In response to Volkswagen’s announcement today to temporarily halt the sale of diesel vehicles in the United States, Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN) confirmed that the company supplies VW’s MQB platform globally, which includes the Jetta, Beetle and Golf in North America. In North America, Tenneco supplies emissions control components on the gasoline engine version of these vehicles, and mufflers and tailpipes on the vehicles with diesel engines. Tenneco does not supply hot-end emissions control components on these diesel engines. Based on 2014 revenue, Tenneco’s revenue from its VW diesel engine business in North America was approximately $7 million.
Globally, Tenneco’s revenue from the MQB platform was approximately $310 million in 2014 including clean air and ride performance components.
