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Intermet Names General Manager of Frisby Machining Operation

24 August 1998

Intermet Names George B. Freer General Manager of Frisby Machining Operation

    TROY, Mich., Aug. 24 -- Intermet Corporation
announced today that George B. Freer has been named general manager of Frisby
P.M.C. Inc., an Intermet precision machining company located in Elk Grove
Village, Illinois.
    Freer brings a wealth of operations experience to Intermet, having most
recently served as president and general manager of Sasib Packaging North
America, an Illinois-based company.  Prior to this, he was executive vice
president of Thiele Engineering Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
    Freer received a degree in physics from Syracuse University.  He also
served in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear weapons commissioned officer.
    With headquarters in Troy, Michigan, Intermet Corporation and its
subsidiaries design and manufacture precision iron and aluminum cast
components for automotive and industrial equipment manufacturers worldwide.
Intermet also produces precision machined components and manufactures cranes
and specialty service vehicles. The company has more than 5,700 employees at
sixteen operating locations in North America and Europe.  The company's
internet address is http://www.intermet.com.