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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 1, 2006
                               (August 28, 2006)

                               AUTOCAM CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           MICHIGAN                      333-119215              38-2790152
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(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)     (IRS Employer
        incorporation)                                       Identification No.)

           4436 BROADMOOR AVENUE SOUTHEAST, KENTWOOD, MICHIGAN, 49512
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (616) 698-0707

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ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

On August 28, 2006, Autocam Corporation (the "Registrant") appointed Mr. Kenichi
Hori as a director, effective immediately. Mr. Hori fills the vacant position
previously held by Mr. Tsutomu (Tom) Yoshida who resigned as a director of the
Registrant effective March 31, 2006.

Mr. Hori is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Financial
Markets Business Division of Mitsui & Company (U.S.A.), Inc. and has served in
that capacity since March 2006. From April 2005 through February 2006, Mr. Hori
served as Deputy General Manager of Corporate Development for Mitsui & Co.
(Tokyo), Ltd. From October 2003 through March 2005, he served as General Manager
of Principal Investments for Mitsui & Co. (Tokyo), Ltd. From October 2001
through September 2003, he served as General Manager of the Private Equity
Department of Mitsui & Co. (Tokyo), Ltd. Mr. Hori earned a Bachelor of Arts in
Economics from Keio University and a Masters in Business Administration from the
University of Chicago.



                                    SIGNATURE

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                               Autocam Corporation

                               By: /s/ John C. Kennedy
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                                   Name: John C. Kennedy
                                   Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

Dated:  September 1, 2006