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SUBSIDIARIES OF CITATION CORPORATION                     STATE OF ORGANIZATION

Citation Automotive Sales Corp.                                 Michigan 
Mansfield Foundry Corporation                                   Ohio     
Iroquois Foundry Corporation                                    Wisconsin
Oberdorfer Industries Corp.                                     New York 
Berlin Foundry Corporation                                      Wisconsin
Castwell Products, Inc.                                         Illinois 
HTC Acquisition Corporation d/b/a HI-TECH Corporation           Indiana  
BAC Acquisition Corporation d/b/a Bohn Aluminum Corporation     Indiana  
Southern Aluminum Castings Company                              Alabama   
Citation Castings, Inc.                                         Alabama   
Texas Steel Corporation                                         Texas     
TSC Texas Corporation                                           Delaware  
Texas Foundries, Ltd.                                           Texas     
Mabry Foundry Company, Ltd.                                     Texas     
Interstate Forging Industries, Inc.                             Wisconsin 
ISW Texas Corporation (subsidiary of Interstate Forging                   
 Industries, Inc.)                                              Delaware  
Interstate Southwest, Ltd.                                      Texas     


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