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Hayes Lemmerz International Makes Key Appointments

29 April 1999

Hayes Lemmerz International Makes Key Appointments As Merger with CMI Continues

    ROMULUS, Mich., April 29 -- Hayes Lemmerz International
, one of the world's leading suppliers of corner modules for the
automotive and commercial highway industries, made several key appointments to
its executive staff, according to Ron Cucuz, CEO and Chairman of Hayes
Lemmerz.
    Patrick Carey has been appointed to the position of General Counsel,
replacing Daniel Sandberg who was named President - Automotive Brakes
Components.  Mr. Carey joined Hayes Lemmerz in February 1997 as Assistant
General Counsel.  Prior to that time, Mr. Carey had been in practice for more
than eight years of diverse experience with law firms in the Detroit area.
Mr. Carey is a graduate of Princeton and the University of Michigan Law
School.  Mr. Carey will report directly to Mr. Cucuz.
    Larry Karenko, in addition to his position as Vice President - Human
Resources at Hayes Lemmerz, has been appointed Vice President - Administration
and will continue to report directly to Mr. Cucuz.  Mr. Karenko will be
responsible for the Facilities, Corporate Risk, Health Safety and
Environmental, Corporate Travel, Fleet Administration and Technical Services,
including administrative and cross-functional aspects of the Technical Center
in Ferndale, MI.  Prior to joining Hayes Lemmerz  in 1994, Mr. Karenko spent
15 years with Federal Mogul where he held various Plant to Group level Human
Resources positions.
    Reporting to Karenko are the newly promoted Mike Coffman and Diane Zekind.
Coffman, formerly Director - Health, Safety and Environmental, has been
appointed Director - Health, Safety, Environmental and Risk Management.  In
addition to HSE, Mr. Coffman will be responsible for all corporate insurance
and loss control programs.  Mr. Coffman, who holds a Bachelor of Sciences
degree in Biological Science from Michigan Technological University, held
management level positions at American Axle, Federal-Mogul Corporation, and
Clayton Environmental Consultants before joining Hayes Lemmerz  in 1996.
    Ms. Zekind, formerly Vice President, CMI - Tech Center, has been appointed
to Director - Technical Services.  Ms. Zekind, in addition to maintaining her
current responsibility for all Tech Center administrative, facilities and
maintenance functions, will assume responsibility for all of the Center's
mold/tool making activities as well as certain shared technical services.  Ms.
Zekind, who joined CMI in 1988 and was responsible for administrative
management, strategic planning and business development at the Tech Center,
previously worked for General Motors in various manufacturing and engineering
capacities.  Ms. Zekind holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial
Engineering and a Masters of Science in Manufacturing Management from General
Motors Institute.
    "As Hayes Lemmerz  ventures forward as a leading supplier of corner module
components, I am pleased to recognize the talents of Hayes Lemmerz team
members Pat, Larry, Mike and Diane," said Mr. Cucuz.  "Moving forward, we
should continue to realize the benefits and synergies of our talented
executives who played key roles in making this company an industry leader."
    Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. , with the completion of its
acquisition of CMI International, is one of the world's leading global
suppliers of automotive and commercial highway wheels, brakes, suspension,
structural and other light weight components.  Together, the company has pro
forma sales of close to $2.5 billion with 40 plants, 11  joint ventures and
over 15,000 employees worldwide.

    For more information about Hayes Lemmerz International, please be sure to
visit the web site at http://www.hayes-lemmerz.com.