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Hayes Lemmerz Receives Brake Rotor Contract for Jeep Grand Cherokee

9 March 1998

Hayes Lemmerz Receives Brake Rotor Contract for Jeep Grand Cherokee

    ROMULUS, Mich., March 9 -- Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
announced today that it has received a contract from ITT
Automotive to supply brake rotors for the 1999 model Chrysler Jeep Grand
Cherokee.
    Beginning later this year, Hayes Lemmerz will supply the front and rear
brake rotors from its manufacturing facility in Homer, Mich., near Jackson.
The contract with Jeep is expected to result in over $20 million in annual
sales.
    "We have always been a proud and dedicated partner of the Jeep Division of
Chrysler Corporation and ITT Automotive," said Ron Cucuz, president and chief
executive officer of Hayes Lemmerz.  "We obviously are pleased with this new
contract, which we believe is a result of Chrysler and ITT's continued
confidence in Hayes.  Our position in this market is being strengthened by our
engineering excellence and outstanding product quality."
    Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., with annual sales of over $1.5 billion,
is the world's largest wheel manufacturer and 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.

SOURCE  Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.