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Fiance, Inc., Names Schumacher Vice President

3 July 1998

Defiance, Inc., Names Schumacher Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development

    CLEVELAND, July 2 -- Defiance, Inc. has named
Cliff Schumacher vice president of marketing and corporate development, a new
position at the company.  He will be based in the Detroit area.
    Schumacher comes to Defiance from ACMI, Inc., a manufacturer of aluminum
automotive components.  ACMI, based in Southfield, Michigan, is a joint
venture of CMI and Alcoa with annual sales of $40 million.  At ACMI,
Schumacher was responsible both for sales to General Motors and for marketing
and business development.
    Prior to joining ACMI in 1995, Schumacher worked for Alcan Aluminum for
seven years, including two years as business development manager for Alcan
Extrusions and three years as business manager for Alcan Automotive Castings.
Earlier in his career he was with E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Himont
Plastics and Ford Motor Company.
    "We are pleased to add Cliff to our team.  With his long experience in
marketing and business development, we are confident that he will help us in
our strategic approach to our operating businesses," said Jerry A. Cooper,
president and chief executive officer of Defiance, Inc.  "He will be
responsible for identifying and analyzing business development opportunities,
including everything from acquisitions and joint ventures to new markets and
new products."
    Schumacher holds a B.S. in civil engineering and an M.S. in Ceramic
Engineering from Penn State University and an M.B.A. from the University of
Michigan.  His professional affiliations include the Society of Plastic
Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Ceramic Society.
    Defiance is recognized as a world-class supplier of tooling systems,
testing services and specialty anti-friction bearings and precision-machined
products to the U.S. transportation industry, with headquarters in Cleveland,
Ohio.