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Hayes Lemmerz Gets 3 Dodge and Plymouth Orders for Brake Parts

14 April 1998

Hayes Lemmerz International Receives Three Orders for Brake Components for The Dodge Ram Van and Dodge and Plymouth Neon

    ROMULUS, Mich., April 14 -- Hayes Lemmerz International
, the world's leading supplier of wheels and brake components to
the transportation industry, is proud to announce that it has received three
orders for front rotors and rear drums for the 1998 Dodge Ram Van and the 1998
Dodge and Plymouth Neon.
    The three contracts totaling over $6 million combined, will be produced by
the Hayes manufacturing facilities in Homer, Michigan and Monterrey, Mexico.
The Homer plant, located 60 miles outside of Detroit, employs 250.  The award
to be filled by the Hayes' Monterrey facility is the first to be received for
the Venezuela market.
    "We are pleased that customer reaction to our new Automotive Brakes
business unit remains strong," said Ron Cucuz, Chairman and CEO of Hayes
Lemmerz.  "We continue to gain significant new brake contracts as the market
recognizes our outstanding quality and leading technology resulting in
significant growth for this business over the next few years."
    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