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American Axle & Manufacturing Announces Executive Appointments

19 December 2000

American Axle & Manufacturing Announces Executive Appointments

    DETROIT, Dec. 19 American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings,
Inc. (AAM), which is traded as AXL on the NYSE, today announced the following
executive appointments:

    Robert F. Fair has been appointed director, Labor Relations.  Fair joined
AAM in September 1997 and most recently served as president & COO of MSP
Industries, a subsidiary of AAM.
    Inacio N. Moriguchi has been appointed director, Manufacturing Engineering
- Forging.  Before joining AAM in October 2000, Moriguchi was general manager
of Kaiser Aluminum Forge Operations.
    Patrick J. Paige has been appointed president & CEO of AAM's UK-based
subsidiary, Albion Automotive, and managing director, AAM Europe.  Paige
joined AAM in August 1994 as corporate counsel, and most recently was
director, Labor Relations for AAM.
    Brian P. Prucher has been appointed director, Manufacturing Engineering &
Forging.  Most recently Prucher was director, Engineering, Forge Division.
    Alan L. Shaffer has been appointed vice president, Manufacturing Services.
Shaffer joined AAM in October 2000 from Eventory, Inc., where he served as
executive vice president.
    David Sibley has been appointed director, Corporate Facilities
Engineering.  Sibley joined AAM in March 1994, and most recently was manager,
Product Program Facilities.
    Dr. Glen C. Steyer has been appointed director, NVH & Product Development.
Dr. Steyer joined AAM in September 2000.  Steyer was manager of the Computer
Aided Test program for General Motors.  As a consultant to the automotive
industry for over 20 years, he developed advanced methods for simulation and
correlation of driveline noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) issues, and
applied these methods to vehicle and driveline NVH development.
    Michael D. Straney has been appointed president & COO of MSP Industries.
Straney joined AAM in March 1994 as director, Capacity Planning, Modernization
& Investment.  His most recent assignment was president & CEO, Albion
Automotive.

    "It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of these
executives to their new positions," said AAM Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO and
President Richard E. Dauch.  "They represent the leadership qualities,
technical expertise and global experience that will inspire all of our
associates as we continue our goal of being the world leader in driveline
systems, chassis systems and forged products in the global marketplace."
    AAM is a world leader in the manufacture, engineering, validation and
design of driveline systems, chassis systems and forged products for trucks,
buses, sport utility vehicles and passenger cars.  In addition to its 14
locations in the United States (in Michigan, New York and Ohio), AAM also has
offices and facilities in Brazil, England, Germany, Japan, Mexico and
Scotland.

    For more information ...
    Media relations contact              Investor relations contact
    Carrie L.P. Gray                     Robert A. Krause
    Director, Corporate Relations        Vice President & Treasurer
    313-974-2598                         313-974-3074
    grayc@aam.com                        krauser@aam.com

    Or visit the AAM website at http://www.aam.com