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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 11-K


                [ X ] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



  For the Fiscal Year                                             Commission
Ended December 31, 2003                                       File Number 1-9967
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                          AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
                          401 (k) SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
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                                 (Name of Plan)





                          AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
                          7887 Washington Village Drive
                               Dayton, Ohio 45459
                                 (937) 291-7000
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     (Name of Issuer of Securities held pursuant to Plan and address of its
                          principal executive office.)





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                              REQUIRED INFORMATION


     The Amcast Industrial  Corporation 401(k) Salary Deferral Plan (the "Plan")
is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.


     Item 4. In lieu of the  requirements of Items 1, 2 and 3 of this Form 11-K,
the following  financial  statements of the Plan,  notes thereto,  and Report of
Independent Auditors thereon are being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report:

     (a)  Statements  of Net Assets  available  for Benefits - December 31, 2003
          and 2002

     (b)  Statement  of Changes in Net Assets  available  for Benefits - for the
          year ended December 31, 2003

     (c)  Notes to Financial Statements; and

     (d)  Report of Independent Auditors.

     The Consent of Independent  Auditors to the  incorporation  by reference of
the foregoing  financial  statements in the  Registration  Statement on Form S-8
pertaining to the Plan is being filed as Exhibit 23.1 to this Report.



                                   SIGNATURES

     The Plan.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934, the Pension Committee of Amcast  Industrial  Corporation which administers
the Amcast  Industrial  Corporation  401(k) Salary Deferral Plan has duly caused
this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the  undersigned  hereunto duly
authorized.

                                                 AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
                                                 401(k) SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN


                                                 By: /s/ Jeffrey A. McWilliams
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                                                     Jeffrey A. McWilliams
                                                     Authorized Committee Member
                                                     Dated:   June 24, 2004


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                                    EXHIBITS


         The following Exhibits are being filed with this Annual Report on Form
11-K:


  (23) CONSENT OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL:

         23.1  Consent of Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co.

  (99) ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS

         99.1  Annual  Financial  Statements  of Amcast  Industrial  Corporation
               401(k)  Salary  Deferral Plan as of December 31, 2003 and for the
               year ended December 31, 2003


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