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This Week:

• World premieres at the Frankfurt Motor Show: Exciting Mercedes study Vision CLS and SLR McLaren high-performance sports car

• Saab Hatches New 9-3 Concept

• With The Success Of Mégane, Renault Consolidates Its Position As European Market Leader

• BMW World Debuts A The 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show

• Action, Adventure And Innovation: Land Rover Presents The New 2004 Freelander in Frankfurt 

• World premiere at the IAA 2003 for the Golf GTI concept

• The 100,000th Porsche Boxster Produced In Uusikaupunki

• GM Releases Names Of New Crossover Sport Vans

• Tenneco Automotive Launches Manufacturing Operations in Russia

• Dana Corporation Announces Expansion of Heavy Vehicle Technology Center

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Tenneco Automotive Launches Manufacturing Operations in Russia
 

Company to Produce Exhaust Components and Assemblies at its Togliatti Plant FRANKFURT, Germany - Tenneco Automotive announced today that the company is continuing its Central and Eastern European expansion by opening a manufacturing facility in Togliatti, Russia, approximately 1,000 kilometers southeast of Moscow. The new facility will supply hot-end original equipment (OE) exhaust components, including catalytic converters and downpipes, and cold-end muffler assemblies for the Chevrolet Niva platform, a car built by a joint venture between General Motors and AvtoVAZ, the Russian-based automaker. Tenneco Automotive expects the facility to be operational by October 2003.

"We are building a meaningful presence in Russia and are well-positioned to capture growth opportunities in this rapidly expanding market," said Mark P. Frissora, chairman and CEO of Tenneco Automotive. "We will aggressively work to build our book of business by leveraging our regional knowledge and local management backed by Tenneco Automotive's global resources and engineering capabilities."

The opening of the Togliatti facility marks the fourth Tenneco Automotive plant in Central and Eastern Europe. The company operates an OE Emission Control plant in Rybnik, Poland; an OE Ride Control plant in Gliwice, Poland and an OE Ride Control and Emission Control facility in Hodkovice, Czech Republic.

(Sep 9, 2003)