Exhibit 4.7 - Sixth Amendment Agreement Dated June 5, 2001


                            SIXTH AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

         This Sixth Amendment Agreement (this "Amendment") is made as of June 5,
2001,  by  and  among  AMCAST  INDUSTRIAL   CORPORATION,   an  Ohio  corporation
("Borrower"),  the  banking  institutions  named  in  Schedule  1 to the  Credit
Agreement,  as hereinafter defined ("Banks"),  and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as agent for the Banks ("Agent"):

         WHEREAS,  Borrower, Agent and the Banks are parties to a certain Credit
Agreement  dated as of August 14, 1997, as amended and as the same may from time
to time be further  amended,  restated or otherwise  modified,  which  provides,
among  other  things,  for loans and letters of credit  aggregating  Two Hundred
Million Dollars  ($200,000,000),  all upon certain terms and conditions ("Credit
Agreement");

         WHEREAS,  Borrower,  Agent  and the Banks  desire  to amend the  Credit
Agreement to modify certain provisions thereof; and

         WHEREAS,  each  capitalized  term  used  herein  shall  be  defined  in
accordance with the Credit Agreement;

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  premises and of the mutual
covenants herein and for other valuable considerations,  Borrower, Agent and the
Banks agree as follows:

         1. No  Additional  Loans.  Borrower,  Agent and the Banks  hereby agree
that, on and after the date of this  Amendment and  notwithstanding  anything in
the Credit Agreement to the contrary,  Borrower shall not request any additional
Loans or  Letters  of Credit and the Banks  shall not be  obligated  to make any
further  Loans and Agent shall not be obligated to issue any further  Letters of
Credit;   provided,   however,   that,   on  and  after  the  date   hereof  and
notwithstanding  anything in the Credit Agreement to the contrary,  Borrower may
(a) reborrow any LIBOR Loan that is in Italian Lira at the end of each  Interest
Period  applicable  thereto (provided that Borrower shall not select an Interest
Period greater than one (1) month),  or (b) extend the expiry date of or replace
any existing  Letter of Credit,  so long as the Letter of Credit Exposure is not
increased.  Borrower  hereby confirms that as of the date hereof the outstanding
principal  balance of all loans and the Letter of Credit Exposure is One Hundred
Eleven Million Three Hundred  Seventy-Seven  Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-One and
68/100 Dollars ($111,377,961.68).

         2. Default  Rate.  Borrower,  Agent and the Banks hereby agree that, on
and after the date of this Amendment and notwithstanding  anything in the Credit
Agreement  to  the  contrary,  (a)  the  aggregate  principal  amount  of  Loans
outstanding  shall bear  interest at the Default  Rate,  and (b) the fee for the
aggregate undrawn face amount of issued and outstanding  Letters of Credit shall
be increased to two percent (2%) in excess of the then  applicable fee from time
to time in effect pursuant to Section 2.1B of the Credit Agreement.


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     3. Amendments to Definitions.  Article I of the Credit  Agreement is hereby
amended to delete the definitions of "Default Rate", "Loan Documents" and "Total
Commitment  Amount" therefrom in their  entirety and to insert in place thereof,
respectively, the following:
                  "Default  Rate"  shall  mean (a) with  respect  to Prime  Rate
           Loans,  a rate per annum equal to two  percent  (2%) in excess of the
           Adjusted Prime Rate from time to time in effect, and (b) with respect
           to LIBOR  Loans,  a rate per  annum  equal to three  percent  (3%) in
           excess  of the  Derived  LIBOR  Rate  from  time to  time in  effect.
           Anything in this  definition to the contrary  notwithstanding,  after
           the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.1 of this
           Agreement,  the Default Rate shall,  at the direction of the Majority
           Banks, be increased by an additional two hundred (200) basis points.

                  "Loan  Documents"  shall mean this Agreement,  each Note, each
           Guaranty  of  Payment,  each  Security  Document,  the  Subordination
           Agreement,  each Assumption Agreement,  all documentation relating to
           each Letter of Credit and any other documents  relating to any of the
           foregoing,  as any of the foregoing may from time to time be amended,
           restated or otherwise modified or replaced.

                  "Total Commitment Amount" shall mean the obligation  hereunder
           of the Banks,  during  the  Commitment  Period,  to make Loans and to
           participate  in the  issuance  of Letters of Credit up to the maximum
           aggregate  principal  amount  of One  Hundred  Eleven  Million  Three
           Hundred  Seventy-Seven  Thousand  Nine Hundred  Sixty-One  and 68/100
           Dollars   ($111,377,961.68)  (or  such  lesser  amount  as  shall  be
           determined   pursuant  to  Section  2.5  hereof).   For  purposes  of
           calculating the amount of Loans outstanding with respect to the Total
           Commitment  Amount,  the amount  utilized by each  Eurocurrency  Loan
           shall be the Dollar  Equivalent amount of each such Eurocurrency Loan
           as of the most recent Interest Adjustment Date.

     4. New Definitions.  Article I of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
add the following new definitions thereto:

                  "Assumption Agreement" shall mean the Assumption Agreement, in
           form and substance satisfactory to Agent, among Speedline,  Borrower,
           Agent and the  Banks,  as the same may from time to time be  amended,
           restated or otherwise modified.

                  "Capital  Distribution"  shall mean a payment made,  liability
           incurred or other consideration given for the purchase,  acquisition,
           redemption  or  retirement  of any  capital  stock  or  other  equity
           interest of any Company or as a dividend,  return of capital or other
           distribution  (other  than any stock  dividend,  stock split or other
           equity distribution  payable only in capital stock or other equity of
           the Company in question) in respect of any Company's capital stock or
           other equity interest.

                  "Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement" shall mean the
           Collateral  Agency and  Intercreditor  Agreement among the Collateral
           Agent,  LIFO Agent, the LIFO Banks,  the Line of Credit Lenders,  the
           Noteholders,  Agent and the Banks,  dated as of June 5, 2001,  as the
           same  may  from  time to  time  be  amended,  restated  or  otherwise
           modified.


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                  "CTC  Company" shall  mean  Casting  Technology  Company,  an
           Indiana  general partnership,   Amcast  Casting  Technologies,  Inc.,
           an Indiana  corporation,  or Izumi, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

                  "CTC  Transaction"  shall mean the  acquisition by Borrower of
           all of the  outstanding  common  stock of  Izumi,  Inc.,  a  Delaware
           corporation, and the related transactions in connection therewith, as
           set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement,  dated as of May 31, 2001,
           between Borrower and Izumi Industries, Ltd., a Japanese corporation.

                  "LIFO Agent" shall mean KeyBank National Association, as agent
           for the LIFO Banks under the LIFO Credit Agreement, together with its
           successors and assigns.

                  "LIFO  Banks"  shall mean the banking  institutions  listed on
           Schedule  1  to  the  LIFO  Credit  Agreement,  together  with  their
           respective successors and assigns.

                  "LIFO  Credit  Agreement"  shall  mean  the  Last-In-First-Out
           Credit  Agreement among Borrower,  the LIFO Banks and the LIFO Agent,
           dated  as of June 5,  2001,  as the  same  may  from  time to time be
           amended, restated or otherwise modified.

                  "Restricted  Payment" shall mean, with respect to any Company,
           (a) any Capital  Distribution, (b) any Stock  Repurchase,  or (c) any
           amount paid by such  Company  in  repayment, redemption,  retirement,
           repurchase, direct or indirect, of any Subordinated Indebtedness.

                  "Speedline"  shall mean  ASW  International I, B.V., or any of
           it's Subsidiaries.

                  "Subordination,  Waiver and Consent  Agreement" shall mean the
           Subordination,  Waiver and  Consent  Agreement  among the  Collateral
           Agent,  LIFO Agent, the LIFO Banks,  the Line of Credit Lenders,  the
           Noteholders,  Agent and the Banks,  dated as of June 5, 2001,  as the
           same  may  from  time to  time  be  amended,  restated  or  otherwise
           modified.

         5.  Replacement of  Intercreditor  Definitions.  To the extent that the
definitions  contained in the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor  Agreement are
different from the respective  definitions added to the Credit Agreement through
the Fifth Amendment Agreement and the Exhibit G attached thereto,  Article I and
Exhibit G of the Credit  Agreement are hereby amended to conform the definitions
contained  in  Article  I and  Exhibit  G to the  definitions  contained  in the
Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement.

     6.  Replacement  of Section 5.8. The Credit  Agreement is hereby amended to
delete  Section 5.8 (Liens)  therefrom  in its  entirety  and to insert in place
thereof the following:

                  SECTION 5.8. LIENS. No Company shall create,  assume or suffer
           to exist any Lien upon any of its  property  or assets,  whether  now
           owned or hereafter  acquired;  provided  that this Section  shall not
           apply to the following:


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                  (a) Liens  for  taxes  not yet due or that are being  actively
           contested  in good  faith by  appropriate  proceedings  and for which
           adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP;

                  (b) other  statutory  Liens  incidental  to the conduct of its
           business or the  ownership  of its  property and assets that (i) were
           not  incurred  in  connection  with  the  borrowing  of  money or the
           obtaining  of  advances or credit,  and (ii) do not in the  aggregate
           materially  detract  from the  value of its  property  or  assets  or
           materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business;

                  (c) Liens  on  property or  assets of a  Subsidiary  to secure
           obligations of such  Subsidiary to Borrower or a Guarantor of Payment
           (other than a CTC Company);

                  (d) Liens  existing as of the Closing  Date and  described  on
           Schedule  5.8  hereto  (with  the  understanding,  however,  that the
           Indebtedness  secured  by such  Liens may be  extended,  renewed,  or
           replaced by Indebtedness of the same amount);

                  (e)  Liens  granted  to the  Collateral  Agent to  secure  the
           Obligations,  so long as any such  Liens  granted  to the  Collateral
           Agent to  secure  the  Noteholder  Obligations  or the Line of Credit
           Obligations are at all times subject to the Intercreditor Provisions,
           or other intercreditor provisions otherwise satisfactory to Agent and
           the Majority Banks;

                  (f) the Liens on the property or assets of Casting  granted to
         Bank One, Indiana,  National Association pursuant to the CTC Documents,
         as  defined  in  the  CTC  Forbearance  Agreement  (as  defined  in the
         Subordination, Waiver and Consent Agreement);

                  (g) Liens on the assets of Speedline S.r.l. in connection with
         the  Indebtedness  permitted pursuant to Section 5.25(f) hereof; or

                  (h) Liens  granted to the LIFO Agent,  for the  benefit of the
         LIFO  Banks,  pursuant to the LIFO Credit Agreement.

     7.  Replacement of Section 5.10. The Credit  Agreement is hereby amended to
delete  Section 5.10  (Investments  and Loans)  therefrom in its entirety and to
insert in place thereof the following:
                  SECTION 5.10. INVESTMENTS AND LOANS. No Company shall, without
           the prior  written  consent  of Agent  and the  Majority  Banks,  (a)
           create,  acquire  or hold  any  Subsidiary,  (b)  make  or  hold  any
           investment in any stocks,  bonds or securities of any kind, (c) be or
           become a party to any joint venture or other partnership, (d) make or
           keep  outstanding  any  advance or loan to any  Person,  or (e) be or
           become  a  Guarantor  of  any  kind,   except   guarantees  only  for
           Indebtedness of the Companies  incurred or permitted pursuant to this
           Agreement;  provided  that  this  Section  shall not apply to (i) any
           endorsement  of a check or other  medium of  payment  for  deposit or
           collection through normal banking channels or similar  transaction in
           the normal  course of  business,  (ii) the  holding  of  Subsidiaries
           listed on  Schedule  6.1  hereto,  (iii)  loans to a  Company  from a
           Company so long as each such  Company is Borrower  or a Guarantor  of
           Payment  (other than a CTC  Company),  or (iv) the  guaranties by and
           loans from a Company as listed on Schedule 5.10 hereto, provided that
           no such Company shall increase the principal amounts thereof.


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         8.  Replacement of Section 5.11. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended
to delete Section 5.11 (Merger and Sale of Assets) therefrom in its entirety and
to insert in place thereof the following:

                  SECTION 5.11.   MERGER  AND SALE OF ASSETS.  No Company  shall
           merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, lease or transfer
           or otherwise  dispose of all or a  substantial part of it's assets to
           any Person.

     9.  Replacement of Section 5.12. The Credit  Agreement is hereby amended to
delete  Section 5.12  (Acquisitions)  therefrom in its entirety and to insert in
place thereof the following:

                  SECTION  5.12.  ACQUISITIONS.  On and after June 5,  2001,  no
           Company shall acquire or permit any  Subsidiary to acquire the assets
           or stock or other  equity  interest  of any other  Person;  provided,
           however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, effective as of May 31,
           2001, Borrower shall be permitted enter into the CTC Transaction.

         10.  Replacement of Section 5.22.  Article V of the Credit Agreement is
hereby  amended to delete  Section  5.22 (Stock  Repurchases)  therefrom  in its
entirety and to insert in place thereof the following:

                  SECTION 5.22.   RESTRICTED PAYMENTS.  No  Company  shall  make
          or commit itself to make any Restricted  Payment, except that: (a) any
          Subsidiary  may make Capital Distributions  to Borrower or a Guarantor
          of Payment; and(b) employees of Borrower may exercise employee options
          through a "cashless exercise".

         11.  Addition of  New Sections.  The Credit Agreement is hereby amended
to add the following new Sections 5.25, 5.26 and 5.27 thereto:

                  SECTION 5.25.  BORROWING.  No Company  shall create,  incur or
           have   outstanding   any   obligation   for  borrowed  money  or  any
           Indebtedness of any kind; provided,  however, that this Section shall
           not  apply  to  (a)  the  Loans,  Letters  of  Credit  or  any  other
           Indebtedness  under this Agreement;  (b) the  Indebtedness  under the
           LIFO Credit Agreement; (c) the Indebtedness under the Note Agreements
           (including  the  PIK  Interest,   as  defined  in  the  Subordination
           Agreement),  so long as the aggregate principal amount thereof is not
           increased;  (d) the Indebtedness  under the Line of Credit Documents;
           (e) the Indebtedness set forth in Schedule 5.25 hereto (including any
           refinancing  thereof,  provided  that no Company  shall  increase the
           principal amount thereof); (f) Indebtedness of Speedline S.r.l. up to
           the  aggregate  principal  amount not to exceed  Twenty-Nine  Million
           Dollars ($29,000,000) (or the equivalent amount of Italian Lira); and
           (g) loans to a Company from a Company so long as each such Company is
           Borrower or a Guarantor of Payment and not a CTC Company.


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                  SECTION 5.26.  ACCOUNT DEBTOR  NOTICE.  Borrower shall provide
           immediate  written  notice to Agent and the Banks (a) if any  account
           debtor  with  obligations  owing to the  Companies  in  excess of the
           aggregate,   for  all  Companies  of  One  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars
           ($100,000),  shall be in default of any of such obligations or (b) if
           any account debtor with obligations  owing to the Companies in excess
           of the aggregate,  for all Companies, of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
           ($100,000)   shall   assert  any  right  of  set-off,   deduction  or
           counterclaim with respect to any account.

                  SECTION  5.27.  ASSUMPTION  OF  DEBT.  Upon  request  of Agent
           whenever  made,  Borrower  shall  deliver  to Agent  and the Banks an
           Assumption  Agreement  executed by Speedline  wherein Speedline shall
           have  assumed a portion  of the Debt as its direct  obligation,  with
           such portion of the Debt being  directly  equivalent to the amount of
           the Loans  granted to Borrower  for the benefit of  Speedline  (other
           than as  consideration  for the initial  acquisition of the Speedline
           shares).  In  addition,   concurrently  with  the  delivery  of  such
           Assumption  Agreement,  Borrower shall deliver to Agent such Security
           Documents  (or  such  foreign  equivalents),  charter  documents  and
           approving  resolutions  (or foreign  equivalent)  of  Speedline,  and
           opinions  of  counsel to  Speedline  as Agent may deem  necessary  or
           appropriate.

         12.  Financial   Covenant   Amendment.   Upon  the  Financial  Covenant
Amendment, as defined in the LIFO Credit Agreement, becoming effective under the
LIFO Credit Agreement,  the terms of such Financing  Covenant Amendment shall be
deemed  incorporated  herein as though  written herein and Borrower shall comply
with the same.

         13.  Replacement of Schedule 4. The Credit  Agreement is hereby amended
to  replace  Schedule 4 (Line of Credit  Obligations)  thereto  with  Schedule 4
attached hereto.

         14.      Collateral Audits; Real Estate Matters.
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         (a) Borrower, Agent and the Banks hereby agree that (i) such Persons as
Agent and the Majority Banks shall approve, in their discretion, shall perform a
collateral audit,  field exam and appraisal of the personal and real property of
the  Companies,  the costs and  expenses of which shall be paid for by Borrower;
(ii) Borrower shall select and retain a turnaround management firm acceptable to
Agent and the Majority  Banks,  the fees and expenses of which shall be paid for
by  Borrower;  and (iii)  Agent and the Banks shall have  retained a  turnaround
financial  advisor  acceptable  to Agent and the  Majority  Banks,  the fees and
expenses of which shall be paid for by Borrower; and

         (b)      Borrower, Agent and the Banks further agree as follows:


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                  (i) within sixty (60) days of the date hereof,  Borrower shall
           have  delivered  to  Agent  an  amendment,   in  form  and  substance
           satisfactory to Agent,  executed by Elkhart  Products  Corporation to
           each Mortgage  filed of record in Elkhart  County,  Indiana and Adams
           County,  Indiana,  respectively,  which  amendments shall correct the
           name and address of the debtor  contained  in Section 12 of each such
           Mortgage;

                  (ii) within sixty (60) days of the date  hereof,  with respect
           to each  Mortgaged  Real  Property,  or such  thereof  as  Agent  may
           require,  at Borrower's cost and expense,  Borrower shall have caused
           to be  delivered a Loan Policy of title  insurance,  ALTA 1970 Form B
           (amended  10/17/70 and 10/17/84)  (unless such form is unavailable in
           any particular state, in which case Borrower shall provide such other
           form of a Loan Policy of title insurance as may reasonably  requested
           by  Agent)   issued  by  a  title  company   satisfactory   to  Agent
           (collectively,   the  "Loan  Policies"  and,  individually,  a  "Loan
           Policy")  in an  amount  equal  to the  fair  market  value  of  such
           Mortgaged  Real  Property  insuring each Mortgage to be a valid first
           priority Lien on such Mortgaged Real Property,  free and clear of all
           defects and  encumbrances  except such matters of record as permitted
           pursuant  to  the  Credit  Agreement,   with  waiver  of  any  survey
           exceptions and such other  standard  exceptions as Agent may require,
           and with such endorsements and affirmative insurance as Agent, in its
           reasonable discretion, may require;

                  (iii)  within  sixty  (60) days of the date  hereof,  Borrower
           shall provide to Agent, with respect to each Mortgaged Real Property,
           or such thereof as Agent may require, at Borrower's cost and expense,
           environmental   reports  or   studies   prepared   by   environmental
           engineering firms acceptable to Agent (the "Reports"),  which Reports
           shall be in form acceptable to Agent, in its sole discretion;

                  (iv) within sixty (60) days of the date hereof, Borrower shall
           provide to Agent with respect to each  Mortgaged  Real  Property,  or
           such thereof as Agent may require,  at  Borrower's  cost and expense,
           (i) a current  (certified  not more than sixty (60) days prior to the
           date of such request)  survey of the such  Mortgaged  Real  Property,
           prepared by a licensed  surveyor  acceptable  to Agent,  certified to
           Agent,  the  Collateral  Agent and the Lenders and the title  company
           pursuant to  certificate of survey  acceptable to Agent;  such survey
           shall be in form  and  substance  acceptable  to  Agent,  in its sole
           discretion,  shall be made in accordance  with the "Minimum  Standard
           Detail  Requirements  for Land Title Surveys" adopted by the American
           Land Title  Association  in 1992;  (ii) a copy of the  certificate of
           occupancy  for each  building  located  on each such  Mortgaged  Real
           Property; (iii) evidence satisfactory to Agent of compliance with all
           building and zoning codes  applicable to the Mortgaged Real Property,
           (iv) evidence of the  availability  and adequacy of utilities for the
           buildings  located on the Mortgaged Real Property;  and (v) evidence,
           satisfactory  to Agent,  that no portion of any of the Mortgaged Real
           Property is located in a Special  Flood  Hazard Area or is  otherwise
           classified as Class A or Class BX on the Flood Maps maintained by the
           Federal Emergency Management Agency; and

                  (v)   Borrower shall have satisfied  such other  conditions as
           Agent and the Majority Banks may reasonably require.

         15. The  effectiveness  of this  Agreement  is further  conditioned  on
Borrower complying with the following  provisions  concurrently (or with respect
to subpart (b) below,  within  fourteen  (14) days  hereof)  with the  execution
hereof:


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                  (a) Borrower shall provide to Agent Schedules 5.10 and 5.25 to
           the Credit Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and
           the Majority Banks and Borrower shall provided to Agent and the Banks
           a  replacement  of  any  other   Schedule,   in  form  and  substance
           satisfactory  to Agent  and the  Majority  Banks,  that is no  longer
           accurate;

                  (b) with respect to the CTC Companies, Borrower shall cause to
           be  delivered  to Agent a  Guaranty  of  Payment  and  such  Security
           Documents  as  Agent  shall  require,  properly  executed  by the CTC
           Companies,  together with such corporate  governance documents and an
           opinion of counsel as Agent shall request;

                  (c) Borrower  shall cause each Guarantor of Payment to consent
           and agree to and acknowledge the terms of this Agreement by executing
           the Guarantor Acknowledgment and Agreement attached hereto;

                  (d)  concurrently   with  the  execution  of  this  Amendment,
           Borrower shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses  incurred by any
           Bank  under or with  respect to foreign  currency  swap  transactions
           relating  to LIBOR  Loans in Italian  Lira  outstanding  on and after
           March 4, 2001; and

                  (e)  concurrently   with  the  execution  of  this  Amendment,
           Borrower shall pay all legal fees and expenses of Agent in connection
           with  this  Amendment,  the  Credit  Agreement,  and the LIFO  Credit
           Agreement.

         16.  Representations  and Warranties.  Borrower  hereby  represents and
warrants  to Agent  and the Banks  that (a)  Borrower  has the  legal  power and
authority to execute and deliver this  Amendment;  (b) the  officials  executing
this  Amendment  have been duly  authorized  to execute and deliver the same and
bind  Borrower  with respect to the  provisions  hereof;  (c) the  execution and
delivery  hereof by Borrower and the  performance  and observance by Borrower of
the  provisions  hereof  do not  violate  or  conflict  with the  organizational
agreements  of Borrower or any law  applicable to Borrower or result in a breach
of  any  provision  of or  constitute  a  default  under  any  other  agreement,
instrument or document  binding upon or  enforceable  against  Borrower;  (d) no
Unmatured  Event  of  Default  or Event  of  Default  exists  under  the  Credit
Agreement,  nor will any occur  immediately  after the execution and delivery of
this Amendment or by the performance or observance of any provision hereof;  (e)
neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary has any claim or offset against,  or defense
or  counterclaim  to,  any of  Borrower's  or any  Subsidiary's  obligations  or
liabilities  under the Credit  Agreement  or any Related  Writing;  and (f) this
Amendment  constitutes  a valid and  binding  obligation  of  Borrower  in every
respect, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

         17. Credit  Agreement  Unaffected.  Each  reference that is made in the
Credit Agreement or any other writing to the Credit Agreement shall hereafter be
construed as a reference to the Credit  Agreement as amended  hereby.  Except as
herein otherwise  specifically  provided, all provisions of the Credit Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect and be unaffected hereby.


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         18. Waiver.  Borrower and each  Subsidiary,  by signing  below,  hereby
waives and releases Agent and each of the Banks and their respective  directors,
officers,  employees,  attorneys,  affiliates and subsidiaries  from any and all
claims, offsets, defenses and counterclaims of which Borrower and any Subsidiary
is aware, such waiver and release being with full knowledge and understanding of
the  circumstances  and effect thereof and after having  consulted legal counsel
with respect thereto.

         19.  Counterparts  This  Amendment  may be  executed  in any  number of
counterparts,  by  different  parties  hereto in  separate  counterparts  and by
facsimile  signature,  each of which when so  executed  and  delivered  shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken  together  shall  constitute but
one and the same agreement.

         20.  Governing  Law. The rights and obligations  of all parties  hereto
shall be governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to principles
of conflicts of laws.
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         21. JURY TRIAL WAIVER.  BORROWER,  AGENT,  THE BANKS AND EACH GUARANTOR
HEREBY  WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY  PARTICIPATE  IN  RESOLVING  ANY DISPUTE,
WHETHER  SOUNDING IN CONTRACT,  TORT OR OTHERWISE,  AMONG BORROWER,  AGENT,  THE
BANKS,  EACH  GUARANTOR,  OR ANY THEREOF,  ARISING OUT OF, IN  CONNECTION  WITH,
RELATED  TO,  OR  INCIDENTAL  TO THE  RELATIONSHIP  ESTABLISHED  AMONG  THEM  IN
CONNECTION  WITH THIS  AGREEMENT  OR ANY NOTE OR OTHER  INSTRUMENT,  DOCUMENT OR
AGREEMENT  EXECUTED OR  DELIVERED  IN  CONNECTION  HEREWITH OR THE  TRANSACTIONS
RELATED THERETO. THIS WAIVER SHALL NOT IN ANY WAY AFFECT, WAIVE, LIMIT, AMEND OR
MODIFY  AGENT'S  OR ANY  BANK'S  ABILITY  TO  PURSUE  REMEDIES  PURSUANT  TO ANY
CONFESSION  OF  JUDGMENT OR COGNOVIT  PROVISION  CONTAINED  IN ANY NOTE OR OTHER
INSTRUMENT,  DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT AMONG  BORROWER,  AGENT AND THE BANKS, OR ANY
THEREOF.

                                          AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION

                                          By:     /s/ Francis J. Drew
                                          Name:       Francis J. Drew
                                          Title:      CFO


                                          KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                             as Agent and as a Bank

                                          By:     /s/ Alan J. Ronan
                                          Name:       Alan J. Ronan
                                          Title:      S.V.P.


                                          INTESABCI - CHICAGO BRANCH
                                             (successor in interest to Banca
                                             Comerciale Italiana)

                                          By:     /s/ E. Bermant
                                          Name:       E. Bermant
                                          Title:      FVP/Deputy Manager

                                          and     /s/ Frank Maffei
                                          Name:       Frank Maffei
                                          Title:      Vice President


                                          THE BANK OF NEW YORK

                                          By:     /s/ Stephen C. Brennan
                                          Name:       Stephen C. Brennan
                                          Title:      Vice President



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                                          BANK ONE INDIANA, N.A.

                                          By:     /s/ Michael A. Reeves
                                          Name:       Michael A. Reeves
                                          Title:      Vice President


                                          CREDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ
                                             (successor in interest to Caisse
                                             Nationalede Credit Agricole)

                                          By:     /s/ Larry Materi
                                          Name:       Larry Materi
                                          Title:      Vice President

                                          and     /s/ Paul A. Dytrych
                                          Name:       Paul A. Dytrych
                                          Title:      V.P./ Sr.Relationship Mgr.


                                          COMERICA BANK

                                          By:     /s/ A. J. Anderson
                                          Name:       A. J. Anderson
                                          Title:      First Vice President


                                          UNICREDITO ITALIANO SPA

                                          By:   /s/ Christopher J. Eldin
                                          Name:     Christopher J. Eldin
                                          Title:    F.V.P. & Deputy Manager

                                          and   /s/ Saiyed A. Abbas
                                          Name:     Saiyed A. Abbas
                                          Title:    Vice President


                                          SANPAOLO IMI S.p.A.

                                          By:   /s/ Luca Sacchi
                                          Name:     Luca Sacchi
                                          Title:    V.P.

                                          and   /s/ Carlo Persico
                                          Name:     Carlo Persico
                                          Title:    G.M.





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                                          NATIONAL CITY BANK
                                             (successor in interest to
                                             National City Bank of Dayton)

                                          By:   /s/ Neal J. Hinker
                                          Name:     Neal J. Hinker
                                          Title:    Senior Vice President


                                          BANK ONE INDIANA, N.A.
                                             (successor by merger to NBD Bank)

                                          By:   /s/ Michael A. Reeves
                                          Name:     Michael A. Reeves
                                          Title:    Vice President


                                          FIRSTAR BANK, N.A.
                                             (fka STAR BANK, N.A.)

                                          By:   /s/ Greg Wilson
                                          Name:     Greg Wilson
                                          Title:    AVP/Its Attorney-In-Fact








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                     GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT

         Each of the  undersigned  consents and agrees to and  acknowledges  the
terms of the foregoing Sixth Amendment  Agreement dated as of June 5, 2001. Each
of the  undersigned  specifically  acknowledges  the terms of and consent to the
waivers  set forth  therein.  Each of the  undersigned  further  agrees that the
obligations of each of the undersigned  pursuant to the Guaranties of Payment of
Debt executed by each of the  undersigned  shall remain in full force and effect
and be unaffected hereby.

         Each of the  undersigned  further  agrees with Agent and the Banks that
(a) Section 9 of the Guaranty of Payment  executed by each of  undersigned,  (b)
Section 16 of the Security  Agreement  executed by each of the undersigned,  (c)
Section 19 of the Collateral  Assignment and Security Agreement executed by each
of the undersigned,  and (d) Section 9 of the Pledge Agreement  executed by each
of the  undersigned  each are hereby  amended to delete the text of each of such
sections  therefrom  in  their  entirety  and to  insert  in place  thereof  the
following:

                  Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in
           no event shall the amount of the  undersigned's  liability  hereunder
           (or, if applicable,  the amount secured by this Agreement) exceed the
           maximum  amount that (after  giving  effect to the  incurring  of the
           obligations  hereunder  and  to any  rights  to  contribution  of the
           undersigned  from other  affiliates of Borrower) would not render the
           rights to payment of Agent and the Banks hereunder void,  voidable or
           avoidable under any applicable fraudulent transfer law.

         Each of the undersigned,  by signing below,  hereby waives and releases
Agent and each of the Banks and their respective directors, officers, employees,
attorneys,  affiliates  and  subsidiaries  from  any  and all  claims,  offsets,
defenses and counterclaims of which any of the undersigned is aware, such waiver
and release being with full knowledge and understanding of the circumstances and
effect thereof and after having consulted legal counsel with respect thereto.



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         JURY TRIAL WAIVER. BORROWER, AGENT, THE BANKS AND EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY
WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY  PARTICIPATE  IN RESOLVING  ANY DISPUTE,  WHETHER
SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,  AMONG BORROWER, AGENT, THE BANKS, EACH
GUARANTOR,  OR ANY THEREOF,  ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH,  RELATED TO, OR
INCIDENTAL TO THE  RELATIONSHIP  ESTABLISHED  AMONG THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY NOTE OR OTHER  INSTRUMENT,  DOCUMENT OR  AGREEMENT  EXECUTED OR
DELIVERED IN  CONNECTION  HEREWITH OR THE  TRANSACTIONS  RELATED  THERETO.  THIS
WAIVER SHALL NOT IN ANY WAY AFFECT, WAIVE, LIMIT, AMEND OR MODIFY AGENT'S OR ANY
BANK'S  ABILITY TO PURSUE  REMEDIES  PURSUANT TO ANY  CONFESSION  OF JUDGMENT OR
COGNOVIT  PROVISION  CONTAINED  IN ANY NOTE OR  OTHER  INSTRUMENT,  DOCUMENT  OR
AGREEMENT AMONG BORROWER, AGENT, THE BANKS AND GUARANTORS, OR ANY THEREOF.


                                         ELKHART PRODUCTS CORPORATION
                                         AMCAST AUTOMOTIVE OF INDIANA,
                                         INC. (fka Wheeltek, Inc.)
                                         AS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                          By:
                                          Name:
                                          Title:


                                          AMCAST INVESTMENT SERVICES
                                             CORPORATION

                                          By:
                                          Name:
                                          Title:


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                                   Schedule 4

                             Line of Credit Lenders

  Lender                                             Maximum Amount of Facility

  KeyBank National Association                             $10,000,000

  Firstar Bank, National Association                       $12,032,783