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Hayes Lemmerz Receives Contract For the Oyak-Renault's Clio Model

15 January 1999

Hayes Lemmerz International Receives Contract For the Oyak-Renault's Clio Model

    ROMULUS, Mich., Jan. 15 -- Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
, the world's leading supplier of wheels and brake components to
the transportation industry, today announced that its European Fabricated
Wheels division has received a contract estimated to be worth $2.0 million for
fabricated wheels from Oyak-Renault for its Clio model.
    The wheels will be produced at the division's plant in Manisa, Turkey for
the Oyak-Renault facility in Bursa, Turkey.
    "We are pleased to be associated with the Clio platform and look forward
to working with Renault," said Klaus Junger, President of Hayes Lemmerz
European Fabricated Wheels.  "This is another example of our continued success
in increasing our market share in the global automotive industry."
    Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., with annual sales of over $1.7 billion,
is the world's largest wheel manufacturer and is a 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 and South
America, Europe and Asia.  Hayes Lemmerz International has more than
11,000 employees and 26 manufacturing facilities in 12 countries worldwide.