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                                                                   EXHIBIT 12.1

                             LDM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
          PRO FORMA COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
                      (THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, EXCEPT RATIOS)


   



                                                Year ended September 29, 1996                                                     
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                                                      Pro Forma (a)       
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Earnings available for fixed charges:                         
  Income (loss) from continuing                               
  operations before income taxes, minority                    
  interest and extraordinary item                        $3,492        
                                                              
  Interest, including amortization                            
  of debt issuance costs                                  5,676        
                                                              
                                                              
  Less, interest capitalized during the year               (780)       
                                                              
  Amortization of capitalized interest                       16        
                                                              
  Portion of operating lease rentals deemed to                
  be interest                                               600        
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     Total earnings available for fixed charges          $9,004        
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Fixed charges:                                                
                                                              
  Interest, including amortization of                         
  debt issuance costs                                    $5,676        
                                                              
  Portion of operating lease rentals deemed to                
  be interest                                               600        
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     Total fixed charges                                 $6,276        
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                          1.4       


    

(a)  Gives effect only to the change in interest expense to the extent of the
     repayment of previously existing debt from proceeds of the Initial
     Offering.