SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      UNDER

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                  ------------

                          AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Ohio                                          31-0258080
(State of Incorporation)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


                          AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
                          7887 Washington Village Drive
                               Dayton, Ohio 45459
                        (Address, including zip code, of
                    registrant's principal executive offices)

                          AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
                            1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               Denis G. Daly, Esq.
                  Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                          Amcast Industrial Corporation
                          7887 Washington Village Drive
                               Dayton, Ohio 45459
                                 (937) 291-7000
                      (Name, address and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)
<TABLE>
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
================================================================================
<S>                   <C>           <C>             <C>             <C>
                                    Proposed        Proposed
                                    Maximum         Maximum         Amount of
Title of  Securities  Amount to be  Offering Price  Aggregate       Registration
to be Registered      Registered    Per Share (1)   Offering Price  Fee
--------------------- ------------  --------------  --------------  ------------


Common Shares,
without par value (2)   425,000(3)       $8.625     $3,665,625(3)   $968
--------------------- ------------  --------------  --------------  ------------
</TABLE>

(1)  Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating  the  registration  fee in
     accordance with Rule 457(c) on the basis of the average of the high and low
     prices  reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on April 20,
     2000.

(2)  There  are also  being  registered  hereunder  an equal  number of Series A
     Preferred  Share  Purchase  Rights,  which are  currently  attached  to and
     transferrable only with the Common Shares registered hereunder.

(3)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
     registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of Common Shares
     that may be  offered  or  sold  as a  result of any  adjustments from stock
     splits, stock dividends or similar events.
================================================================================

<PAGE>


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

       The following  documents are incorporated herein by reference as of their
respective dates of filing:

           (a)  The  Annual  Report  of  Amcast   Industrial   Corporation  (the
       "Company") on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1999,  filed
       pursuant to Section  13(a) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 (the
       "Exchange Act").

           (b) The  Company's  Quarterly   Report on Form 10-Q  for the  quarter
       ended November 28, 1999,  filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
       Act.

           (c) The  Company's  Quarterly   Reports on Form 10-Q for the  quarter
       ended February 27, 2000,  filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
       Act.


           (d) The description of the Company's  common shares  contained in the
       Registration  Statement filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act,
       including  any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
       description.

       All  documents  subsequently  filed by the  Company  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14 and  15(d)  of the  Exchange  Act  prior to the  filing  of a
post-effective  amendment which indicates that all securities  offered hereunder
have  been  sold or which  deregisters  all  securities  then  remaining  unsold
hereunder  shall be deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  herein and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

       Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

       Thompson  Hine & Flory LLP has  provided a legal  opinion to the  Company
with  respect  to the common  shares of the  Company  issuable  under the Amcast
Industrial Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and registered hereunder.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

       Article VI of the Code of  Regulations  of the Company sets forth certain
rights of directors and officers of the Company to indemnification.  Such rights
provide indemnification by the Company as permitted by Ohio law. The liabilities
against which a director and officer may be indemnified and factors  employed to
determine  whether a director  and officer is entitled to  indemnification  in a
particular  instance  depend on whether the  proceedings  in which the claim for
indemnification  arises  were  brought (a) other than by and in the right of the
Company  ("Third  Party  Actions")  or (b) by and in the  right  of the  Company
("Company Actions").

       In Third Party  Actions,  the Company will  indemnify  each  director and
officer against  expenses,  including  attorneys'  fees,  judgments,  fines, and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with any  threatened or actual  proceeding in which he may be involved by reason
of his having acted in such capacity,  if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he  reasonably  believed  to be in or not opposed to the best  interests  of the
Company and with respect to any matter the subject of a criminal proceeding,  he
had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

       In Company Actions,  the Company will indemnify each director and officer
against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by
him in connection  with the defense or  settlement of any such  proceeding if he
acted in good  faith  and in a manner  he  reasonably  believed  to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Company,  except that no indemnification is
permitted  with  respect  to (i) any  matter as to which  such  person  has been
adjudged to be liable for  negligence or misconduct  in the  performance  of his
duty to the  Company  unless a court  determines  such  person  is  entitled  to
indemnification  and (ii) any  liability  asserted in  connection  with unlawful
loans, dividends, distribution, distribution of assets and repurchase of Company
shares under Section 1701.95 of the Ohio Revised Code.

<PAGE>

       Unless  indemnification  is ordered by a court,  the  determination as to
whether or not an individual has satisfied the  applicable  standards of conduct
(and  therefore  may be  indemnified)  is made by the Board of  Directors of the
Company by a majority  vote of a quorum  consisting  of directors of the Company
who were not parties to the action; or if such a quorum is not obtainable, or if
a quorum of disinterested  directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in
a written opinion; or by the shareholders of the corporation.

       The  Company  maintains   insurance   policies  which  presently  provide
protection, within the maximum liability limits of the policies and subject to a
deductible  amount for each claim, to the Registrant  under its  indemnification
obligations  and to the directors  and officers with respect to certain  matters
which are not  covered  by the  Registrant's  indemnification  obligations.  The
Company has entered into an indemnification  agreement with each director of the
Company.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

       Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

       See Index to Exhibits following signature pages.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

       (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

           (1) To file,  during  any  period in which  offers or sales are being
made of the securities  registered  hereby, a  post-effective  amendment to this
registration statement:

                 (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10 (a) (3) of
       the Securities Act of 1933;

                (ii) To reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising
       after  the  effective  date of the  registration  statement  (or the most
       recent  post-effective  amendment thereof) which,  individually or in the
       aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
       this registration statement;

               (iii) To include any  material  information  with  respect to the
       plan  of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in  the  registration
       statement or any material change to such  information in the registration
       statement;   provided,  however,  that  the  undertakings  set  forth  in
       paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to
       be  included  in  a  post-effective  amendment  by  those  paragraphs  is
       contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant with the Securities
       Exchange Commission or furnished to the Commission pursuant to Section 13
       or  Section  15(d)  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934  that  are
       incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

           (2) That,  for the purpose of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

           (3)  To  remove  from  registration  by  means  of  a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

       (b) The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  further  undertakes  that,  for
purposes of determining  any liability  under the  Securities Act of 1933,  each
filing of the  registrant's  annual report  pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, where applicable,  each filing
of an employee  benefit  plans annual  report  pursuant to Section  15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in this
registration  statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

<PAGE>

       (c)  Insofar  as  indemnification   for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
persons of the registrant  pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,
the  registrant  has been  advised  that in the  opinion of the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission such  indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

       Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,in the City of Dayton, State of Ohio,on this 24th day of April, 2000.

                                       AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION


                                       By /s/ John H. Shuey
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          John H. Shuey
                                          President, Chief Executive Officer and
                                          Chairman of the Board

       Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Name                        Title                            Date
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/s/ John H. Shuey           President and Chief              April 24, 2000
-----------------           Executive Officer
John H. Shuey                  (principal executive
                               officer) and Chairman
                               of the Board

/s/ Douglas D. Watts        Vice President, Finance          April 24, 2000
--------------------           (principal financial
Douglas D. Watts               officer)


/s/ Mark D. Mishler         Corporate Controller             April 24, 2000
-------------------            (principal accounting
Mark D. Mishler                officer)

                         -------------------------------


*James K. Baker             Director                         April 24, 2000

*Walter E. Blankley         Director                         April 24, 2000

*Peter H. Forster           Director                         April 24, 2000

*Leo W. Ladehoff            Director                         April 24, 2000

*Earl T. O'Loughlin         Director                         April 24, 2000

*Bernard G. Rethore         Director                         April 24, 2000

*William G. Roth            Director                         April 24, 2000

*R. William Van Sant        Director                         April 24, 2000

                * The  undersigned,  by signing his name hereto,  executes  this
Registration   Statement   pursuant  to  powers  of  attorney  executed  by  the
above-named  persons and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an
Exhibit to this Registration Statement.

                                          /s/ John H. Shuey
                                          -----------------
                                          John H. Shuey
                                          Attorney-in-Fact


<PAGE>
                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

(4)   INSTRUMENTS DEFINING THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS, INCLUDING INDENTURES:

       4.1        Articles   of   Incorporation   of   Amcast   Industrial
                  Corporation, as amended,  incorporated by reference from
                  the Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                  year ended August 31, 1996.

       4.2        Code of  Regulations of Amcast  Industrial  Corporation,
                  incorporated  by  reference  from the  Company's  Annual
                  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
                  1996.

       4.3        Amcast Industrial Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.

(5)    OPINION RE LEGALITY

       5.1        Opinion of Thompson Hine & Flory LLP

(23)   CONSENTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL:

       23.1       Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

       23.2       Consent of Thompson Hine & Flory LLP [contained
                  in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1]

(24)   POWERS OF ATTORNEY

       24.1       Powers of  Attorney of each person  whose  signature  on
                  this  registration   statement  was  signed  by  another
                  pursuant to a power of attorney.

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      UNDER

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                  ------------

                          AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Ohio                                          31-0258080
(State of Incorporation)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                          AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
                          7887 Washington Village Drive
                               Dayton, Ohio 45459
                        (Address, including zip code, of
                    registrant's principal executive offices)

                          AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
                            1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               Denis G. Daly, Esq.
                  Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                          Amcast Industrial Corporation
                          7887 Washington Village Drive
                               Dayton, Ohio 45459
                                 (937) 291-7000
                      (Name, address and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
================================================================================
Proposed        Proposed
                                    Maximum         Maximum         Amount of
Title of  Securities  Amount to be  Offering Price  Aggregate       Registration
to be Registered      Registered    Per Share (1)   Offering Price  Fee
--------------------- ------------  --------------  --------------  ------------

Common Shares,
without par value (2)   425,000(3)       $8.625     $3,665,625(3)   $968
--------------------- ------------  --------------  --------------  ------------
(1)  Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating  the  registration  fee in
     accordance with Rule 457(c) on the basis of the average of the high and low
     prices  reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on April 20,
     2000.

(2)  There  are also  being  registered  hereunder  an equal  number of Series A
     Preferred  Share  Purchase  Rights,  which are  currently  attached  to and
     transferrable only with the Common Shares registered hereunder.

(3)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
     registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of Common Shares
     that may be  offered  or  sold  as a  result of any  adjustments from stock
     splits, stock dividends or similar events.
================================================================================
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

       The following  documents are incorporated herein by reference as of their
respective dates of filing:

           (a)  The  Annual  Report  of  Amcast   Industrial   Corporation  (the
       "Company") on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1999,  filed
       pursuant to Section  13(a) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 (the
       "Exchange Act").

           (b) The  Company's  Quarterly   Report on Form 10-Q  for the  quarter
       ended November 28, 1999,  filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
       Act.

           (c) The  Company's  Quarterly   Reports on Form 10-Q for the  quarter
       ended February 27, 2000,  filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
       Act.

           (d) The description of the Company's  common shares  contained in the
       Registration  Statement filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act,
       including  any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
       description.

       All  documents  subsequently  filed by the  Company  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14 and  15(d)  of the  Exchange  Act  prior to the  filing  of a
post-effective  amendment which indicates that all securities  offered hereunder
have  been  sold or which  deregisters  all  securities  then  remaining  unsold
hereunder  shall be deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  herein and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

       Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

       Thompson  Hine & Flory LLP has  provided a legal  opinion to the  Company
with  respect  to the common  shares of the  Company  issuable  under the Amcast
Industrial Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and registered hereunder.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

       Article VI of the Code of  Regulations  of the Company sets forth certain
rights of directors and officers of the Company to indemnification.  Such rights
provide indemnification by the Company as permitted by Ohio law. The liabilities
against which a director and officer may be indemnified and factors  employed to
determine  whether a director  and officer is entitled to  indemnification  in a
particular  instance  depend on whether the  proceedings  in which the claim for
indemnification  arises  were  brought (a) other than by and in the right of the
Company  ("Third  Party  Actions")  or (b) by and in the  right  of the  Company
("Company Actions").

       In Third Party  Actions,  the Company will  indemnify  each  director and
officer against  expenses,  including  attorneys'  fees,  judgments,  fines, and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with any  threatened or actual  proceeding in which he may be involved by reason
of his having acted in such capacity,  if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he  reasonably  believed  to be in or not opposed to the best  interests  of the
Company and with respect to any matter the subject of a criminal proceeding,  he
had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

       In Company Actions,  the Company will indemnify each director and officer
against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by
him in connection  with the defense or  settlement of any such  proceeding if he
acted in good  faith  and in a manner  he  reasonably  believed  to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Company,  except that no indemnification is
permitted  with  respect  to (i) any  matter as to which  such  person  has been
adjudged to be liable for  negligence or misconduct  in the  performance  of his
duty to the  Company  unless a court  determines  such  person  is  entitled  to
indemnification  and (ii) any  liability  asserted in  connection  with unlawful
loans, dividends, distribution, distribution of assets and repurchase of Company
shares under Section 1701.95 of the Ohio Revised Code.
Unless  indemnification  is ordered by a court,  the  determination as to
whether or not an individual has satisfied the  applicable  standards of conduct
(and  therefore  may be  indemnified)  is made by the Board of  Directors of the
Company by a majority  vote of a quorum  consisting  of directors of the Company
who were not parties to the action; or if such a quorum is not obtainable, or if
a quorum of disinterested  directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in
a written opinion; or by the shareholders of the corporation.

       The  Company  maintains   insurance   policies  which  presently  provide
protection, within the maximum liability limits of the policies and subject to a
deductible  amount for each claim, to the Registrant  under its  indemnification
obligations  and to the directors  and officers with respect to certain  matters
which are not  covered  by the  Registrant's  indemnification  obligations.  The
Company has entered into an indemnification  agreement with each director of the
Company.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

       Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

       See Index to Exhibits following signature pages.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

       (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

           (1) To file,  during  any  period in which  offers or sales are being
made of the securities  registered  hereby, a  post-effective  amendment to this
registration statement:

                 (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10 (a) (3) of
       the Securities Act of 1933;

                (ii) To reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising
       after  the  effective  date of the  registration  statement  (or the most
       recent  post-effective  amendment thereof) which,  individually or in the
       aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
       this registration statement;

               (iii) To include any  material  information  with  respect to the
       plan  of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in  the  registration
       statement or any material change to such  information in the registration
       statement;   provided,  however,  that  the  undertakings  set  forth  in
       paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to
       be  included  in  a  post-effective  amendment  by  those  paragraphs  is
       contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant with the Securities
       Exchange Commission or furnished to the Commission pursuant to Section 13
       or  Section  15(d)  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934  that  are
       incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

           (2) That,  for the purpose of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

           (3)  To  remove  from  registration  by  means  of  a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

       (b) The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  further  undertakes  that,  for
purposes of determining  any liability  under the  Securities Act of 1933,  each
filing of the  registrant's  annual report  pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, where applicable,  each filing
of an employee  benefit  plans annual  report  pursuant to Section  15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in this
registration  statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)  Insofar  as  indemnification   for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
persons of the registrant  pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,
the  registrant  has been  advised  that in the  opinion of the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission such  indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES

       Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,in the City of Dayton, State of Ohio,on this 24th day of April, 2000.

                                       AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION

                                       By /s/ John H. Shuey
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          John H. Shuey
                                          President, Chief Executive Officer and
                                          Chairman of the Board

       Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Name                        Title                            Date
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/s/ John H. Shuey           President and Chief              April 24, 2000
-----------------           Executive Officer
John H. Shuey                  (principal executive
                               officer) and Chairman
                               of the Board

/s/ Douglas D. Watts        Vice President, Finance          April 24, 2000
--------------------           (principal financial
Douglas D. Watts               officer)

/s/ Mark D. Mishler         Corporate Controller             April 24, 2000
-------------------            (principal accounting
Mark D. Mishler                officer)

                         -------------------------------

*James K. Baker             Director                         April 24, 2000

*Walter E. Blankley         Director                         April 24, 2000

*Peter H. Forster           Director                         April 24, 2000

*Leo W. Ladehoff            Director                         April 24, 2000

*Earl T. O'Loughlin         Director                         April 24, 2000

*Bernard G. Rethore         Director                         April 24, 2000

*William G. Roth            Director                         April 24, 2000

*R. William Van Sant        Director                         April 24, 2000

                * The  undersigned,  by signing his name hereto,  executes  this
Registration   Statement   pursuant  to  powers  of  attorney  executed  by  the
above-named  persons and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an
Exhibit to this Registration Statement.

                                          /s/ John H. Shuey
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                                          John H. Shuey
                                          Attorney-in-Fact
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

(4)   INSTRUMENTS DEFINING THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS, INCLUDING INDENTURES:

       4.1        Articles   of   Incorporation   of   Amcast   Industrial
                  Corporation, as amended,  incorporated by reference from
                  the Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                  year ended August 31, 1996.

       4.2        Code of  Regulations of Amcast  Industrial  Corporation,
                  incorporated  by  reference  from the  Company's  Annual
                  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
                  1996.

       4.3        Amcast Industrial Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.

(5)    OPINION RE LEGALITY

       5.1        Opinion of Thompson Hine & Flory LLP

(23)   CONSENTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL:

       23.1       Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

       23.2       Consent of Thompson Hine & Flory LLP [contained
                  in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1]

(24)   POWERS OF ATTORNEY

       24.1       Powers of  Attorney of each person  whose  signature  on
                  this  registration   statement  was  signed  by  another
                  pursuant to a power of attorney.

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