Tenneco
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| Tenneco, Inc. | |
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| Type of Company | Public NYSE: TEN |
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| Founded | |
| Headquarters | Lake Forest, Illinois |
| Key people | Mark P. Frissora, former Chairman & CEO Tim Jackson, Senior Vice President |
| Industry | Auto Parts |
| Products | Ride control & Emissions control revenue = $4,441 Mil (2005 Sales) |
| Employees | 19,000 |
| Website | www.tenneco.com |
Tenneco (formerly Tenneco Automotive) is a $4.4 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 Daimler Chrysler, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, VW Group, Toyota, PSA, Nissan, Volvo, Mitsubishi, Honda, Suzuki,Hyundai, Enfield, Tata, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, TVS,EZGO, CLUB CAR, Honda, Jaguar, Skoda, Fiat, Audi, International Truck and Porsche.
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 and Europe. There were 19,000 employees in 2005. Many of the North American manufacturing facilities are located in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio; the corporate headquarters is located in Lake Forest, Illinois.
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 simply Tenneco in order to reflect the changes in markets that the company is hoping to expand into. These areas include 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.
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[edit] Locations
[edit] Elkhart, Indiana USA
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.
[edit] Ligonier, Indiana USA
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.
[edit] Angola, Indiana USA
503 Weatherhead St. Angola, IN 46703
Products: Heavy duty products, spring eye bushings, fluid bushings, torque rod assemblies, links, & V-rods.
[edit] Marshall, Michigan USA
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.
[edit] Virginia Beach, Virginia USA
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.
[edit] Milan, Ohio USA
33 Lockwood Road Milan, OH 44846
Products: Suspension bushings, cab mounts, steering system bushings, exhaust isolators, & rubber compound.
[edit] Napoleon, Ohio USA
11800 St. Rt. 424 Napoleon, OH 43545
Products: Anti-vibration bushings and suspension links
[edit] Reynosa, Mexico
501 N. Bridge St, PMB 636 Hidalgo, Texas 78557 USA
Products: Bushing silentbloc, bonded products, Clevebloc products, STA Bars, control arm links, & engine mounts.
[edit] Ermua, Spain
Poligono Industrial Ureta 48260 - Vizcaya - Spain
Products: Shock absorbers, elastomers, & CES.
[edit] Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil (Axios)
Rodovia Raposo Tavares, Km 36,5 Cotia, São Paulo – Brazil CEP 06700- 0970
Products: Engine mounts, shock absorber bushings, & dampers
[edit] Suzhou, China
11 Xi Jin Zhi Road SND, Suzhou, PRC 215151
Products: Elastomer products
[edit] Hosur, India
122 SIPCOT Industrial Complex Hosur - 635 126, Tamilnadu. India
Products: Strut, Shock absorbers, Front Fork
