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 March 31, 2005, 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:  May 10, 2005                    /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.]