Exhibit 99.1

                                                                   NEWS
FINANCIAL
RELATIONS BOARD


                                                         RE:  NN, Inc.
                                                         2000 Waters Edge Drive
                                                         Johnson City, TN  37604


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

AT THE COMPANY                               AT FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD
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Will Kelly                                   Alison Ziegler      Susan Garland
Treasurer & Manager of Investor Relations   (General info)      (Analyst info)
(423) 743-9151                              212-445-8432        212-445-8458

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2004

                                 NN, INC. NAMES
                 NICOLA TROMBETTI MANAGING DIRECTOR OF NN EUROPE

                        REPLACES RESIGNING DARIO GALETTI

Johnson City,  Tenn.,  June 18, 2004 - NN, Inc.  (Nasdaq:  NNBR) today announced
recent management  changes at NN Europe.  The Company appointed Nicola Trombetti
to Managing  Director,  NN Europe.  Mr.  Trombetti  succeeds Dario Galetti,  who
resigned to pursue other interests.

Prior to being  named  Managing  Director,  Nicola  Trombetti,  age 44, was Vice
President  and  Director  of  Operations,  NN Europe.  He joined the  Company in
September 2000 as Plant Director for Pinerolo Italy. Prior to joining NN Europe,
Mr.   Trombetti  was  Plant  Director  for  Tekfor  -  Neumaier  GmbH  Group,  a
European-based steel component manufacturer for the auto industry.  From 1996 to
1999 he was a manufacturing and Plant Manager for SKF Group. He also spent seven
years as a manufacturing  manager for Pininfarina,  an Italian-based  automotive
design and  engineering  and  development  firm.  Mr.  Trombetti has a degree in
mechanical engineering from Bologna University, Italy.

Roderick  R.  Baty,  Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer,  stated,  "We are
fortunate  to have  such a  strong  manager  to be  able to step up as  Managing
Director,  NN  Europe.  In his new  position,  Nicola  will be  responsible  for
overseeing our NN Europe operations in Ireland, Germany, Italy, Slovakia and The
Netherlands.  Nicola's experience implementing Total Quality Management programs
and Lean Manufacturing  initiatives will be particularly valuable as we continue
with the training and improvement  activities related to our Level 3 program. We
look forward to his contributions as we continue to grow and expand our business
and customer relationships in Europe."

NN, Inc. manufacturers and supplies high precision bearing components consisting
of balls,  rollers,  seals, and retainers for leading bearing manufacturers on a
global basis. In addition,



the company  manufactures  a variety of other plastic  components.  NN, Inc. had
sales of US $253 million in 2003.

The comments by Mr. Baty regarding NN Europe are forward looking statements made
pursuant to the safe harbor  provisions  of the  Private  Securities  Litigation
Reform  Act of 1995.  Forward-looking  statements  involve a number of risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from such
forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, general economic
conditions  and  economic  conditions  in  the  industrial  sector,  competitive
influences,  risks that  current  customers  will  commence or increase  captive
production, risks of capacity underutilization, quality issues, availability and
price of raw materials,  currency and other risks associated with  international
trade,  the  Company's  dependence on certain  major  customers,  and other risk
factors and  cautionary  statements  listed  from time to time in the  Company's
periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission,  including,
but not  limited  to, the  Company's  Annual  Report on 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003.
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