointments of these executives to their new positions," said AAM Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO Richard E. Dauch. "Their demonstrated leadership in the commercial, technology, operations and purchasing areas of our business will strengthen AAM as we continue to profitably grow our global presence."

AAM is a world leader in the manufacture, engineering, design and validation of driveline systems and related components and modules, chassis systems and metal-formed products for light trucks, sport utility vehicles and passenger cars. In addition to its locations in the United States (in Michigan, New York and Ohio), AAM also has offices or facilities in Brazil, China, England, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Scotland and South Korea.

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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  Carrie L.P. Gray                        Christopher M. Son
  Director, Corporate Relations           Director, Investor Relations
  (313) 758-4880                          (313) 758-4814
  grayc@aam.com                           chris.son@aam.com
   
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