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American Axle & Manufacturing Announces Executive Changes

22 December 1998

American Axle & Manufacturing Announces Executive Changes

    DETROIT, Dec. 21 -- In support of its strategy to become the
premier, tier-one global automotive supplier, American Axle & Manufacturing,
Inc. (AAM) made the following executive changes, effective Dec. 1.

    *  Thomas 0. Delanoy, formerly plant manager, Detroit Forge Plant, is
       appointed director, Manufacturing Business Integration.
    *  Ronald J. Allman, formerly plant manager, Tonawanda Forge Plant, is
       appointed plant manager, Detroit Forge Plant.
    *  Thomas J. Szymanski, formerly manufacturing manager, Tonawanda Forge
       Plant, is appointed plant manager, Tonawanda Forge Plant.
    *  Steven J. Proctor, formerly director, Sales, Worldwide Programs, is
       appointed director, Product Programs.
    *  Pierre LaFoille, formerly director, Mid-Size Vehicle Programs, is
       appointed director, Sales, Worldwide Programs.

    American Axle & Manufacturing, one of the world's leading automotive
suppliers, manufactures a wide variety of systems and components including
rear axles, independent front axles, independent rear-drive systems (IRDS),
TracRite(TM) differentials, propeller shafts, steering linkages, anti-roll
systems, steering & suspension components, and forged products.  The locations
of its manufacturing facilities include Buffalo, New York; Tonawanda,
New York; Three Rivers, Michigan; along with two facilities and corporate
headquarters in Detroit, Michigan.
    AAM also operates an Asia-Pacific Sales Office in Tokyo, Japan; a European
Sales Office located in Ulm, Germany; and a dedicated axle manufacturing
operation within the General Motors facility in St. Catharines, Ontario,
Canada.
    The company is constructing a manufacturing facility in Guanajuato,
Mexico.  AAM's wholly-owned Scotland-based subsidiary, Albion Automotive,
includes three facilities in the United Kingdom, and it produces front
steerable and rear axles, driving heads, crankshafts, chassis components and
transmission parts, primarily for medium-duty trucks and buses.