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

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                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                         CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              DELAWARE                                         31-1481870
    (State or other jurisdiction                            (I.R.S. Employer
  of Incorporation or organization)                      Identification Number)

800 MANOR PARK DRIVE
P.O. BOX 28183
COLUMBUS, OHIO                                                    43228-0183
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                          (Zip Code)

                      2002 CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               HERMAN F. DICK, JR.
                       C/O CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                      800 MANOR PARK DRIVE, P.O. BOX 28183
                            COLUMBUS, OHIO 43228-0183
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (614) 870-5000
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



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                                                             Proposed            Proposed
                                          Amount             Maximum             Maximum
             Title of                      to be          Offering Price        Aggregate            Amount of
    Securities to be Registered         Registered        Per Share (1)     Offering Price (1)   Registration Fee
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Share of Common Stock, par value          200,000             $2.00              $400,000             $32.36
$.01 per share ("Common Stock")
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(1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
     pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of
     1933, as amended, and calculated on the basis of the average of the high
     and low sales prices of the shares of Common Stock on July 15, 2003, as
     reported by the American Stock Exchange.







                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2002 of Core Molding Technologies, Inc., formerly known as Core Materials
Corporation (the "Registrant"), and all other reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the requirements of
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), since that date are hereby incorporated by
reference.

         The description of the Registrant's shares of Common Stock contained in
the Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-15809 on Form S-4, filed with
the Commission on November 8, 1996, and all amendments thereto or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description heretofore filed by the Registrant
with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference.

         Any definitive Proxy Statement or Information Statement filed pursuant
to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and all documents which may be filed with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent
to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated herein
by reference and to be made a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents; provided, however, that no report of the Compensation Committee of
the Board of Directors of the Registrant on executive compensation and no
performance graph included in any Proxy Statement or Information Statement filed
pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act shall be deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         The validity of the issuance of the Common Stock of the Registrant
being registered on this Registration Statement on Form S-8 will be passed upon
for the Registrant by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., 41 South High Street,
Columbus, Ohio 43215.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a
Delaware corporation to limit the liability of its directors through a provision
in its certificate of incorporation, and provides, in pertinent part, as
follows:

         (b) In addition to the matters required to be set forth in the
         certificate of incorporation by subsection (a) of this section, the
         certificate of incorporation may also contain any or all of the
         following matters:
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         (7) A provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a
         director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
         for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such
         provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director: (i)
         for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or
         its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
         involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii)
         under section 174 of this title; or (iv) for any transaction from which
         the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision
         shall eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or
         omission occurring prior to the date when such provision becomes
         effective.

         Article XI of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as
amended, limits the personal liability of the directors of the Registrant and
provides as follows:

                  SECTION 1. Limitation of Directors' Liability.

                  A. No director of the corporation shall be personally liable
         to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
         of fiduciary duty as a director, except, to the extent provided by
         applicable law, for liability (i) for breach of the director's duty of
         loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or
         omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
         a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the
         Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction from which
         the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the Delaware
         General Corporation Law is hereafter amended to authorize corporate
         action further limiting or eliminating the personal liability of
         directors, then the liability of each director of the Corporation shall
         be limited or eliminated to the full extent permitted by the Delaware
         General Corporation Law as so amended from time to time.

                  B. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Section 1, nor the
         adoption of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation
         inconsistent with this Section 1, shall eliminate or reduce the effect
         of this Section 1, in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of
         action, suit or claim that, but for this Section 1, would accrue or
         arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent
         provision.

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law governs
indemnification by a Delaware corporation and provides as follows:

                  (a) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who
         was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
         threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
         civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
         by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the
         person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
         corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as
         a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
         partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses
         (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
         settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
         with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith
         and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
         to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
         criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
         person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any


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         action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction,
         or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of
         itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith
         and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not
         opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to
         any criminal, action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe
         that the person's conduct was unlawful.

                  (b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who
         was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
         threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of
         the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the
         fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
         of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
         corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
         corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
         against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
         incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of
         such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner
         the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
         interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall
         be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such
         person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless
         and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
         such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
         despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
         circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
         entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or
         such other court shall deem proper.

                  (c) To the extent that a present or former director or officer
         of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
         defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections
         (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or
         matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses
         (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such
         person in connection therewith.

                  (d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this
         section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation
         only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
         indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or
         agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the
         applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of
         this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a
         person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination,
         (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such
         action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a
         committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such
         directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such
         directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel
         in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.

                  (e) Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an
         officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or
         investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation
         in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding
         upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or
         officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that
         such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as
         authorized in this section. Such expenses including attorneys' fees)
         incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents


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         may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the
         corporation deems appropriate.

                  (f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
         by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall
         not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
         indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
         bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
         otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as
         to action in another capacity while holding such office.

                  (g) A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain
         insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
         employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
         request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
         another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
         enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and
         incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such
         personae status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the
         power to indemnify such person against such liability under this
         section.

                  (h) For purposes of this section, references to "the
         corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation,
         any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a
         constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its
         separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to
         indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any
         person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such
         constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
         constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
         another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
         enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with
         respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would
         have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate
         existence had continued.

                  (i) For purposes of this section, references to "other
         enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to
         "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with
         respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the
         request of the corporation" shall include any service as a director,
         officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on,
         or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with
         respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries;
         and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person
         reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
         beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted
         in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as
         referred to in this section.

                  (j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
         by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise
         provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has
         ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to
         the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
         person.

                  (k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive
         jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of
         expenses or indemnification brought under



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         this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
         disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may
         summarily determine a corporation's obligation to advance expenses
         (including attorneys' fees).

         Article VIII of the By-laws of the Registrant governs indemnification
by the Registrant and provides as follows:

                                  ARTICLE VIII.

                                 INDEMNIFICATION

                  Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was
         or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
         pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
         criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or
         in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that such person
         is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was
         serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
         member, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
         venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
         attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
         actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such
         action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a
         manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
         best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
         action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's
         conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding
         by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo
         contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
         presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner
         which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
         best interest of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
         action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such
         person's conduct was unlawful.

                  Section 2. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was
         or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
         pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
         Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
         that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or
         is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
         officer or member of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
         trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
         actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the
         defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in
         good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or
         not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, except that no
         such indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or
         matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to
         the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
         Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such suit or action was
         brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication
         of liability but in consideration of all the circumstances of the case,
         such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
         expenses which such court shall deem proper.

                  Section 3. The Corporation may, to the extent deemed advisable
         by the Board of Directors, indemnify any person who is or was an
         employee or agent (other than a director or officer) of the Corporation
         if such person would be entitled to such indemnity


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         under the provisions of Section 1 or 2 if such person had been a
         director or officer of the Corporation.

                  Section 4. To the extent that a person shall be successful on
         the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding
         referred to in Sections 1, 2 or 3 or in defense of any claim, issue or
         matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses
         (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such
         person in connection therewith.

                  Section 5. Any indemnification under Sections 1, 2 and 3
         (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as
         authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
         indemnification of the director, officer, member, employee or agent is
         proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable
         standard of conduct set forth in Sections 1 and 2. Such determination
         shall be made (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not
         parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a
         quorum, or (2) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so
         direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by
         the stockholders.

                  Section 6. Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an
         officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or
         investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the
         Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
         proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
         director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
         determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the
         Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII. Such expenses
         (including attorneys' fees) incurred by other employees and agents may
         be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of
         Directors deems appropriate.

                  Section 7. The indemnification and advancement of expenses
         provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall not be
         deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
         indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
         statute, By-Law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
         directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official
         capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
         office, and shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or
         ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
         officer, member, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of
         the heirs, executors, and administrators of such person.

                  Section 8. The Corporation shall have the power to purchase
         and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who was or is a
         director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was
         serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
         member, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
         venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted
         against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity,
         or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the
         Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
         liability under the provisions of this Article VIII or of the General
         Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


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                  Section 10. For the purposes of this Article VIII, references
         to "the Corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting
         corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of
         a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger and the
         Corporation which, if its separate existence had continued, would have
         had power and authority to (or in fact did) indemnify its directors,
         officers, employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a
         director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation,
         or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as
         a director, officer, member, employee or agent of another corporation,
         partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in
         the same position under the provisions of this Article with respect to
         the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with
         respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had
         continued.

                  Section 11. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to
         "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans, reference to
         "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with
         respect to any employee benefit plan, and references to "serving at the
         request of the Corporation" shall include any service as a director,
         officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on,
         or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent
         with respect to any employee benefit plan, its participants or
         beneficiaries, and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner
         such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the
         participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be
         deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interest of
         the Corporation" as referred to in this Article VIII.

         Article 18 of the Registrant's Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan provides
for indemnification by the Registrant, as follows:

                  Each person who is or shall have been a member of the
         Committee, or of the Board, shall be indemnified by the Company against
         and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon
         or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting
         from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a
         party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action
         taken or failure to act under the Plan. Such person shall be
         indemnified by the Company for all amounts paid by him or her in
         settlement thereof, with the Company's approval, or paid by him or her
         in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding
         against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an
         opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before
         he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf.
         The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any
         other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled
         under the Company's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of
         law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify
         them or hold them harmless.

         The Registrant has purchased insurance coverage under a policy which
insures directors and officers against certain liabilities which might be
incurred by them in such capacities.


ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not applicable.



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ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

         See the Index to Exhibits.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

A.       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
                  statement;

                  (i)      To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)
                           (3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                           arising after the effective date of the registration
                           statement (or the most recent post-effective
                           amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
                           aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                           information set forth in the registration statement;
                           and

                  (iii)    To include any material information with respect to
                           the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
                           the registration statement or any material change to
                           such information in the registration statement;

                  provided, however, that paragraphs A(1)(i) and A(1)(ii) do not
                  apply if the information required to be included in a
                  post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
                  periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
                  the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
                  reference in this registration statement.

         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
                  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
                  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bone
                  fide offering thereof.

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

B.       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
         determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
         of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
         reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
         registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
         the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
         initial bona fide offering thereof.


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C.       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
         Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
         persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item
         6 of this Part II, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
         in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
         indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
         is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
         indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
         Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
         controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
         action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
         controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
         the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
         has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
         appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
         it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
         governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on the 18th day of July,
2003.

                         Core Molding Technologies, Inc.


                                       By:   /s/ Herman F. Dick, Jr.
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Herman F. Dick, Jr.
                                           Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated, on the 18th day of July, 2003.

SIGNATURE                          TITLE
---------                          -----

         *                         Chairman of the Board of Directors
---------------------------
Malcolm M. Prine


/s/ James L. Simonton              President, Chief Executive Officer and
---------------------------        Director (principal executive officer)
James L. Simonton


/s/ Herman F. Dick, Jr.            Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
---------------------------        (principal financial and accounting officer)
Herman F. Dick, Jr.

         *                         Director
---------------------------
Thomas R. Celliti


         *                         Director
---------------------------
James F. Crowley


         *                         Director
---------------------------
Ralph O. Hellmold


         *                         Director
---------------------------
Thomas M. Hough



*By: /s/ Herman F. Dick, Jr.
     -----------------------
     Herman F. Dick, Jr.,
     Attorney-in-Fact


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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


EXHIBIT NO.                          DESCRIPTION                                     PAGE NO.
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    4(a)            Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant as            Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a)
                    filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware            of Registration Statement on Form S-8
                    on October 8, 1996                                       (Registration No. 333-29203)

    4(b)            Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of               Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b)
                    Incorporation of Registrant as filed with the            of Registration Statement on Form S-8
                    Secretary of State of Delaware on November 6,            (Registration No. 333-29203)
                    1996

    4(c)            Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant,              Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c)
                    reflecting amendments through November 6,                of Registration Statement on Form S-8
                    1996 (for purposes of compliance with                    (Registration No. 333-29203)
                    Securities and Exchange Commission filing
                    requirements only)

    4(d)            Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of               Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                    Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of            4(a)(4) of Registrant's Form 10-Q (filed
                    State of Delaware on August 28, 2002                     November 14, 2002)

    4(e)            By-Laws of Registrant                                    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3-C
                                                                             to Registrant's Registration Statement
                                                                             on Form S-4 (filed November 8, 1996,
                                                                             SEC Registration No. 333-15809)

    4(f)            2002 Core Molding Technologies, Inc. Employee            Page 13
                    Stock Purchase Plan

     5              Opinion of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey                     Page 20
                    L.L.P.,Counsel to Registrant

   23(a)            Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent            Page 22
                    Auditors to Registrant

   23(b)            Consent of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.,             Filed as part of Exhibit 5 hereof
                    Counsel to Registrant

     24             Powers of Attorney                                       Page 23



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