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                                                                    Exhibit 24.1
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned
directors and officers of Shiloh Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
hereby constitutes and appoints John F. Falcon, Craig A. Stacy and Thomas C.
Daniels, and each of them, as the true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact,
with full power of substitution and revocation, for each of the undersigned and
in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to sign on behalf of
each of the undersigned an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
October 31, 1999 pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and to sign any and all amendments to such Annual Report, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
including, without limitation, a Form 12b-25, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting to said attorney or attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of
them or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

                  This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original with respect to the
person executing it.

                  Executed as of this 17th day of January 2000.

/s/ Dominick C. Fanello                    /s/ James C. Fanello
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Dominick C. Fanello                        James C. Fanello
Vice Chairman of the Board and             Director
Director


/s/ David J. Hessler                       /s/ Curtis E. Moll
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David J. Hessler                           Curtis E. Moll
Director                                   Chairman of the Board and Director


/s/ James A. Karman                        /s/ Theodore K. Zampetis
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James A. Karman                            Theodore K. Zampetis
Director                                   Director


/s/ Ronald C. Hauser                       /s/ Richard S. Gray
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Ronald C. Hauser                           Richard S. Gray
Director                                   Director


/s/ John F. Falcon                         /s/ Craig A. Stacy
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John F. Falcon                             Craig A. Stacy
President, Chief Executive                 Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Executive               Officer (Principal Financial
Officer) and Director                      and Accounting Officer)