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Exhibit 31(b)
SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION
I, John P. Zimmer, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Core Molding Technologies,
Inc.;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this
annual report does not contain
any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit
to state a material
fact necessary
to make
the statements
made, in
light of
the circumstances
under which
such statements
were made,
not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;
3.
Based on
my knowledge,
the financial
statements, and
other financial
information included
in this
annual report,
fairly
present in all material
respects the financial
condition, results of
operations and cash
flows of the
registrant as of,
and for,
the periods presented in this annual report;
4.
The registrant’s
other certifying
officer and
I are
responsible for
establishing and
maintaining disclosure
controls and
procedures (as
defined in Exchange
Act Rules
13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and
internal control
over financial
reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:
a)
designed such
disclosure controls
and procedures,
or caused
such disclosure
controls and
procedures to
be
designed under
our supervision,
to ensure
that material
information relating
to the
registrant, including
its
consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us
by others within
those entities, particularly
during the period
in
which this annual report is being prepared;
b)
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to
be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting
and the preparation
of financial statements for
external purposes in
accordance with generally
accepted
accounting principles;
c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant
’s disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report
our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and
d)
disclosed in this report any
change in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during
the registrant’s
most recent fiscal
quarter (the registrant
’s fourth
fiscal quarter in
the case of
the annual report)
that has
materially affected,
or is
reasonably likely
to materially
affect, the
registrant’s internal
control over
financial reporting.
5.
The registrant’s other certifying
officer and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over
financial reporting,
to the
registrant’s auditors
and the
audit committee
of registrant
’s board
of directors
(or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
a)
all significant deficiencies
and material weaknesses
in the design
or operation of
internal control over
financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
b)
any fraud, whether or not material,
that involves management or other
employees who have a significant
role in
the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
Date: March
11, 2021
/s/ John P. Zimmer
John P. Zimmer
Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer