TENNECO

'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.

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Locations

Elkhart, Indiana, USA

Ligonier, Indiana, USA

503 Weatherhead St. Angola, IN 46703 Products: Heavy duty products, spring eye bushings, fluid bushings, torque rod assemblies, links, & V-rods.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

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.

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

118 Woomera Rd Edinburgh Park SA 51111 Products: Exhaust Systems

Luitpoldstrasse 83 67480 Edenkoben Germany Products: Exhaust Systems

O'Sullivan Beach, Adelaide, Australia

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

Locations

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.

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.
=== Angola, Indiana, USA

503 Weatherhead St.
Angola, IN 46703
Products: Heavy duty products, spring eye bushings, fluid bushings, torque rod assemblies, links, & V-rods.

Marshall, Michigan, USA ===
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.

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.
=== Milan, Ohio, USA

33 Lockwood Road
Milan, OH 44846
Products: Suspension bushings, cab mounts, steering system bushings, exhaust isolators, & rubber compound.

Napoleon, Ohio, USA

11800 St. Rt. 424
Napoleon, OH 43545
Products: Anti-vibration bushings and suspension links

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.

Ermua, Spain ===
Poligono Industrial Ureta
48260 - Vizcaya - Spain
Products: Shock absorbers, elastomers, & CES.
=== 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

Suzhou, China

11 Xi Jin Zhi Road
SND, Suzhou, PRC 215151
Products: Elastomer products

Hosur, India ===
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
=== Adelaide, Australia

118 Woomera Rd
Edinburgh Park
SA 51111
Products: Exhaust Systems

Edenkoben, Germany

Luitpoldstrasse 83

67480 Edenkoben

Germany
Products: Exhaust Systems

Adelaide, Australia ===
PO Box 61
Melrose Park, South Australia
Australia 5039
Products: Shock absorbers & Struts

O'Sullivan Beach, Adelaide, Australia

O'Sullivan Beach
South Australia 5166
PO Box 216 Lonsdale SA 5160
Products: Emission Control
=== Sydney, Australia ===
Monroe Springs
Locked Bag 5041, South Sydney Business Centre
Alexandia NSW2015, Australia
Products: Coil and leaf springs
=== Sint-Truiden, Belgium

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

Gijón, Spain

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

Hodkovice, Czech Republic

Shock absorber and emission control plant in Hodkovice and Mohelca

Gliwice, Poland

Shock absorber plant in Gliwice, near Katowice

Valencia, Spain ===
Tenneco Spain
Planta de Valencia, Beniparrell.