Tenneco Supplying Clean Air and Ride Performance Technologies on 2016 Ford F-650/F-750 Medium Duty Trucks
HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN), a global supplier of Clean Air and Ride
Performance products and systems, is supplying the 2016 Ford F-650/F-750
medium duty trucks. These commercial-grade trucks are currently in
production and feature Ford’s exclusive 6.7-liter Power Stroke®
diesel and 6.8-liter V10 gasoline engines. Tenneco is providing the full
exhaust system for both engines, including the selective catalytic
reduction (SCR) aftertreatment system for the Power Stroke diesel
engine, as well as engineered elastomer leaf spring eye bushings.
“We’re proud to support Ford on this important truck platform,” said
Henry Hummel, senior vice president, Global Clean Air, Tenneco. “The
emission control technologies featured on both the diesel and gasoline
engines of the Ford F-650 and F-750 demonstrate the strength of
Tenneco’s full suite of aftertreatment solutions and our ability to help
deliver the fuel economy and performance these engines require.”
In 2015, Tenneco began production in a new facility in Jeffersonville,
Indiana to manufacture the emissions control systems, which also include
components produced in the company’s facilities in Ligonier, Indiana,
and Seward, Nebraska. Product engineering and development for both
emissions control systems was conducted at Tenneco’s global clean air
engineering center in Grass Lake, Michigan. The engineered elastomer
bushings were developed at Tenneco’s technical center in Milan, Ohio,
and manufactured in Reynosa, Mexico.
Tenneco is exhibiting at Hall 16, Stand C10 at the 2016 IAA Commercial
Vehicles Show, September 22-29 in Hannover, Germany.
Tenneco is an $8.2 billion global manufacturing company with
headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 30,000 employees
worldwide.Tenneco is one of the world’s largest designers,
manufacturers and marketers of clean air and ride performance products
and systems for automotive and commercial vehicle original equipment
markets and the aftermarket.Tenneco’s principal brand names are
Monroe®, Walker®, XNOx® and Clevite®Elastomers.
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differ materially. Among the factors that could cause these plans,
actions and results to differ materially from current expectations are:
(i) changes in automotive or commercial vehicle manufacturers'
production rates and their actual and forecasted requirements for the
company's products, including the company's resultant inability to
realize the sales represented by its awarded book of business; (ii) any
change in customer demand due to delays in the adoption or enforcement
of worldwide emissions regulations or any other changes in consumer
demand and prices, including decreases in demand for automobiles or
commercial vehicles which include the company's products, and the
potential negative impact on the company's revenues and margins from
such products; (iii) the general political, economic and competitive
conditions in markets where the company and its subsidiaries operate;
(iv) workforce factors such as strikes or labor interruptions; (v)
material substitutions and increases in the costs of raw materials; and(vi) the company's ability to develop and profitably commercialize
new products and technologies, and the acceptance of such new products
and technologies by the company's customers. The company undertakes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or
circumstances after the date of this press release. Additional
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time to time in the company's SEC filings, including but not limited to
its report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.
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Tenneco Inc.
Bill Dawson
847-482-5807
bdawson@tenneco.com
Source: Tenneco Inc.