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April 2, 2007

Walker® Exhaust Rolls Out Expanded Coverage With New Print, Electronic And Online Catalogs

Bilingual Master Catalog, ERIS Resource and Updated Web-Based Catalogs Include More Than 600 New SKUs for Domestic and Import Applications

Monroe, MI - The Walker exhaust brand from Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN) has announced the release of more than 600 new part numbers and issued its first bilingual exhaust master catalog and updated ERIS electronic catalog. The brand also for the first time offers both French- and English-language Web sites featuring comprehensive application search tools and up-to-date part listings.

Walker is a full-line source of high-quality replacement exhaust systems, converters, mufflers, assemblies, and tubing for domestic and import passenger vehicles and commercial applications. This "one-stop" coverage of virtually all popular makes and models is designed to help aftermarket distributors and repair shops maximize their competitive advantage in the undercar category. Walker products are engineered to fit like original equipment components because Tenneco is a global manufacturer of OE exhaust systems and parts.

"Once again, Walker is stepping forward to invest in the exhaust category and our customers’ businesses through a targeted strategy of exceptional coverage and outstanding quality and value," said Bill Shutt, emission control product manager, North American aftermarket, Tenneco. "With the simultaneous release of our new master catalog, ERIS CD and Web catalogs, we’re giving our customers all of the tools to leverage our expanded product offering."

The Walker coverage expansion includes more than 160 new catalytic converters, more than 90 additional Walker Quiet-Flow®3 mufflers and welded import exhaust assemblies, 26 new Walker SoundFX™ mufflers, 50 new front pipes, and more than 90 new performance SKUs offered under the DynoMax® brand. The brand continues to expand its direct-fit import coverage with more than 120 import-specific SKUs introduced this year.

"We leverage the engineering resources and OE relationships of our global StarlaTM and GilletTM exhaust brands to bring the latest products for foreign-nameplate applications into the Walker line in North America," Shutt said.

In addition to using the new Walker Exhaust Master Catalog and ERIS CD, distributors, jobbers and service dealers can identify the right replacement exhaust and emission control components through the interactive Walker online parts catalog at www.walkerexhaust.com and www.french.walkerexhaust.com.

For additional information regarding Walker® exhaust systems and components, and to receive the 2007 Walker Exhaust Master Catalog, contact your Walker supplier or call (734) 384-7833.

Tenneco Inc. is a $4.7 billion manufacturing company with headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois, and approximately 19,000 employees worldwide. Tenneco is one of the world’s largest designers, manufacturers and marketers of emission control and ride control products and systems for the automotive original equipment market and the aftermarket. Tenneco markets its products principally under the Monroe®, Walker®, Gillet® and Clevite® Elastomer brand names. Among its products are Sensa-Trac® and Monroe Reflex® shocks and struts, Rancho® suspension systems and shock absorbers, Walker® Quiet-Flow® mufflers, DynoMax® performance exhaust products, and Clevite® Elastomer noise, vibration and harshness control components.

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