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Tenneco, Inc.
Type	Public NYSE: TEN
Founded
Headquarters	Lake Forest, Illinois
Key people	Gregg M. Sherrill, Chairman & CEO Kenneth R. Trammell, CFO Tim Jackson, Senior Vice President
Industry	Auto parts
Products	Ride control & Emissions control revenue = $4,700 Mil (2006 Sales)
Employees	19,000
Website	www.tenneco.com

Tenneco (formerly Tenneco Automotive) is a $4.7 billion Fortune 500 company that has been publicly traded on the NYSE since November 5, 1999 under the symbol TEN. Tenneco is one of the leading manufacturers of OEM and after-market ride-control and emissions products, owning the following brands:

• Monroe
• Walker
• Rancho
• DynoMax
• Clevite Elastomers
• Gillet
• Fonos
• Fric-Rot
• Kinetic
• Thrush
• DNX

These are sold to over 500 after-market customers including retailers and wholesalers and to more than 25 OEMs, including Audi, DaimlerChrysler, Enfield, Fiat, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Honda, International Truck, Jaguar, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Porsche, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault, Škoda, Suzuki, Tata, Toyota, TVS, Volkswagen Group, Volvo, EZGO, and CLUB CAR.

Tenneco is a multi-national corporation with 80 manufacturing facilities in 24 countries located on 6 continents, with major centers of operations in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. There were 19,000 employees in 2005. The North American manufacturing facilities are located in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee and Ohio; the corporate headquarters is located in Lake Forest, Illinois, European facilities in Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, UK, France and Spain, with headquarters located in Belgium, Asian facilities include in India, China, Singapore and Japan, Australian Facilities are in Sydney, Morea(NZ) and Clovelly park and African Facility includes South Africa's Port Elizabeth.

Tenneco, Inc. was founded as the Tennessee division of the Chicago Corporation in 1943 to build a natural-gas pipeline from Texas to West Virginia. The automotive division was spun off from Tenneco Inc. in 1991 along with the packaging, energy, natural gas, and shipbuilding divisions.

In October 28, 2005 the name was changed from Tenneco Automotive to Tenneco in order to reflect the changes in markets that the company is hoping to expand into, such as heavy trucks and two-wheel (motorcycle) exhaust and suspension systems.

Tenneco (under the Tenneco Automotive name) sponsored CART's Detroit Grand Prix from 1999 until the race's cancellation after 2001.

Contents 1 Locations 1.1 Elkhart, Indiana, USA 1.2 Ligonier, Indiana, USA 1.3 Angola, Indiana, USA 1.4 Marshall, Michigan, USA 1.5 Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA 1.6 Milan, Ohio, USA 1.7 Napoleon, Ohio, USA 1.8 Reynosa, Mexico 1.9 Ermua, Spain 1.10 Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil (Axios) 1.11 Suzhou, China 1.12 Hosur, India 1.13 Adelaide, Australia 1.14 Edenkoben, Germany 1.15 Adelaide, Australia 1.16 O'Sullivan Beach, Adelaide, Australia 1.17 Sydney, Australia 1.18 Sint-Truiden, Belgium 1.19 Gijón, Spain 1.20 Hodkovice, Czech Republic 1.21 Gliwice, Poland 1.22 Valencia, Spain 1.23 Rosario, Argentina - Monroe Fric Rot

4825 Hoffman St. Elkhart, IN 46516

The Tenneco manufacturing plant in Elkhart, Indiana, primarily makes exhaust components for other Tenneco facilities using stamping, hydroforming, and CNC bending processes. In addition, Elkhart fabricates some frame components for Harley-Davidson on CNC benders. The Elkhart plant is the only manufacturing plant that is owned (rather than leased) by Tenneco.

1490 Gerber St. Ligonier, IN 46767

The plant in Ligonier, Indiana is a manufacturing facility that makes full exhaust systems and related components for Ford Motor Company, Daimler-Chrysler, and Honda. Ligonier is one of the plants that has its own tubemill which takes steel on coils, gradually rolls it into a pipe and then welds the seam shut. This newly-formed pipe is then cut to length and used on the various lines within the plant. Some of the cut pipe is also shipped as-is to other Tenneco plants.

503 Weatherhead St. Angola, IN 46703

Products: Heavy duty products, spring eye bushings, fluid bushings, torque rod assemblies, links, & V-rods.

904 Industrial Road Marshall, Michigan 49068

The plant in Marshall, Michigan is a manufacturing facility that makes full exhaust systems and related components for Ford Motor Company, Daimler-Chrysler, and General Motors. Marshall is one of the plants that has its own tubemill which takes steel on coils, gradually rolls it into a pipe and then welds the seam shut. This newly-formed pipe is then cut to length and used on the various lines within the plant. Some of the cut pipe is also shipped as-is to other Tenneco plants. The Marshall facility is also equipped with multiple high speed automatic muffler assembly lines.

1569 Diamond Springs Rd Virginia Beach, VA 23455

The plant in Virginia Beach is a JIT (just in time) manufacturing facility that makes exhaust systems for the FORD F-150 plant in Norfolk, Virginia.

33 Lockwood Road Milan, OH 44846

Products: Suspension bushings, cab mounts, steering system bushings, exhaust isolators, & rubber compound.

11800 St. Rt. 424 Napoleon, OH 43545

Products: Anti-vibration bushings and suspension links

501 N. Bridge St, PMB 636 Hidalgo, Texas 78557 USA

Products: Bushing silentbloc, bonded products, Clevebloc products, STA Bars, control arm links, & engine mounts.

Poligono Industrial Ureta 48260 - Vizcaya - Spain

Products: Shock absorbers, elastomers, & CES.

Rodovia Raposo Tavares, km 36,5 Cotia, São Paulo – Brazil CEP 06700- 0970

Products: Engine mounts, shock absorber bushings, & dampers

11 Xi Jin Zhi Road SND, Suzhou, PRC 215151

Products: Elastomer products

122 SIPCOT Industrial Complex Hosur - 635 126, Tamilnadu. India

Tenneco India Engineering & Shared Services, D1-South Tidel Park, Canal Bank Road, Chennai, India

Products: Strut, Shock absorbers, Front Fork

118 Woomera Rd Edinburgh Park SA 51111

Products: Exhaust Systems

Luitpoldstrasse 83
67480 Edenkoben
Germany

Products: Exhaust Systems

PO Box 61 Melrose Park, South Australia Australia 5039

Products: Shock absorbers & Struts

O'Sullivan Beach South Australia 5166 PO Box 216 Lonsdale SA 5160

Products: Emission Control

Monroe Springs Locked Bag 5041, South Sydney Business Centre Alexandia NSW2015, Australia

Products: Coil and leaf springs

EU headquarters Ride Control division

METC, the EU design and development center

Largest Ride Control plant in Europe Industriezone Schurhovenveld B3800 Sint-Truiden

Products : shock absorbers, powdered metal components, press parts

Tenneco Spain

Planta de Gijon, Asturias (Alto de Pumarin) Products : shock absorbers

Shock absorber and emission control plant in Hodkovice and Mohelca

Shock absorber plant in Gliwice, near Katowice

Tenneco Spain

Planta de Valencia, Beniparrell.

Tenneco South America Uruguay 2627, CEP 2000 Products: shock absorbers, struts, cartbridges, heavy duty. OE & AM markets