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                                EXHIBIT 21

              NorDruk Investment Company Limited Partnership
                               P.O. Box 364
                            Caledonia, MI 49316

                                                               PAUL C. DRUEKE
                                                              General Partner


                             December 22, 1997

HAND DELIVERY

Mr. Marlan Smith, Acting Secretary
Ameriwood Industries International Corporation
168 Louis Campau Promenade, Suite 400
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

          RE:  NOMINATION OF MR. JACOB C. MOL FOR ELECTION TO BOARD OF
               DIRECTORS

Dear Mr. Smith:

          On December 11, 1997, the Concerned Shareholders for Better
Management of Ameriwood (the "Committee") delivered to the Board of
Directors a letter requesting that the Board nominate Jacob C. Mol for
election as a Director of Ameriwood Industries International Corporation
(the "Company") at the Company's annual meeting to shareholders to be held
in April 1998.  Not having received a reply from the Company, NorDruk
Investment Company Limited Partnership ("NorDruk"), a record shareholder of
the Company, hereby delivers to you its formal notice that it intends to
nominate Mr. Mol for election at the Company's 1998 annual meeting of
shareholders.

Name of Nominee.................................  Jacob C. Mol

Age.............................................  63 years

Business Address................................  3075 Baldwin Street
                                                  Hudsonville, Michigan 49426
                                                  (616) 669-8960

Residence Address...............................  same

Principal Occupation or Employment..............  Self-employed businessman and
                                                  investor

Number of Shares Beneficially Owned.............  157,113 shares of the
                                                  Company's common stock.


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          Mr. Mol is willing to be nominated for election as a Director of
the Company.  As required by Article IX, Section C of the Company's
Articles of Incorporation, NorDruk confirms that the information concerning
Mr. Mol contained in the enclosed Schedule 13D (a copy of which has
previously been delivered to you but which is included here for ease of
reference) is complete and correct as of the date of this letter, and
appears to include all information required for the Company's proxy
materials.

          As confirmed in the Committee's December 11, 1997 letter, Mr. Mol
commits that he will furnish the Board of Directors with such additional
and updated information concerning himself as is required under the rules
of the Securities and Exchange Commission to be included in the Company's
proxy materials, upon request of the Company's Secretary.

          Also enclosed is Mr. Mol's signed statement that, after having
reviewed Article III, Section 1 of the Company's Bylaws, he is aware of no
reason not disclosed to the Board of Directors why he would or might be
considered a Plaintiff or Related Person (as defined in Article III of the
Bylaws).  This statement, which was included in the Committee's December
11, 1997 letter, also includes Mr. Mol's undertaking that, if he is
nominated, he promptly will inform the Board of Directors, by written
notice to the Chairman of the Board or the Secretary of the Company, if at
any time prior to the election he becomes aware of any fact or
circumstance, whether in existence on the date of the undertaking or
arising afterward, which has given Mr. Mol any reason to believe that he is
or might be considered a Plaintiff or Related Person.

          If you should have any questions or comments, please contact Mr.
Gordon Lewis of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP at 752-2752.

                              Sincerely,


                              NORDRUK INVESTMENT COMPANY
                              LIMITED PARTNERSHIP


                              By   /s/Paul C. Drueke
                                   Paul C. Drueke, General Partner

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