Tenneco

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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
David A. Wardell, Senior Vice President
Industry Auto parts
Products Ride control, Emissions control, & Elastomers
Revenue $6,184 Mil (2007 Sales)
Employees 21,000
Website www.tenneco.com

Tenneco (formerly Tenneco Automotive) is a $6.2 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:

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.

The company previously owned and operated a large number of gasoline service stations, but all were closed or replaced with other brands by the mid-1990s.

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.

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[edit] Locations [12]

[edit] Elkhart, Indiana, USA

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

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

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

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

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

[edit] Napoleon, Ohio, USA

Products: Anti-vibration bushings and suspension links

[edit] Reynosa, Mexico

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

[edit] Ermua, Spain

Products: Shock absorbers, elastomers, & CES.

[edit] Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil (Axios)

Products: Engine mounts, shock absorber bushings, & dampers

[edit] Suzhou, China

Products: Elastomer products

[edit] Hosur, India

Products: Strut, Shock absorbers, Front Fork

[edit] Edinburgh Park, Adelaide, Australia

Products: Exhaust Systems

[edit] Melrose Park, Adelaide, Australia

Products: Shock absorbers & Struts

[edit] O'Sullivan Beach, Adelaide, Australia

Products: Emission Control

[edit] Sydney, Australia

Products: Coil and leaf springs

[edit] Edenkoben, Germany

Products: Exhaust Systems

[edit] Sint-Truiden, Belgium

EU headquarters Ride Control division; METC, the EU design and development center; Largest Ride Control plant in Europe

Products : shock absorbers, powdered metal components, press parts

[edit] Gijón, Spain

Products : shock absorbers

[edit] Hodkovice, Czech Republic

Shock absorber and emission control plant in Hodkovice and Mohelca

[edit] Gliwice, Poland

Shock absorber plant in Gliwice, near Katowice

[edit] Valencia, Spain

[edit] Rosario, Argentina - Monroe Fric Rot

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Monroe Shocks and Struts - The industry Leader in Manufactoring OE & Aftermarket Ride Control Products for Import and Domestic Vehicles (2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  2. ^ Walker Exhaust Solutions From the Industry Leader (2006). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  3. ^ Brands - Rancho (2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  4. ^ Brands - DynoMax (2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  5. ^ Brands - Clevite Elastomers (2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  6. ^ Gillet GmbH (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  7. ^ Brands - Fonos (2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  8. ^ Brands - Fric-Rot (2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  9. ^ Kinetic Suspension Technology. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  10. ^ Thrush (2007). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  11. ^ Brands - DNX (2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  12. ^ Overview - Our Location (2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.