Hayes Lemmerz Suspension Components Business Unit Opens New Sales and Customer Support Offices to Serve the European and Asian Markets

NORTHVILLE, Mich., Sept. 15 -- Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc (BULLETIN BOARD: HAYZ) Suspension Components Business Unit announced today that it has opened a new sales and customer support office in Stuttgart, Germany. This office is in addition to Paris, France and Yokahama, Japan offices which opened earlier this year. These offices, in conjunction with the Hayes Lemmerz Technical Center in Ferndale, Michigan, will support several business development initiatives with European, Asian, and U.S. based global automotive OEM and Tier I customers requiring complex cast suspension components.

"This is an important strategic move for Hayes Lemmerz," said Scott Harrison, President of the Suspension Components Business. "Our global reach will strengthen our customer relationships worldwide, and we remain confident in the tremendous opportunity our Suspension Components Business provides to increase our market share of lightweight aluminum components in both Europe and Asia."

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. is a world leading global supplier of automotive and commercial highway wheels, brakes, powertrain, suspension, structural and other lightweight components. The Company has 43 plants, 3 joint venture facilities and 11,000 employees worldwide.

This press release includes forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which represent the Company's expectations and beliefs concerning future events that involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this release are forward looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward looking statements include the factors set forth in our periodic reports filed with the SEC. Consequently, all of the forward looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these and other factors, risks, and uncertainties.

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