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Hayes Lemmerz Receives New Contract from DaimlerChrysler

6 May 1999

Hayes Lemmerz International Rolls into New Century with Contract from DaimlerChrysler

    ROMULUS, Mich., May 6 -- Hayes Lemmerz International
, the world's largest supplier of wheels as well as brake and
suspension components to the transportation industry, announced today that it
has received a contract worth over $2 million from DaimlerChrysler
to produce fabricated steel wheels.
    The wheels will be made for the successor to the C-Class mid sized sedan
that is expected to begin production in May 2000.  The wheels will be shipped
to DaimlerChrysler's plants in Bremen and Sindelfingen, Germany.
    The wheels are expected to be made at the Hayes Lemmerz facility in
Konigswinter, Germany, the headquarters of Hayes Lemmerz's  European
Fabricated Wheels division.  The facility makes fabricated steel wheels for
passenger cars, vans, recreational vehicles, passenger car trailers, light and
heavy trucks, and trailers.
    "We are proud to be a member of the DaimlerChrysler team and look forward
to building the wheels for this next generation vehicle," said Klaus Unger,
President of the European Fabricated Wheels division.  "We look forward to
making these wheels and millions of others for DaimlerChrysler as we venture
into the new millennium."
    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.

    CONTACT:  William Shovers of Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.,
734-942-4187; or Peter Collins of Rubenstein Associates, Inc., 212-843-8050,
for Hayes Lemmerz