Hayes Lemmerz, the number one wheel manufacturer in the world, is to retain its European Headquarters in Königswinter, Germany. This was confirmed by the European President, Fred Bentley, in an interview with Bonner Generalanzeiger. Königswinter has undergone a massive restructuring programme. Staff numbers have been reduced from 3000 to 690. But now the German plant is probably the most modern wheel plant worldwide. Bentley refused to confirm that Hayes Lemmerz is to invest a further 30 Million Euro. This was said by Bentley’s predecessor, Hans Buchel, who was fired in February this year. Bentley called it “a parting by mutual agreement”.