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[BANKAMERICA LETTERHEAD]

                                                                EXHIBIT 10.1(b)

May 1, 1997




LDM Technologies, Inc.
2500 Executive Hills Drive
Auburn Hills, MI 43216


Attention:  Richard Nash
            Chief Executive Officer


                Re:     $45,000,000 Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of 
                        January 22, 1997, among LDM Technologies, Inc. (the 
                        "Borrower"), the financial institutions from time to
                        time party thereto (the "Lenders"), and BankAmerica 
                        Business Credit, Inc., as Agent (the "Agent") (as 
                        amended through the date hereof, the "Loan and Security 
                        Agreement")

Gentlemen:

                Reference is hereby made to the provisions contained in Section 
9.13(d)(iv) of the Loan and Security Agreement (the "Intercompany Loan Clause").
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning 
provided such term in the Loan and Security Agreement.

                The undersigned Majority Banks hereby agree that, subject to the
limitations contained in clause (A) and (B) of the Intercompany Loan Clause, 
the Borrower shall be permitted to make loans to LDM Canada pursuant to the 
Intercompany Loan Clause without giving effect to the EBITDA limitation 
contained in the proviso thereto.

                This Letter Agreement shall become effective as of the date 
hereof upon the execution and delivery hereof by the Borrower and the Majority 
Lenders.

                The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Letter 
Agreement shall not operate as a  waiver of any right, power or remedy of the 
Agent or any Lender under the Loan and Security Agreement or any other Loan 
Document, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Loan Security 
Agreement or any other Loan Document, except as specifically set forth herein.

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        THIS LETTER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS) OF THE 
STATE OF ILLINOIS.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Letter Agreement as 
of the date and year first above written.



                                          BANKAMERICA BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.
                                          Individually as a Lender and as Agent




                                          By: [SIG]
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Title: Vice President






AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

LDM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By: [SIG]
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   Title: Director of Finance