POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY
THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints ANDREW F. JOHNSON and THOMAS J. BELLGRAPH, and each of them,
such individual's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for such individual and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form
10-K of HASTINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the year ended December 31,
1999, together with any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them,
or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

| |  |  |  |  | Signature:  | /s/ M.C. Bennett
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| |  |  |  |  | Print Name: | Monty C. Bennett
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| |  |  |  |  | Title:      |                 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY
THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints ANDREW F. JOHNSON and THOMAS J. BELLGRAPH, and each of them,
such individual's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for such individual and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form
10-K of HASTINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the year ended December 31,
1999, together with any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them,
or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

| |  |  |  |  | Signature:  | /s/ William R. Cook
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| |  |  |  |  | Print Name: | William R. Cook    
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| |  |  |  |  | Title:      |                    

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POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY
THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints ANDREW F. JOHNSON and THOMAS J. BELLGRAPH, and each of them,
such individual's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for such individual and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form
10-K of HASTINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the year ended December 31,
1999, together with any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them,
or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

| |  |  |  |  | Signature:  | /s/ D.A. DeCamp  
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| |  |  |  |  | Print Name: | Douglas A. DeCamp
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| |  |  |  |  | Title:      |                  

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POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY
THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints ANDREW F. JOHNSON and THOMAS J. BELLGRAPH, and each of them,
such individual's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for such individual and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form
10-K of HASTINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the year ended December 31,
1999, together with any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them,
or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

| |  |  |  |  | Signature:  | /s/ Richard L. Foster
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| |  |  |  |  | Print Name: | Richard L. Foster    
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| |  |  |  |  | Title:      |                      

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POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY
THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints ANDREW F. JOHNSON and THOMAS J. BELLGRAPH, and each of them,
such individual's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for such individual and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form
10-K of HASTINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the year ended December 31,
1999, together with any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them,
or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

| |  |  |  |  | Signature:  | /s/ Neil A. Gardner
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| |  |  |  |  | Print Name: | Neil A. Gardner    
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| |  |  |  |  | Title:      |                    

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POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY
THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints ANDREW F. JOHNSON and THOMAS J. BELLGRAPH, and each of them,
such individual's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for such individual and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form
10-K of HASTINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the year ended December 31,
1999, together with any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them,
or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

| |  |  |  |  | Signature:  | /s/ Dale W. Koop
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| |  |  |  |  | Print Name: | Dale W. Koop    
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| |  |  |  |  | Title:      |                 





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