FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 10, 2002

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RTI NAMES SUBSIDIARY EXECUTIVES

Niles, Ohio – RTI International Metals, Inc. (NYSE: RTI) announced today the creation of five new subsidiary positions. These organizational changes are in line with the Company’s continuing effort to grow and diversify its product offerings to both aerospace and nonaerospace markets.

Titanium Group

Stephen R. Giangiordano, 45, has been named Senior Vice President of RMI Titanium Company. Mr. Giangiordano, most recently President of RMI’s Galt Alloys subsidiary, will oversee RMI’s technical, operating and marketing functions. He began his career at a specialty steel maker in 1979 and joined RMI in 1984.

Bruce A. Whetzel, 41, has been named General Manager of Galt Alloys, Inc. He will be responsible for all of Galt’s businesses, which consist of scrap processing and the production of ferrotitanium and melted titanium products. Mr. Whetzel had been General Manager of Operations at RMI’s Niles, Ohio, plant, joining the Company in 1998.

Fabrication & Distribution Group

Michael C. Wellham, 36, has been appointed Senior Vice President of RTI Fabrication & Distribution with responsibility for all of the Group’s businesses except RTI Energy Systems, Inc. He was most recently Vice President of RTI Fabrication in Houston, Texas. Mr. Wellham, who will now be located at the Company’s headquarters in Niles, Ohio, came to RTI in 1998 with the acquisition of New Century Metals, Inc.

Martin J. Procko, 48, has been named General Manager of Sales for RTI Fabrication & Distribution, where he will oversee the marketing of RTI’s growing line of value-added products. Mr. Procko joined the Company in 1980 and was most recently National Account Manager for RMI.

Christopher P. Clancy, 37, will head a new subsidiary, RTI Commercial Products, Inc. He is currently responsible for RTI’s commercially pure titanium products, including welded tube. In addition to those industrial products, the new subsidiary will focus on the development of various consumer products. Mr. Clancy joined RTI in 1996.

RTI International Metals, headquartered in Niles, Ohio, through its various subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes titanium and specialty metal mill products and extruded shapes, as well as engineered systems for energy-related markets and environmental engineering services. The Company’s products are used for aerospace, defense, industrial, and consumer applications.

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