INTERMET Wins Toyota Quality Awards.

TROY, Mich., April 26 /PRNewswire/ --

INTERMET Corporation (Nasdaq: INMT), one of the world's leading independent manufacturers of cast-metal automotive components, announced today that it has received two awards of special distinction from Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc., in recognition of quality and improvement performance during 1999. INTERMET's Archer Creek Foundry in Lynchburg, Virginia, earned the Excellent Award for part quality and a Certificate of Achievement for Value Improvement Performance from Toyota. It is the second year in a row INTERMET has received the Excellent Award for quality.

The Archer Creek Foundry produces ductile-iron rear axle castings for Toyota's plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. Approximately 500,000 parts were shipped to Toyota in 1999 with no rejections, resulting in a PPM (parts per million) rejection rate of zero.

Commenting on the awards, Michael J. Ryan, INTERMET's executive vice president of operations, said: "We are very pleased to have received this honor from Toyota. It not only recognizes our 1999 performance, it also shows INTERMET's commitment to consistently deliver quality products to Toyota in the future."

With headquarters in Troy, Michigan, INTERMET Corporation is a full- service supplier of powertrain, chassis/suspension and structural components to the worldwide automotive industry. INTERMET also manufactures cranes and specialty service vehicles. The company has more than 8,000 employees at facilities located in North America and Europe. More information about the company is available on the Internet at www.intermet.com