Exhibit 99.1


                NN, INC. TO HOLD THIRD QUARTER CONFERENCE CALL
                               ON NOVEMBER 7, 2000

Johnson  City,  Tenn.-  November  2,  2000 - NN,  Inc.  (Nasdaq:  NNBR)  today
announced that it will release  third-quarter  2000 financial  results for the
period ended September 30, on November 7, 2000.

Management will hold a conference call at 11 a.m. EST that day to review the
company's results. The call can be accessed via the Internet live or as a replay
at www.streetevents.com. For those who are unavailable to listen to the live
broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call for 90 days.

NN, Inc. is an independent manufacturer and supplier of high quality, precision
steel balls and rollers to both domestic and international anti-friction bearing
manufacturers and had sales of US $85.3 million in 1999.

          For More Information on NN Inc., at no cost via facsimile, please call
     1-800-PRO-INFO, and enter Code #094 , or Stock Ticker Symbol - NNBR

With the exception of the historical information contained in the release, the
matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward looking statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from such
forward looking statements. Such factors include, among others, general economic
conditions and economic conditions in the industrial sector, competitive
influences, risks that current customers will commence or increase captive
production, risks of capacity underutilization, quality issues, availability of
raw materials, currency and other risks associated with international trade, the
Company's dependence on certain major customers, and other risk factors and
cautionary statements listed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited
to, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2000
and the Company's Annual Report on 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1999.

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