Exhibit 32.1

                CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT
                TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of NN, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q
for the interim period ended September 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned, in
the capacity and date indicated below, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to ss.906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that,
to my knowledge: (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (2) The information
contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date:  January 30, 2004                          /s/ Roderick R. Baty
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                                                 Roderick R. Baty
                                                 Chairman, President and Chief
                                                 Executive Officer


     [A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has
     been provided to NN, Inc. and will be retained by NN, Inc. and furnished to
     the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.]