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Hayes Receives Steel Wheel Contract for New Volkswagen Beetle

25 February 1998

Hayes Receives Steel Wheel Contract for New Volkswagen Beetle

    ROMULUS, Mich., Feb. 25 -- Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
, one of the world's leading manufacturers of wheels and brake
components to original equipment manufacturers, announced today that it has
received a contract from Volkswagen to supply fabricated steel wheels for
worldwide use on the new Volkswagen Beetle.  The terms of the agreement were
not disclosed.
    The wheels are being produced at the company's manufacturing facility in
Mexico City.  Shipments will begin later this spring.
    "We are proud to be associated with the new Beetle and look forward to
working with Volkswagen," said Ron Cucuz, chairman and chief executive officer
of Hayes.  "This contract exemplifies our continued success in increasing our
market share in the global automotive industry."
    Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., with annual sales of over $1.5 billion,
is a world leader in the design, engineering and manufacture of steel and
aluminum wheels and brake drums and rotors for the automotive and commercial
highway markets in North America, Europe and Asia.  Based in Romulus,
Michigan, the company has twenty-two manufacturing facilities in nine
countries.

SOURCE  Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.