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Lake Named General Manager Of Intermet Virginia Foundry

12 January 1998

Lake Named General Manager Of Intermet Virginia Foundry

    TROY, Mich., Jan. 12 -- Intermet Corporation
announced today that Steve Lake has been named general manager of Intermet's
Radford Shell iron foundry in Radford, Virginia.  He reports to vice president
of foundry operations Jim Peterson.
    Lake joined Intermet's Wagner Castings operation in 1981 and has held
engineering and manufacturing positions at Wagner's Decatur and Havana
foundries in Illinois.  He was manager of manufacturing services at the
Decatur foundry before serving most recently on temporary assignment as
general manager of Intermet's Alexander City Casting aluminum foundry in
Alabama.
    He received his B.S. degree in manufacturing from Bradley University in
1982.
    Troy-based Intermet Corporation and its subsidiaries design and
manufacture precision iron and aluminum castings for automotive and industrial
equipment manufacturers worldwide, produce precision machined components,
cranes and specialty service vehicles, and provide custom coating
applications.  Intermet has more than 6,400 employees at twenty-three
operating locations in North America and Europe.

SOURCE  Intermet Corporation